Category: Classical Education

{source} Our Fine Arts Focus series this year was coordinated and written by Janice Phillips. Thank you, Janice, for supplying us with these wonderful resources each month!  The poem for

HE FOUND THAT HIS ARMS AND LEGS WERE TIGHTLY FASTENED TO THE GROUND The version of Gulliver that we are reading as a school has fantastic, imaginative illustrations by Chris

{source} Today we add to our growing collection of articles about education. We're discussing the topic of writing, and why we use IEW here at SLO Classical Academy. Our Associate

{Ella Wheeler Wilcox, source} Ella Wheeler Wilcox: a woman writer from Wisconsin. A poet known for her plain, rhyming style of verse; a poet published first as a teen and consistently

{source} To accompany National Poetry month, and as part of our recurring series of articles on Classical Education, today we want to discuss poetry and why we consider it worthy

Clockwise starting at top left: Cezanne {source}, Beethoven {source}, Walt Whitman {source}, Van Gogh {source}, Renoir {source} Reminder: Read about this month's character trait, Resilience, and leave a comment to

{Langston Hughes, source} March’s poetry focus is on African American author Langston Hughes. While Hughes was a modern poet, his ability to show through his writing the black experience in America

{source} Here’s a fun item that was in the news – when Pope Benedict XVI recently announced his retirement, italian reporter Giovanna Chirri was able to get the scoop before

{source} Happy Valentine's Day! Today we talk about our Fine Arts Focus for the month, and what goes better with Valentine's day than poetry? (Okay maybe chocolate, but poetry is