Category: Thursday Thoughts

Congratulations, Class of 2019!

Happy Thursday, everyone! Yesterday was Track A’s official last day of school and today is Track B’s. The 2018-2019 SLOCA school year is officially done at noon today! Today also

Teaching Stewardship through Literature

Well, blog readers, we have come to the last installment of our Teaching Character through Literature series for this school year. Let’s take a look at what Dr. Bleisch, one

Fred & Betty’s

Did you know that SLOCA’s thrift store represents the BEST in SLO County? We visited Fred & Betty’s a few weeks ago to congratulate them on this incredible accomplishment and

WASC Wonder

For our blog readers who are current families at SLOCA, you heard Susie and Mike, in our latest Bear Necessities video, share some insight about our most recent WASC visit.

Stamping Out Glossophobia!

I (Cheryl) am a bit embarrassed to admit this but I have to be honest…I had never heard of the term glossophobia before until recently. My oldest son and I

Teaching Resilience and Resourcefulness through Literature

We learned last week that Resilience is… “…the ability to recover strength, determination, spirit, flexibility, and good humor in the face of change, mistakes and trials. Catch phrase: The only

The Character Issue

“Then they gave thanks for Beowulf. Once he said a thing, he kept his word. Once he set his mind, he never backed down. Steadfast, right-hearted, to the end.” -James

Logic & Lattes Part II

Welcome to Thursday Thoughts, everyone! We’re back today with our next Cuppa Conversation and we’re meeting up again with Ana and Sophie as they continue their dialogue about Logic. If

Teaching Citizenship through Literature

Happy Thursday, everyone! We’re back this month with one of our lovely librarians, Dr. Pamela Bleisch, for our monthly character literature selections. We learned last week that Citizenship is: “Recognizing

The Character Issue

This month the character trait we will be highlighting is Citizenship. When I (Cheryl) hear this word, I think about a moment a couple of decades ago when I stood