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The SLOCA Blog
Welcome to Down Home, San Luis Obispo Classical Academy’s (SLOCA) blog! We are an independent school providing classical education (with a twist) for preschool-high school (+ infant/toddler care) on the Central Coast of California. SLOCA unites a timeless education with small class sizes and a collaborative, integrated learning environment at every level. For over 15 years, SLOCA has been a place where families matter and every child is seen. This blog is meant to support and encourage parents on the home front because, in so many ways, the heart of what happens in education happens Down Home.
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A Day in the Life: Older and Wiser Edition
Today as we look forward to another glorious weekend on the Central Coast, we have a special Day in the Life from the Newman Family! I (Wei) have always been
Portrait of a Graduate
Good morning and Happy Wednesday! A friendly reminder that the Family Business Meeting is on Monday January 31st and the All School Sneak Peek is on Monday February 7th. Register
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
“I SAY TO YOU TODAY, MY FRIENDS, SO EVEN THOUGH WE FACE THE DIFFICULTIES OF TODAY AND TOMORROW, I STILL HAVE A DREAM. IT IS A DREAM DEEPLY ROOTED IN
A Day in the Life: High School Edition
Welcome to our first Day in the Life post for 2021-2022! Today we have a special post from 2021-2022 Freshman Keithan Olson on a typical ‘school’ and ‘home’ day at
SLOCA Somebodies: Sappho
Introducing SAPPHO, this month’s feature in our Somebodies series! Another woman author from ancient times (see Enheduanna for our first such feature), Sappho is best known for her fragmented lyric
SLOCA Somebodies: Hatshepsut
It’s time for #SLOCAsomebodies! We’re back with a female pharaoh you may or may not have heard of: HATSHEPSUT. Little is known about the personality of Hatshepsut, but what is
The Good, The True & The Beautiful: Finale
Good morning and happy last week before Thanksgiving Break! Today we have our final post on “The Good, The True, and The Beautiful”. Our post today has all of the
Teaching Character Through Literature: Integrity
Good morning, Down Home Readers! With the time change and the shorter days it does seem like that we have entered into a cozier season. Today we have our Teaching
Practicing: Beauty
“We are pursuing beauty here. With what we assign, the spaces we curate, and the books we read, we are not merely choosing what we like, what is trendy, or
The Character Issue: Integrity
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.” ― Frederick
Practicing: The True
In this week’s installment of our series on The Good, The True, and The Beautiful, we talk about how hard it is to seek truth in a world full of
Practicing the Good: Temperance
Here at SLOCA we are starting a short video series based on important concepts that are foundational to classical education. Curated by our resident History expert extraordinaire, Sarah Shotwell, this