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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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Happy Friday! Today we are continuing to feature some highlights from our Family Business Meeting in January. Cozy Faber, our Development Director, highlighted a particular family that took a creative
Why Latin?
Did you miss the Bear Necessities video yesterday with Dr Pamela Bleisch? My LMS student asked me recently ‘Why Latin?’ and I (Wei) am pleased to know that I was
History This Week: Alexander the Great
Interested in learning more about Socrates while we are studying the Ancients? The Circe Institute is offering a 6 week online course called Six Weeks to Socrates, starting February 28th.
MOVED: Annual Report
Did you catch the Annual Report from our Family Business Meeting? Our theme for 2020 -2021 was MOVED: A pandemic would have been a big enough challenge, but mixed with
Teaching Character Through Literature: Humility
Today we have more on our Character Trait of the Month – Humility. My family and I (Wei) have been watching the Winter Olympics and it has been really interesting
History This Week – The Iliad, The Odyssey & Greek Philosophy
Welcome to History This Week! Today we have a couple of things for you as we study Greek Philosophy as a school. First off, we have the Brass Tacks from
Friday Faces: Fred & Betty’s
Happy Friday! Did you catch the Fred & Betty’s truck at SLOCA this week? I (Wei) have seen so many memes in January lamenting the inability of people to get
The Character Issue: Humility
“True humility does not know that it is humble. If it did, it would be proud from the contemplation of so fine a virtue.” ― Martin Luther Welcome to February!
History This Week: The Olympics!
Happy Monday! This week we have some resources on both the Olympics in Ancient Greece and the Winter Olympics starting on Friday. It has been fun to talk about the
Friday Faces: Safety Team
Happy Friday! Today we are excited to present our SLO Classical Academy Safety Team! These intrepid people are the smiling faces you see at morning meeting and around our hallways
What’s for Dinner?
Dear Readers, after many weeks of takeout, tacos and random stir fry’s, I (Wei) finally found myself searching for easy dinner ideas. Lo and behold I found that the Down
Teaching Character Through Literature: Diligence
Happy Monday! We are almost halfway through the school year. Time is flying by! Today we have some literature suggestions around our Character Trait for the month, Diligence. When we
