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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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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
Friday Faces: Intermediate
Welcome to another Friday Faces! Today we are featuring our amazing teachers that make up our Intermediate team. I (Wei) have been loving finding out more about each of the
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
Friday Faces: Lower Middle School
Happy Friday! It seems as though the weeks are flying by this school year. Today we are featuring our lovely Lower Middle School (LMS) teachers for Friday Faces. Similar to
What’s Up in Our World? October Edition
Welcome to another What’s Up in Our World Wednesday! Our days at SLOCA have been filled with Athletics and the start of our Friday Foundations Academy classes. In case you
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
What’s Up Weekend?
Happy Friday! It’s that time of year again when the costumes, candies and pumpkin patches reign. I (Wei) feel like there are two types of people. Those who have their
SLOCA Somebodies: Ptahhotep
We’re back with our second SLOCA Somebody of the year. If last month’s Somebody, Enheduanna, is the first known literary author and poet, this month’s Somebody may just be the
On Mummies, Monsters, and Egyptian October
As we head deep into fall and its many celebrations of harvest time, Halloween, and Dia De Los Muertos, along with a time change that will plunge our evenings back
Friday Faces: High School Part II
Happy Friday! Today on Friday Faces we are featuring the rest of the amazing staff that make up our High School. There are some themes of teleporting and flying today,
Tastes of the Vine: a fundraiser by the Grandparents Auxiliary
Today we have a special message from Sandee Beckers who, as the founder of our Grand Parents Auxiliary, is putting on an event to support SLOCA. The Grandparents Auxiliary was
