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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 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
Two Holidays, One Monday
Today, October 11, marks two important holidays in the United States: Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples’ Day. While many of us are familiar with the history of Christopher Columbus, we
Friday Faces: Upper Middle School
Good morning and Happy Friday! Today we are featuring our amazing teachers from Upper Middle School (UMS) at SLO Classical Academy. UMS is part of the logic stage where students
The Character Issue: Kindness and Respect
I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble. — Rudyard Kipling Welcome to The Character Issue for the month of October. At SLOCA we
History This Week – “Make Each of your Days a Delight”
Today we continue on our History – This Week series with Sarah Shotwell. We hope this encourages your home discussions on Gilgamesh this week! “Make Each of your Days a
Friday Faces: High School Part One
This week it has started to feel like Fall is slowly making its way to the Central Coast. I (Wei) have not yet succumbed to the Pumpkin Spice Latte yet,
What’s Up in Our World?
“A library is a platform upon which we catch trains to Every Where and Any Place, Another Time and Across Space. All Aboard!” – Esme Raji Codell Happy Wednesday! I
