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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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Letters to my UMS Self
In an effort to give our upper middle school (UMS) students and parents a glimpse into life as a high school student, we asked a few of our SLOCA High
For the Love of Math: Part 4
To help those who are curious about what Singapore Math is all about, this series of blog posts will take you through the history, approach, and essentially the “why” of
For the Love of Math: Part 3
To help those who are curious about what Singapore Math is all about, this series of blog posts will take you through the history, approach, and essentially the “why” of
For the Love of Math: Part 2
For those who are curious about what Singapore Math is about and why we are such big fans, this series of blog posts will take you through the history, approach,
For the Love of Math: Part 1
What comes to mind when you think back on your experiences learning math in school? For most people, math is a subject that can bring up strong feelings and memories—and
History Day: Tableaux of the Masters!
Wow – we are already a third of the way through our school year! To close out the first trimester, we celebrated all the great Renaissance artists we have been
Grand Days 2023
What a GRAND Grand Days we had this year! In early October, our campus was humming with delight as we welcomed the grand people in our students’ lives to join
Students Connecting the Classical Dots
At SLOCA, our classical education model moves students through three stages of learning (commonly referred to as the trivium), the grammar, logic, and rhetoric stages. Building on the foundation set
Sloca somebodies: christine de pizan
For our final Somebody of the year (yes, it’s already that time!), we’re featuring a person who sits right on the cusp of Medieval and Renaissance times. In keeping with
Bring Your Parent to School
After over two years of not being able to host this event, kids and parents alike were delighted to participate in “Bring Your Parent to School!” Previously known as “Not
the character issue | resilience and resourcefulness
We have TWO outstanding character traits for the month of May: resilience and resourcefulness. Let’s jump right into resilience! How does SLOCA define resilience? The ability to recover strength, determiation,
