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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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For Learning’s Sake
Over the summer, our teachers all read The Elements of Teaching by James M. Banner, Jr. and Harold C. Cannon. Now they are exploring each chapter more in depth together during their
Collaborative Model
Our collaborative model of education combines parent involvement and rhythms of structured and less structured instruction to build and maintain a love of learning in our students. In jointly employing
Friday Faces | High School | part 1
Learn more about those who work to make SLOCA amazing. This Friday Faces series continues with some of our High School teachers. They’re such a part of what classical education with a twist means and we’re excited to show you some insights into how they spent their summer and how long SLOCA’s been lucky to have them.
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
Monday Mix-in’s | King Arthur + The Islamic Empire
Happy Monday! Over the grayer than normal weekend our family watched some old classics – Robin Hood and The Sword in the Stone – on Disney+. While I(Wei) would normally
Friday Faces | Support Staff
Happy Friday! Today we are continuing on with our Friday Faces series with our amazing Support Staff. These lovely ladies keep it all running smoothly and can usually be found
Volunteering at SLOCA
Volunteering is a sacrifice of time and sometimes money, but I am always glad I have done it. Through volunteering I feel connected to our greater SLOCA community, I feel
Friday Faces | Leadership Team
Welcome to another series of Friday Faces! This year we have some new faces to introduce, and we thought it would be interesting, after the past couple of pandemic years,
SLOCA Somebodies: Isidore of Seville
This year, we’re bringing back our Somebodies series. If you’re new around here (or you missed the introduction last year), here’s a short introduction to what the Somebodies are and
Finding Your Flow
Flow is being completely involved in an activity for its own sake. The ego falls away. Time flies. Every action, movement, and thought follows inevitably from the previous one, like
Monday Mix-Ins | Justinian and the Eastern Roman Empire
Monday Mix-in’s is back! This year we are going back to posting about enrichment activities, websites and educational videos that correlate to the historical period being studied that week. In
