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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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Anticipation has been building on the middle schoo

Anticipation has been building on the middle school track team as they approach their first meet this Saturday! Here’s an update from our MS track coach, Jill Richert, on how our team has been training in preparation for competitions.

“Our team focus is learning fundamental track skills and etiquette, practicing good sportsmanship, and encouraging our teammates. We are having a lot of fun getting to know one another better and bonding as a team. We hope that at the end of the season, each participant will be able to complete a thorough warm-up for track and field, so our bodies are ready to run, jump, and throw with less chance of injury. We also practice the components of good form for running through focused drills, as well as core strengthening as a part of most practices.

We practice on the SLOCA field, at the Cal Poly track, and occasionally at other sites near campus. We have been introducing the various events of middle school track, giving each athlete an opportunity to try them and, as the season goes on, focus on the ones he or she is most interested in entering in the meets. The events available in most middle school meets are: the various running races, hurdles, long jump, high jump, shot put, and discus.”

If you're not already heading to the RUNaissance, come out to support SLOCA MS Track & Field at their meet this Saturday, April 27th, 9am. The meet will take place at the beautiful new track at Morro Bay High School!

Have you heard about our amazing “Heroes and Vil

Have you heard about our amazing “Heroes and Villains” Musical Theater Camp?! This 2-week summer camp is going to be packed with learning opportunities, friendship, and FUN. Open to SLOCA and non-SLOCA families!! Don’t miss out - sign up today (link in bio to 2024 Summer Camps)!

Another wonderful “Bring Your Parent to School D

Another wonderful “Bring Your Parent to School Day” in the books! Head over to the Down Home blog to check out some highlights and a photo dump from these special 🥰 days on campus. Link in bio!

Our families are getting in the 5k spirit by color

Our families are getting in the 5k spirit by coloring their shirts in for race day! The RUNaissance is happening THIS SATURDAY, April 27th! We're so excited to welcome you and see all the fun designs and colors on your shirts. If you haven't had the chance to pick up your shirt, be sure to swing by the front office this week so you can create your masterpiece in time for the big day!

Conga lines, jump-dancing, limbo, and plenty of tr

Conga lines, jump-dancing, limbo, and plenty of treats...our Upper Middle School students had a GREAT time at their dance last Friday! Check out some of the pictures from their Enchanted Forest-themed dance.

Thank you, @slo_eyesonly, for taking all of these awesome pictures!

Our 6th and 7th graders had a great time gathering

Our 6th and 7th graders had a great time gathering for some good old-fashioned KICKBALL last week! As these classes will be together in Upper Middle School this fall, we are attempting to build those connections early on. There's nothing like a little kickball and ice cream sundaes to make some middle school memories!

Looking for daycare or preschool? This event is fo

Looking for daycare or preschool? This event is for you!

Our Tiny + Little Wonders is now enrolling infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Come and meet our teachers and staff, experience the campus, and learn more about our program. Children are invited to attend with their parents—we will have activities and snacks (including coffee + tea)! RSVP using link in bio.

Fundraising for the RUNaissance is now LIVE! If yo

Fundraising for the RUNaissance is now LIVE! If you signed up to participate, be sure to read through your welcome email from April 8th for helpful tips and inspiration. If you didn't sign up to attend the event on April 27th, you can still make a donation. Check out the link in our bio. This fundraiser benefits SLOCA Athletics, plus your donation counts toward your family fundraising goal. Good luck, and have fun!

SLOCA’s April Character trait is CITIZENSHIP. Do

SLOCA’s April Character trait is CITIZENSHIP. Do your kids understand what it means to be a good citizen? Head over to the Down Home blog where you’ll find some great conversation starters on this topic. We all want to raise our kids to be the kind of people who look outside themselves, for the benefit of their community and their own happiness as well. Link in bio!

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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

November 1, 2021

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

October 29, 2021

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

October 27, 2021

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

October 24, 2021

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

October 22, 2021

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

October 20, 2021

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

October 18, 2021

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,

October 15, 2021

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

October 13, 2021

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

October 11, 2021

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

October 8, 2021

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

October 6, 2021

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