Archery is back

Archery is back

November 28 – December 16, 2016: the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is loaning us their trailer with bows, arrows, targets, and  safety curtains.  Jeremy Lane came back again to help us.  Students have fun and learn a fine physical skill with a great...
Scholastic book fair success

Scholastic book fair success

Our Scholastic Book Fair started on November 18th and resumed for two weeks after Thanksgiving.  Scholastic ships us books to display every year, at our request. Students enjoyed perusing so many books; we made sure that the books covered all our age levels. We gained...
Chemistry experiment

Chemistry experiment

December 7, 2016.  In middle-school science class, we’re learning about chemical reactions and catalysis with a very quantitative bent. We’re synthesizing ethyl acetate from a balanced (equimolar) combination of ordinary alcohol (ethanol) and acetic acid,...
Happy birthday in 3 languages

Happy birthday in 3 languages

November 17, 2016: https://www.lascrucesacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/happy_birthday_in_3_languages.mp4 For each child’s birthday, at snack time we have a little party. Our students sing “Happy birthday” in English, then in Mandarin Chinese,...