Halloween fun, 2021

by Leah | Nov 25, 2021 | News and Events

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Halloween fun for the students, October 29th and 31st, 2021 We had a Halloween party on Friday, October 29th. There were many imaginative costumes among our students. Teachers Katie, Lou Ellen, and Yulin led the younger students outside to draw Halloween designs on...

Noted teachers at the LCA

by Leah | Nov 25, 2021 | News and Events

      At the Las Cruces Academy, our non-profit K-8 private school in Mesilla, we have good news. We’re happy that Vince Gutschick, our Board Chair, teacher, and Deputy Treasurer, has been cited as standing in the current top 2% of scientists in the...

New Mexico Supreme Court Justices visit the LCA

by Leah | Nov 25, 2021 | News and Events

Las Cruces Academy was graced by the visit of three justices of the New Mexico Supreme Court on Sept. 16, 2021 as Justices C. Shannon Bacon, Julie Vargas and Briana Zamora visited the school. The justices fielded questions from 24 students in grades 3 to 8 as the...

September 2021 public newsletter

by Leah | Aug 29, 2021 | News and Events, Uncategorized

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Letters from kindergarteners to their successors

by Leah | May 28, 2021 | News and Events

At the end of the 2019-20 school year, our kindergarteners, ready for their transition to the 1-2 classroom, wrote letters of advice to the new group:  

Flashy science

by Leah | May 28, 2021 | News and Events, Science 6-8 2022

Literally.  We do lots of experiments in grades 6-8 science. Girls love explosions as much as boys, it seems.  Here are two experiments with flashes. As an 8-year-old boy, Lou Ellen and Vince’s son, David, now an LCA Board member, bought a huge electrical...