Learning to manage money

by Leah | Mar 6, 2020 | News and Events

6 March 2020: Our students in grades 3-8 got valuable lessons in money management from Bryan Stein of Washington Federal bank.  He engaged the students about credit cards and debit cards, offering four illustrative scenarios of fictional people using credit cards,...

Mattress sell-a-thon

by Leah | Mar 6, 2020 | News and Events

6-16 March 2020: Ashley Homestore is running a mattress sale to benefit the Academy!   We’ll get 40% of the sale price on all mattresses sold when buyers present the event flier… and LCA students earn rewards!  The mattress prices are just what you’d...

Young engineers

by Leah | Feb 29, 2020 | News and Events

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28 February 2020:  More in our after-school engineering club. Our young students in kindergarten through 6th grade recently constructed a “Core Sampler,” which basically uses potential energy with rubber bands and straws to puncture holes in fruit and...

Writing Chinese stories

by Leah | Feb 29, 2020 | News and Events

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27 February 2020: Our young students in grades 1-4 write Chinese characters and illustrate their stories with pictures.  We have 5 levels of Chinese classes covering grades K-8; here is work of students in just their second year of Chinese.  Our teacher, Yulin Zhang,...

Have you eaten a dinosaur lately?

by Leah | Feb 29, 2020 | News and Events

24 February 2020: Our students in grades 1&2 get a science lesson from Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, our Head of School.  Here she takes the stance of a bird to demonstrate how birds and lizards use their legs differently… all in the course of explaining the evolution of...

Growing bacteria in science class

by Leah | Feb 29, 2020 | News and Events

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21-27 February 2020: Our students in grades 5-8 grow common Escherechia coli bacteria, seeing how long it takes them to divide and double.  They also saw that growth at a cool room temperature of 15°C instead of their optimal 37°C (our body temperature) slowed them by...