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Elephant toothpaste

Elephant toothpaste

by | Feb 10, 2020 | News and Events

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Monday, 10 February 2020: we turned the famous elephant toothpaste demonstration into a real science experiment, in our grades 5-8 science class.  The demo is just the mixing of hydrogen peroxide solution with yeast so that the catalase enzyme in yeast rapidly breaks...
Lunar New Year 2020

Lunar New Year 2020

by | Jan 28, 2020 | News and Events

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27 January 2020.  On our first class day after the Chinese New Year, we celebrated the holiday.  Teacher Yulin gathered the food and the dragon costume, older students helped serve the food, all the students enjoyed the meal and the dragon parade, and teachers took...
Engineering – a wind turbine

Engineering – a wind turbine

by | Jan 19, 2020 | News and Events

The Engineering Club. 17 January 2020.  LCA parent Jessica Houston challenges willing students to find the efficient way to operate a wind turbine, in this case, a windmill.  The turbine’s rotation winds a string on a narrow shaft in order to lift a weight, here, a...
Recognition from the community

Recognition from the community

by | Jan 6, 2020 | News and Events

Special edition of the Las Cruces Bulletin: Outstanding Women of the Mesilla Valley.  Our founder and Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, is one of 13 awardees!  She was nominated by friends, relatives, a teacher, and parents of LCA students.  We invite you to read on,...
Open house, January 14th

Open house, January 14th

by | Jan 4, 2020 | News and Events

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On Tuesday, January 14th: The Las Cruces Academy is holding an open house, 8-10 AM and 5:30-6:30 PM, at the school, 1755 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla. You can meet with our Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, in the morning observe students in classes and at play, and...