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The start of our running club

The start of our running club

by | Dec 21, 2019 | News and Events

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18 December 2019: The inaugural run of the LCA running club.  Teacher and runner Kelly Lin got inspired to start a running club.  The response was strong – about 30 students, several parents, and a second teacher joined in.  They ran around our long building,...
Walking the Solar System

Walking the Solar System

by | Dec 21, 2019 | News and Events

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20 December 2019: pacing off the distances to the planets.   Students joined teacher and Head of School Dr. Lou Ellen Kay to walk down Avenida de Mesilla, placing scale models of the Sun and the planets at appropriately scaled distances.  Starting from the Sun,...
End-of-term student performance

End-of-term student performance

by | Dec 17, 2019 | News and Events

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14 December 2019.  Our students’ end-of-term performance, for our 21st semester!  Students, teachers, families, and friends gathered at 5 PM.  The students were bursting with energy, and ready to sing after weeks of rehearsals in music and Chinese classes.  Families...

by | Dec 8, 2019 | News and Events

6 December 2019: A well-deserved award to Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, our founder and Head of School at the Las Cruces Academy.  We students, parents, teachers, Board, volunteers, and friends of the school – are extremely proud of her.  The Las Cruces Bulletin just announced...
Making molecules

Making molecules

by | Nov 17, 2019 | News and Events

13 November 2019.  Students in grades 5-8 science latched onto three different molecular model kits to make structures of common and less-known molecules, by following the rules for bonding of atoms (valence).  On their own, they hit on proper structures and they had...
Field trip – Three Rivers Petroglyphs

Field trip – Three Rivers Petroglyphs

by | Nov 9, 2019 | News and Events

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What a beautiful, sunny, mild, and very educational day we had at Three Rivers Petroglyphs site in the Tularosa Basin north of Alamogordo. From about 400 AD to 1400 AD, Native Americans lived here. Among other pieces of their life story, they left over 21,000...