by Leah | May 10, 2019 | News and Events
May 2019: Arielle Lane, our teacher of early childhood grades since 2015, recently completed all her work for her Master of Science degree in education with a reading specialty from NMSU. She expects her degree in good time. We support our teachers in professional...
by Leah | May 10, 2019 | News and Events
Sunday, 5 May 2019: We were so pleased to see Yi Li, wife of LCA board member David Gutschick, get her PhD diploma in person at the Ohio State University in a huge commencement ceremony attended by 70,000 people. She was formally awarded her doctorate in Materials...
by Leah | May 10, 2019 | News and Events
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Thursday, 9 May 2019: NMSU’s Insect Zoo came to the Academy to show the students a great diversity of both mounted and live insects. The students paid rapt attention, particularly when they themselves handled a giant millipede, a Madagascar hissing cockroach, and a...
by Leah | May 9, 2019 | News and Events
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9 May 2019: a recap and a prospectus: Big event on the 11th: our twice-yearly end-of-term performances by our students for families and friends, 5 PM. Students and teachers worked on this all semester. Big event on Wednesday, the 29th: Food for Thought, our signature...
by Leah | Apr 27, 2019 | News and Events
26 April 2019: Our students completed their nationally used Iowa Tests and enjoyed the challenge; many said “Why are these so easy?” Yes, we have students with talent. We ran the tests this week, as our second year of doing so. Only two to four mornings were...
by Leah | Apr 27, 2019 | News and Events
26 April 2019: The Iowa Tests took up some mornings for two to four days this week, and the afternoons were devoted to fun and other learning – music, a classic movie or two, some regular classes, and play. One of our kindergarteners, Alden, took the time to read...