Prepping for the new term

Prepping for the new term

4 August 2018. Getting ready for opening again on the 13th: three of our younger students joined in, along with teacher Elizabeth Brasher and her husband Aaron, teacher Yulin Zhang and her husband Cai, parents Duke and Charlotte Gard, and Head of School Lou Ellen Kay....
Great test results

Great test results

Early May 2018: Finding out how we’re doing as a school: We did our first standardized testing, over 2- or 3-hour slots on four days.  We chose the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, covering language and math for the kindergarteners, and additional subjects for older...
Food for Thought 2018

Food for Thought 2018

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Wednesday, 30 May 2018: Food for Thought, our 5th run of this community event and school fundraiser. We thank our food donors (La Posta, the Santa Fe Grill, Luna Rossa, and Marv and Marni King), our silent auction donors, our 50 generous guests, our numerous...
Talent show 2018

Talent show 2018

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Friday, 25 May 2018: Talent show.  This was our last day of the academic year, and a busy one.  Students took a break for a picnic at a nearby park.  They returned for a talent show, each student choosing what to do individually or in pairs.  After the school day...
Appreciating wildlife: snakes!

Appreciating wildlife: snakes!

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Tuesday, 22 May 2018: An appreciation of wildlife: snakes come to the Academy.  Jeremy Lane, of New Mexico Game & Fish visited again with nonvenomous snakes.  Imparting not fear (as you can see) but an awareness of how snakes live, act, and fit into our world,...