Students learn about submarines

by Leah | Apr 2, 2017 | News and Events

Monday, 27 March 2017.  Retired seaman Dale Redd from the nuclear submarine USS James Monroe SSNb engaged our middle-schoolers with stories of what a submarine is, and, likewise, a nuclear reactor for powering it, plus tales of life in a 500-foot-long “people tank” on...

LCA Founders Interviewed on KRWG-FM

by Leah | Mar 24, 2017 | News and Events

Friday & Saturday, 24 & 25 March 2017.  Drs. Lou Ellen Kay and Vince Gutschick were interviewed by Emily Guerra on February 13th.  Emily edited the interview splendidly and got a time slot free on the Puentes à la Communidad program for this Saturday.  It will...

Students visit the Museum of Space History

by Leah | Mar 17, 2017 | News and Events

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Friday, 17 March 2017.  Searching not for leprechauns but for knowledge of space exploration, nine of our twelve students in grades 3-8 visited the Museum of Space History in Alamogordo.  Teachers Elizabeth Brasher and Ellen Armitage led the group, along with Shawn...

Student Wins Space Camp Scholarship

by Leah | Mar 16, 2017 | News and Events

Wednesday, March 15, 2017.  We’re very pleased to announce that our 7th-grader, Arabella, has received a scholarship for the US Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama.  She has her choice of any of the 5-day programs over the next year.  The participants learn a lot of...

LCA Outreach Student Wins Scholarship

by Leah | Mar 16, 2017 | News and Events

Tuesday, March 14, 2017.  We’re so pleased to announce that Kannon Pearson has received a scholarship from the National Science Foundation for his studies at Foothill Community College in San Mateo, California.  Kannon is 16 years old and is already in advanced...

Visit to the electric fish lab

by Leah | Mar 15, 2017 | News and Events

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Monday, 13 March 2017: Ten of our students in grades 3-8 visited the research laboratory of Prof. Graciela Unguez for 3 hours.  She and her group study weakly electric fish (Stenopygus species), who use their electrical sense to find food and avoid predators. They...