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Student Wins Space Camp Scholarship

Student Wins Space Camp Scholarship

by | 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

LCA Outreach Student Wins Scholarship

by | 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

Visit to the electric fish lab

by | 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...
Open house

Open house

by | Mar 5, 2017 | News and Events

Tuesday, March 14th, 2017. We have another great open house event. Come see our school, engage with our outreach in science and world culture, view classes (8:30-10:00 AM), talk with teachers (5:30-7:00 PM). We welcome families considering enrolling their children, as...

by | Mar 5, 2017 | News and Events

Wednesday, 1 March 2017.  Our LCA Community Meeting brought 12 of our families together, along with board members and teachers, for an evening of news, good food, and camaraderie. The students had fun before we set up the dinner. One item, among the many we discussed,...
Space History

Space History

by | Feb 27, 2017 | News and Events

Friday, March 17, 2017.  The story of critical moments as well as of little details is done so well at Alamogordo’s Museum of Space History.  Our students in grades 3-8 will visit the museum on Friday for an all-day educational trip, as we’ve done in the...