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An animated periodic table of the chemical elements

An animated periodic table of the chemical elements

by | Dec 26, 2016 | News and Events

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The students in grades 4-8 worked with teacher and Board Chair Vince Gutschick to create a very animated periodic table of the chemical elements.  It responds to commands from a viewer using 4 buttons to offer any of 5 presentations about the elements, such as...
End of term performances

End of term performances

by | Dec 18, 2016 | News and Events

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December 17, 2016,  5 PM onward.  Near the end of every semester, we celebrate our students’ accomplishments with an evening of much song in three languages – English, Mandarin Chinese, and Spanish.  This time our younger students signed and sang Christmas...
Archery is back

Archery is back

by | Dec 8, 2016 | News and Events

November 28 – December 16, 2016: the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish is loaning us their trailer with bows, arrows, targets, and  safety curtains.  Jeremy Lane came back again to help us.  Students have fun and learn a fine physical skill with a great...
Chemistry experiment

Chemistry experiment

by | Dec 7, 2016 | News and Events

December 7, 2016.  In middle-school science class, we’re learning about chemical reactions and catalysis with a very quantitative bent. We’re synthesizing ethyl acetate from a balanced (equimolar) combination of ordinary alcohol (ethanol) and acetic acid,...
Happy birthday in 3 languages

Happy birthday in 3 languages

by | Nov 17, 2016 | News and Events

November 17, 2016: https://www.lascrucesacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/happy_birthday_in_3_languages.mp4 For each child’s birthday, at snack time we have a little party. Our students sing “Happy birthday” in English, then in Mandarin Chinese,...