Our new Science Club sucks the air of out of a sphere

by Leah | Nov 26, 2021 | News and Events

New this academic year is the Science Club! This week, the students engaged with Dr. Vince Gutschick, teacher and Board Chair, who (literally) rolled out our vacuum pump, along with a large bell jar, several balloons, and a small Magdeburg sphere.  We watched as a...

Sample weekly newsletter, 2021

by Leah | Nov 26, 2021 | News and Events

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Great news of the 2020-21 Annual Fund

by Leah | Nov 25, 2021 | News and Events

Our Annual Fund 9 finished on June 30th with generous donations from 23 families, 5 businesses, the board, a former teacher, and 4 long-time friends of the school – a heartfelt “Thank you” goes out to all of them, and to donors yet to be. We’re above our initial...

Halloween fun, 2021

by Leah | Nov 25, 2021 | News and Events

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Halloween fun for the students, October 29th and 31st, 2021 We had a Halloween party on Friday, October 29th. There were many imaginative costumes among our students. Teachers Katie, Lou Ellen, and Yulin led the younger students outside to draw Halloween designs on...

Noted teachers at the LCA

by Leah | Nov 25, 2021 | News and Events

      At the Las Cruces Academy, our non-profit K-8 private school in Mesilla, we have good news. We’re happy that Vince Gutschick, our Board Chair, teacher, and Deputy Treasurer, has been cited as standing in the current top 2% of scientists in the...

New Mexico Supreme Court Justices visit the LCA

by Leah | Nov 25, 2021 | News and Events

Las Cruces Academy was graced by the visit of three justices of the New Mexico Supreme Court on Sept. 16, 2021 as Justices C. Shannon Bacon, Julie Vargas and Briana Zamora visited the school. The justices fielded questions from 24 students in grades 3 to 8 as the...