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5 February 2019: Today we celebrated Chinese New Year with a taste-treat of a lunch; students used chopsticks, some of them for the first time, and got to keep decorated chopsticks that Head of School Dr. Lou Ellen Kay brought back from Japan. We integrate subjects at...

5 February 2019: The spring semester is off with a flying start. We have 3 new students this semester, in grades 1-2, 4, and 8. One student moved out of state, so we’re at 43 students now. Our diversity continues to grow, and we celebrate that. We’ve also had another...

Friday, 22 February 2019: Sharing world culture: Three LCA families were recently in Japan, so they pooled pictures, souvenirs, other memorabilia, and stories at a potluck dinner from 5:00-7:30 PM. Many LCA families came with good food to share. Jessica and Kevin...

Saturday, 8 Dec. 2018: Our students at the Las Cruces Academy in Mesilla, NM learn music, English, Spanish, Chinese, and theater skills for our end-of-term performances.  The students got a standing ovation at the end. Head of School Lou Ellen Kay thanked everyone,...

17 November 2018: The Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Mesilla Valley Mall hosted us for a book fair. As part of our activities there, Board chair and teacher Vince Gutschick did a 40-minute science demo. He made the video into four segments, adding some later...

27 November 2018: Nine Academy families and an anonymous donor warmed our hearts with generous donations totaling almost $4K. Our Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, put up a note in the lobby and, voila, by 5:30 PM we were gratified. Thanks!

17 November 2018: The Barnes & Noble bookstore in the Mesilla Valley Mall hosted us for a book fair.  As part of our activities there, Board chair and teacher Vince Gutschick did a 40-minute science demo.  He made the video into four segments, adding some later...

Once more unto the breach....well, that's too melodramatic. This Friday, November 16th at 8 AM, Board Chair Vince Gutschick returns to community radio, KTAL LP FM, 101.5, with an hour-lone interview with Prof. Scott Denning from Colorado State University. Scott is an...

A win-win for the Academy and for Barnes & Noble is in the offing, a book fair hosted for us at their Mesilla Valley Mall store.  It’s on Saturday, November 17th.  We’ll have students singing in a variety of the languages they’ve learned, face-painting,...

2 November 2018: Our students walked to the Mesilla Plaza to view the displays for the Day of the Dead, a celebration of life of the deceased.  Teachers and parents led the group.