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Dia de Los Muertos, 2018
2 November 2018: The plaza in the Town of Mesilla came alive, in two senses, with remembrances of the dead, in the traditional Day of the Dead. Our students visited and took away a different view of death. We value diverse cultures in our school, with its very...
Intriguing chemistry classes – the full story
29 October 2018: We wrote up all the details of the experiment of the previous two weeks, exploring the chemical reaction of beautiful, rose-red phenolphthalein dye (not misspelled! It's fen-ohl-thay-leen), for which we ranged beyond chemistry to electronics, light...
Fun with chemistry
15-26 October 2018: Here, our students in grades 4-7 science measure the rate of a chemical reaction, the decolorization of beautiful rose-red phenolphthalein. We did a lot of background study of light, electronics, chemistry, math, and construction techniques. At...
Self-portraits
16 October 2018: We've gotta share this - the first- and second-graders made self portraits in Kelly Lin's class!
Vignettes of classes
15 October 2018: students play tennis, sing in Spanish (they also know Chinese, English, and a bit of other languages, all starting in kindergarten), and watch our piano being tuned as a real-life experience. Our piano is being readied for our end-of-term student...
Students at work in small classes
10 October 2018. We've split up classes so that there's even more individual attention. Here are classes in early K/K (easy to guess which one; Arielle is the teacher), grades 1 & 2 (teacher: Kelly), and social studies 4-7 (Elizabeth). [unitegallery...
Open house, 11 October
Thursday, October 11th: The Las Cruces Academy is holding an open house, 11 AM to 1 PM, at the school, 1755 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla. You can meet with our Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, observe students in classes and at play, and talk with our great...
More images – Mid-Autumn Festival
29 September 2018: Margaret Berrier provided more photos. Enjoy!
Mid-Autumn Chinese Festival
Saturday, 29 September 2018: Our students, of all ages and experience in our Chinese classes, performed on the NMSU campus. The festival was sponsored by the Confucius Institute and the Chinese Students and Scholars Association of NMSU. With only 2 weeks to prepare,...
We’ll have a book fair at Barnes & Noble
Preparing for a book fair at Barnes & Noble in the Mesilla Valley Mall: we’ll be there on Saturday, 17 November, with students performing in several languages, a science demo, a book reading, and more. Our Parent Committee is meeting on 3 October to start the...