News
Congratulations to Board member David
21 August 2018. Congratulations, LCA Board member, David Gutschick! He just finished his Ph. D. at the Ohio State University, in Materials Science and Engineering. Our newly minted Ph. D. is also the son of Lou Ellen Kay, our Head of School, and Vince Gutschick, our...
Thanks, El Paso Electric!
Their Community Partners program just awarded us funds for ou Diverse Students Scholarship Fund. This makes the 10th year in a row!
Prepping for the new term
4 August 2018. Getting ready for opening again on the 13th: three of our younger students joined in, along with teacher Elizabeth Brasher and her husband Aaron, teacher Yulin Zhang and her husband Cai, parents Duke and Charlotte Gard, and Head of School Lou Ellen Kay....
Some details on good test results
30 April – 3 May 2018: Finding out how we’re doing as a school: We did our first standardized testing, over 2- or 3-hour slots on four days. We chose the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, covering language and math for the kindergarteners, and additional subjects for older...
Great test results
Early May 2018: Finding out how we’re doing as a school: We did our first standardized testing, over 2- or 3-hour slots on four days. We chose the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, covering language and math for the kindergarteners, and additional subjects for older...
Food for Thought 2018
Wednesday, 30 May 2018: Food for Thought, our 5th run of this community event and school fundraiser. We thank our food donors (La Posta, the Santa Fe Grill, Luna Rossa, and Marv and Marni King), our silent auction donors, our 50 generous guests, our numerous...
Talent show 2018
Friday, 25 May 2018: Talent show. This was our last day of the academic year, and a busy one. Students took a break for a picnic at a nearby park. They returned for a talent show, each student choosing what to do individually or in pairs. After the school day...
Appreciating wildlife: snakes!
Tuesday, 22 May 2018: An appreciation of wildlife: snakes come to the Academy. Jeremy Lane, of New Mexico Game & Fish visited again with nonvenomous snakes. Imparting not fear (as you can see) but an awareness of how snakes live, act, and fit into our world,...
Open house, June 19th
The Las Cruces Academy, at 1755 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla, invites you to visit the school on Saturday, June 16th. While we don’t have classes to observe during the summer, we welcome you to visit us in the morning, 10 AM to noon. You can meet our Head of School,...
Opening for Deputy Head of School
The Las Cruces Academy seeks a Deputy Head of School, with a path to becoming Head of School. This development starts our transition to long-term leadership. The position requires the abilities to teach and to do business management. The position would initially be...