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13 March 2018, Tuesday. We have another great open house event coming up. Come see our school, engage with our outreach in science and world culture, view classes (8:30-10:00 AM), talk with teachers (5:30-6:30 PM). We welcome families considering enrolling their...

Monday, 19 February 2018: Math teacher Ellen Armitage works through a challenge in geometry with 8th-grader Arabella in our middle-school math class.   Board Chair Vince says, "I didn't get geometry until sophomore year in high school - this is great for our...

Monday, 19 February 2018: Poison-arrow frogs: LCA parent Doug Petranoff brought his collection of these frogs to show to the early kindergarten / kindergarten students.  They were really engaged.  Don’t worry: the frogs only become poisonous when they eat certain...

Friday, 16 February 2018: Our first- and second-graders benefit from the deep learning and the long teaching experience of Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, our founder and current Head of School.  This level keeps the students intrigued and eager to learn.

Sunday, 18 February 2018: Making Chinese dumplings, jiao zi.  Our Chinese language teacher, Yulini Zhang, invited students to her house to make these tasty treats.  They are learning yet another aspect of Chinese culture.

Here are some classes at the LCA at high levels - science for 1st- and 2nd-graders with Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, creating apps in a computer programming class for 3rd- to 8th-graders with Mark Leisher, and deep, enjoyable English class for middle-schoolers with Elizabeth...

Monday, 29 January 2018.  Our students in grades 3 through 8 traveled to the Organ Space Mural for the morning.  They thoroughly enjoyed the informative displays and they had the opportunity to handle artifacts from space history, such as a Shuttle tile.  We thank...

Monday, 26 January 2018.  The 3rd- through 8th-graders visited the Organ Space Mural. They came back, thrilled that they had been allowed to handle real remnants of the space program, including Shuttle heat shield tiles and a titanium fuel cell.  The other visitors at...

We’re having an open house at our school,1755 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla.  We invite the public to visit on Tuesday, February 13th. In the morning, 8:30-10:00, visitors can watch classes in several subjects, talk with our Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, and view...

Changed date and time: Chinese New Year, Saturday, February 17th, 2-6 PM.  Venue: NMSU’s Corbett Center.  Our students will be singing in Mandarin Chinese and dancing.  Our students are busy practicing their performance.  Our program in Mandarin Chinese that has run...