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Field trip to the Organ Space Mural in Organ
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...
Open house – February 2018
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...
Coming up – Chinese New Year
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...
Our public outreach grows
Our outreach to the public keeps rolling. On community radio, KTAL LP FM, Vince Gutschick brings in the concepts and the amazing linkages among the sciences and among science with technology and society. It’s on every Tuesday, noon to 1 PM. The latest show covered...
Art at the LCA
Our students study art each week with Lou Ellen Kay. Some of our 1st- and 2nd-graders’ art is pictured here, done in another class, taught by Elizabeth Brasher. Now each Wednesday after school students join in for painting lessons with parent Bleu Knight. With...
Chemistry of catalysis for middle-schoolers
2 February 2018. Middle-school science class took an outdoor turn, for safety’s sake today, Friday, February 2nd. With Vince Gutschick, the students saw chemical catalysis in action. Acetone, which is ordinary nail-polish remover, can burn with an open flame... or...
World culture classes
2 February 2018. We had a teacher out with a bad cold. We took the opportunity to fill in her usual class time with three segments on world culture. Drawing on travels on six continents over 50 years with Lou Ellen and their son, David, Vince held three discussions...
The 22 degree halo around the Sun
22 January 2018. All of our students came out to see the 22-degree halo around the Sun this afternoon. We hope you saw it at home or at work. It arises from light refraction by ice crystals in light clouds. There's a good description in the book, Color and Light...
Press release Prof. Kathy Hanley, Biology, NMSU, is an internationally engaged and internationally known researcher on emerging viral diseases – dengue, Zika, chikungunya – and possible protections, including vaccines. From noon to one on Tuesday, January 23rd, she’ll...
Outreach: science radio shows on the Web
Science is a big part of our curriculum, taught by career scientists, Drs. Lou Ellen Kay and Vince Gutschick. Vince's radio program on KTAL LP FM, is live on 101.5 and is streamed at lccommunityradio.org. He's done 5 shows to date, each on a Tuesday, noon to 1. We...