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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...
Come see us at our open house
Tuesday, 9 January 2018. We have another great open house event on Tuesday, December 12th, 2017. 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...
Science outreach on the radio
5, 12, 19, 26 December 2017...and on. Science is a big part of our curriculum, taught by career scientists, Drs. Lou Ellen Kay and Vince Gutschick. We go beyond that, with outreach to others in groups small (e.g., a family in California) and, we hope, growing to...
The fall semester ends
20 December 2017 - the last full day of school. Students did arts and crafts and storytelling in groups...a nice way to end.