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Ending the year with a picnic
Friday, May 27, 2022. We always end the academic year with a picnic in the park. Especially in COVID-19 times, this is a most enjoyable way for all of us to socialize freely and celebrate all that we accomplished this year – students, parents, teachers, friends....
Students present the Solar System
Spring semester 2022. Students in grades 3-8 each created their own books about the Solar System – our Sun, Moon, and planets. Distilling their learning over the semester, they illustrated each celestial body and wrote many telling facts about each, in fine cursive....
End-of-term performance 2022
Friday, May 27, 2022. We’re back into live performances! With due caution against COVID-19 out students were able to sing, recite, and act outdoors in our second courtyard. All grades were up there, K through 8, before a packed audience of parents, grandparents,...
Field day – fun and athletic tests
Tuesday, May 28, 2022. Students enjoy vigorous activity outside and some friendly competition. Teacher and Deputy Head of School Elizabeth Brasher has been getting our students in grades 3-8 into diverse sports – basketball, flag football, kickball, soccer, and track...
James and the Giant Peach
May 21, 2022. In the culmination of more than a year of preparation, students in grades 3 through 8 presented the full-hour play, James and the Giant Peach, based on the story by Roald Dahl. Siblings, parents, grandparents, and teachers packed the school courtyard in...
Graduates visit us!
May 18, 2022. We had a very welcome surprise visit by three of our LCA alumni/-ae! Louis Pate, Alegra Reinhold, and David Flores all showed up in their graduation gowns and mortarboards from Las Cruces High School, including their drapings showing their academic...
Market day in grades 1 & 2
May 19, 2022. First- and second-graders put their learning about markets and the economy to use. With the guidance of teacher Arielle Evans, they learned to be entrepreneurs, made products, and ‘sold’ them to kindergarteners. Here are images of their stands....
Discoveries in the math club
May 18, 2022. Third-graders Alden and Emily dove into real details of arithmetic excitedly with CA parent Wei Tang. They learned the intricate patterns by...
Metal that’s hot and “cold” at the same time
“Cool” experiment in science grades 6-8: Vince and 6 students took 3 pieces of aluminum, one coated with clear nail polish (A), into the bright sunlight. Of course, the bare metal (B and C) gets hot… but looks quite cold in thermal radiation, which we measured with...
Students thank Landmark Mercantile
All of our students had a great visit on April 21st - seeing the many animals, eating ice cream, and having a day outdoors. They gathered paper and colored pencils to make thank-you cards; we think you'll appreciate them, and so will our hosts Jason and Michelle...