News
Chinese teacher – her vigorous program
25 September 2017. Our new teacher for Mandarin Chinese, Yulin Zhang, has been on the job now for 6 weeks. She and the students are thriving. Here she’s teaching the students to write the characters for the numbers 1-12. They’re learning conversational Chinese...
Open house, 12 September
We have another great open house event on Tuesday, September 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 (5:30-7:00 PM). We welcome families considering enrolling their...
Experiencing the Great American Eclipse
Monday, 21 August 2017. LCA students view the eclipse, three ways. The Great American Eclipse of 2017 treated our students to an outdoor experience, a rare optical treat, and an appreciation of the Solar System. Students came out in groups, about 6 times each, to...
School calendar for 2017-18 is up
There's always access to our scrolling calendar on this News and Events page, upper left; we also provide a printable full-academic-year calendar here. It's color-coded, with school event in black text on white, open houses in black text on salmon, breaks with no...
Visit us at Kids’ Expo, July 29th
We'll be on the Downtown Plaza on Saturday, July 29th, with activities and information about our extensive programs that let students express their motivation and interests. We're a high-performing academic school with a very diverse student body and expert teachers....
One of our fine STEM students
Arabella Camunez has been in the LCA since 1st grade, starting in August, 2010. Last academic year, 2016-17, she completed 7th grade in our middle-school program, and along the way, she participated strongly in a 3-year student project creating a computer-controlled,...
Our students show their proficiency in Chinese
Results of the official HSK exams from the Chinese government: out students score very high. From our very beginning in August, 2009, we've been teaching our students Mandarin Chinese daily, now covering three levels. Our students learn to read, write, and speak...
School calendar for 2017-18 is up
Our scrollable calendar is always here on this News and Events page. We also provide this printable, 1-page, full-year calendar in color, as a PDF file; black text on white is for notes about semester starts and ends; blue background indicates breaks with no...
Open house on August 8th
We have an open house coming up, 1-3 PM, on Tuesday, August 8th. You can meet with our Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, two teachers, and our Board Chair, Dr. Vince Gutschick, and tour the school. We're proud of what we can offer; some see us!
Food for Thought 4 takes place
31 May 2017. After several months of planning, our signature community event and fundraiser, Food for Thought took place, for the 4th year in a row. Eleven discussion leaders engaged 41 guests and 11 volunteers on a wide range of topics: Davin Lopez from MVEDA on...