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Marie Siegrist
1490 Via Norte Las Cruces, New Mexico 88007 575-647-1193, msiegrist2@comcast.net Background and Artist Statement Painting, for me, is like the scale and notes to a musician and words to an author. I paint because I must. I work in watermedia, i.e., Watercolor,...
Peggy Swoveland
(Image not uploaded because of temporary Wordpress error) Peggy Swoveland I am a third-generation Japanese-American born in Las Cruces, New Mexico. My Nakayama grandparents immigrated to the United States in 1907, and began farming in the Mesilla Valley in 1918. My...
May open house
Tuesday, 9 May 2017. Another open house - a great opportunity to see what the LCA does for students. From 8:30 to 10 AM, you can watch classes in Chinese and in grades early K through 2 (grades 3-8 have other activities), talk with teachers, and view the facilities....
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FFT 2017
Food for Thought - our signature community event and fundraiser! Our fourth annual FFT is in the evening on Wednesday, May 31st, at the school. It's a unique opportunity for attendees to have lively dinner discussions with engaging people in the community, from the...
The Book Fair is a Hit
25 April 2017. Books are a big draw at our school - we use other media and the Internet, but our 7,000 books are a big attraction for our students. Twice a year, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, our Head of School, brings in a Scholastic Book Fair. It's a student magnet, as you...
New sport: table tennis
Fast response to suggestions: We now have a ping-pong table, and the students have taken to it immediately. We'd bandied the idea about months earlier, but a serious suggestion was made on the 21st at a Parent Committee meeting...and Charlotte and Duke Gard donated...
Earth Day 2017
Saturday, 22 April 2017. We were there, on the Downtown Plaza. Our Board Chair, Vince Gutschick, and our Head of School, Lou Ellen Kay, were joined by LCA parent Lara Milane. The LCA fitted in well with the theme of Earth Day, attested to by the banner given us as...
Soil Microbiology Experiment
Friday, 21 April 2017. Professor Geof Smith from NMSU’s Biology Department took time to give our middle-schoolers experience in sampling bacteria from 6 soils. Students Kira and Frankie took soil samples from the bare land and from the cultivated field by the...
International Chinese Exam
HSK exam in Mandarin Chinese – on Friday, 21 April 2017, student Arabella took the Level 2 exam, and on Saturday, 22 April, seven other students took the Level 1 exam. From the HSK website: “HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi) or the Chinese Proficiency Test is an...