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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...
Archery Competition
Thursday, 20 April 2017. New Mexico Game and Fish generously loaned us their archery trailer with a panoply of bows, arrows, targets, and safety backdrops. The students in grades 3-5 and in middle school had been trained carefully in earlier sessions; they competed...
Sustainable Business 2017
Sustainable Business of 2017 – the Las Cruces Green Chamber of Commerce held its annual meeting on Wednesday evening, 19 April, at the Grapevine Plaza, and there we were overwhelmed to get the award, being selected among 19 nominees. The award, co-sponsored by the...
Insect Zoo 2017
NMSU’s Insect Zoo visits us – Friday, 31 March 2017. Helen Vessels brought a team to let our students see – and, in some cases, handle – some quite astounding insects and arachnids (spiders). The big Madagascar hissing cockroach was a hit, as was the large walking...
Student-written student-performed play
Saturday, 8 April 2017. Capping a big day with three LCA events (International Festival, Volunteer Fair, and this play), students working with faculty advisor Elizabeth Brasher performed a 20-minute play, "Try, Try Again." Student Arabella Camunez wrote the play,...