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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...
Earth Day 2022 all the posters
And here they are!
Earth Day posters 2022
April 25... a bit of delay to avoid the ferocious winds on the 22nd! Our students in grades 3-8 created their individual posters during the week of Earth Day. They're passionate about the environment, rightly so. They put a lot of thought and work into their posters....
Animals, more animals, and ice cream
April 21st, 2022: We just finished 3 half-days of the Iowa Assessment tests, so it was time for a break - a trip to Landmark Mercantile in Mesquite. What's there? For one, a lot of interesting animals, goats, an ostrich, three emus, a pot-bellied pig, longhorn...
Marble mazes by young students
April 1, 2022. Engineering club for grades 1 & 2: students made marble mazes out of Legos, in clever designs. Here two students navigate theirs with a marble. Shades of the 1950s! Thanks to our engineer club volunteers Elizabeth Brasher, Jessica Houston, Erin...