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Student art in Chinese
January, 2022. In preparation for the Chinese New Year, students drew the animals in the Chinese zodiac. Our wonderful teacher Yulin Zhang gave guidance.
Poetry from 2nd-graders
Poetry is for all ages: Do you think of 2nd-graders writing poetry in many forms, and even early kindergarteners – using simile, metaphor, alliteration, making couplets, cinquains, free verse, haiku? Katie Bushma, our new teacher, has brought her enthusiasm and these...
Students learn what makes cars run
LCA parent Paul Bowman originated a new one-semester course in automotive mechanics with two sections. one for grades 3-5 and another for grades 6-8. Tools, fasteners, and concepts fill the class. They took apart two lawnmower engines as part of the course - first...
LCA community meeting
Community meeting: On Friday, December 10th, our families got together in the school for the first time since COVID-19 hit, and it was a success. We all wore our masks and spaced ourselves apart, fluidly. The big event was the food drive for donating to beloved...
High-level English learning
Here's a glimpse into the high-level English classes in which teacher Elizabeth Brasher engages students. The audio in this video is a bit low, but the quality of the course is apparent.
Science teacher at the top
We’re happy that Vince Gutschick, our Board Chair, teacher, and Deputy Treasurer, has been cited as standing in the current top 2% of scientists in the world. A study at Stanford University analyzed all the scientific publications up to 2019. Vince’s 67...
World culture class
Board Chair Vince Gutschick is a fellow world traveler with Head of School Lou Ellen Kay, and their son David and his wife Yi. Vince is now offering the courses World Culture 3&4 and 5-8. Here's a happy scene at Senso-ji Temple in Tokyo: Each week Vince shares a...
Math club
The Fall 2021 semester has been very busy and productive with in-person learning under very good precautions against COVID-19. After-school activities are thriving. The theater club and Lego club are back in operation! We'll have pictures and a story soon....
CP-3 notes extreme temps
Part 2 here is for long-time Python programmers in class CP-3 This should be a very interesting project: * We should get results that let us predict how often the temperatures in Las Cruces (really, in a place nearby, the Jornada Range Headquarters) reach or...
Our new Science Club sucks the air of out of a sphere
New this academic year is the Science Club! This week, the students engaged with Dr. Vince Gutschick, teacher and Board Chair, who (literally) rolled out our vacuum pump, along with a large bell jar, several balloons, and a small Magdeburg sphere. We watched as a...