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Home redo
Our school The homepage display has been disrupted by a problem we are resolving in the next few weeks by changing our hosting and our Web engine to Squarespace. We'll have some weeks to transition as we convert text and then migrate...
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In-person education
Operations of the Las Cruces Academy for the 2020-21 academic year Classes will begin on September 8th for in-person instruction 5 days per week We, teachers and administration, have reached this decision to open to classroom instruction on the basis that it is the...
Vinnie’s teaching blog
Hi. Here's the latest assignment. 1. Define the Universe and give three examples. 2. Watch this episode of Planet Earth (show everyone how to make a link) 3. Write a 1-page essay on the Defenestration of Prague and email it to me.
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Letters from kindergarten students to new students
Teacher Arielle Lane asked the kindergarten students to write letters to the next class, to tell them what they should know about the class. Enjoy these two!
Deep Appreciation of Our Donors
We’re revamping the site, so were going back year-by-year 2019-20 Donation of Funds LCA Families ● Ananya & Sanjoy Banik ● Andre Pattantyus ● Anonymous ● Anthony & Lisa Siino ● Audrey & Ugonna Ezeh ● Bleu Knight ● Carolyn Bowman ● Charlotte &...
Yes, our students learn cursive
Learning cursive writing is important – for taking notes, for signing documents, for reading such historic documents as the Declaration of Independence. Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, our Head of School, has been teaching cursive to all our students. Here are a couple of...
Young students learning flower structure and function
Our third-graders have been learning science all along. Here are two drawings of flowers, labeled by name and function.
Distance education in Chinese
Our incredibly effective Chinese program continues in distance-education mode. Teacher Yulin Zhang meets with students on Zoom. She also gives them assignments in ClassDojo, including quizzes to take on Quizlet. Students are in 5 groups by level of advancement in...