Making molecules

by Leah | Nov 17, 2019 | News and Events

13 November 2019.  Students in grades 5-8 science latched onto three different molecular model kits to make structures of common and less-known molecules, by following the rules for bonding of atoms (valence).  On their own, they hit on proper structures and they had...

Field trip – Three Rivers Petroglyphs

by Leah | Nov 9, 2019 | News and Events

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What a beautiful, sunny, mild, and very educational day we had at Three Rivers Petroglyphs site in the Tularosa Basin north of Alamogordo. From about 400 AD to 1400 AD, Native Americans lived here. Among other pieces of their life story, they left over 21,000...

Fall Festivities – see what we’ve been up to!

by Leah | Nov 2, 2019 | News and Events

23 October | Science demo Students learned how to use a partial vacuum to suck a hard-boiled egg through an opening a bit narrower than its diameter.  We put a bit of water into a vase, heated the vase + water in a microwave oven, and put the egg on top of the vase...

Open house, November 12th

by Leah | Nov 2, 2019 | News and Events

On Tuesday, November 12th | We’re holding an open house! When | 8-10 AM and 5:30-6:30 PM Where | 1755 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla What to expect | You can meet with our Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, in the morning observe students in classes and at play,...

Changing color and back again

by Leah | Oct 28, 2019 | News and Events

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In grades 5-8 science today, we delved into heat, temperature, and chemical reactions accelerated by heat or by catalysts such as enzymes.  We ran one beautiful demonstration of a chemical reaction driven one way by rising temperature and back by decreasing...

Robotics demo

by Leah | Oct 17, 2019 | News and Events

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LCA graduate Arabella and her colleagues at the Arrowhead Early College High came to the school to demonstrate robotics to students of all ages. Students learned some of the principles, designed platforms, and got to operate some robots.

Engineering club, fall 2019

by Leah | Oct 17, 2019 | News and Events

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LCA parent Prof. Jessica Houston and LCA teacher Elizabeth Brasher led the students to make launchers and planes in two after-school sessions this fall.  The students look intent, pleased, both.

Learning fast and loving it

by Leah | Oct 13, 2019 | Uncategorized

Our youngest students get topics years in advance of regular schools and they love it Reading, 1st & 2nd grades: Students did a good job of recording their reading from the week in their reading logs and bringing them on Thursday. This week students learned how to...

Open house, Tuesday, October 8th

by Leah | Sep 30, 2019 | News and Events

Open house: We invite the public to visit the school on Thursday, May 9th, from 11 AM to 1 PM. You can meet with our Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, observe students in classes and at play, and talk with our great teachers.  We’re proud of what we can offer...

Moon Festival on the Plaza

by Leah | Sep 29, 2019 | News and Events

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Saturday, 28 September 2019.  Our students attracted the crowd at the band shell on the Downtown Plaza, as they sang five songs in Chinese.  They youngest group, kindergarten through 2nd grade, came first, with the longer-experienced 3rd- through 8th-graders...