Schedule a School Tour

by | Dec 8, 2019 | News and Events

6 December 2019: A well-deserved award to Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, our founder and Head of School at the Las Cruces Academy.  We students, parents, teachers, Board, volunteers, and friends of the school – are extremely proud of her.  The Las Cruces Bulletin just announced...

Visit by Fish & Game, and an open house

by | Dec 4, 2019 | Uncategorized

Wednesday, December 4th, 2019: The students loved this presentation and learned a lot about snakes and what they do that makes our environment a better, safer place. (They eat many of the rodents that can carry diseases, such as Lyme Disease.) Come see what else we...

Donate here

by | Nov 23, 2019 | Uncategorized

We’re so pleased you’re building up the LCA by donating funds.  Our secure site accepts credit-card payments via Stripe.  Thanks!
Making molecules

Making molecules

by | 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

Field trip – Three Rivers Petroglyphs

by | 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!

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

by | 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

Open house, November 12th

by | 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

Changing color and back again

by | 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

Robotics demo

by | 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

Engineering club, fall 2019

by | 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.