by Leah | Sep 21, 2019 | News and Events
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Saturday, 20 September 2019: A week’s learning, writing, and drawing culminated in 16 students in grades K through 8 being out on the sidewalk in front of the Mesilla Town Hall holding posters they had made. They were inspired by Greta Thunberg, the courageous...
by Leah | Sep 2, 2019 | News and Events
On Tuesday, September 10th: The Las Cruces Academy is holding an open house, 8-10 AM and 5:30-6:30 PM, at the school, 1755 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla. You can meet with our Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, in the morning observe students in classes and at play,...
by Leah | Sep 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
A recent opinion piece published in the New York Times lamented the lack of “free play and childhood independence” critical for unstructured growth and overall happiness of students in most schools. “For youngsters these days, an hour of free play is like a drop...
by Leah | Sep 2, 2019 | News and Events
It’s Labor Day. We salute our hardworking teachers – Elizabeth Brasher (English, writing, music, social studies, Assistant Head of School, theater and engineering clubs); Arielle Lane (early kinder and kindergarten, 1&2 reading, fitness, garden club, overseeing...
by Leah | Aug 6, 2019 | News and Events
The new academic year starts on August 8th! We’re proud to announce a new Spanish teacher, Yolanda Guevara. Yolanda just rejoined us for the upcoming 2019-20 academic year, having taught Spanish in our first year of operation. She stepped out to meet family needs and...
by Leah | Jul 24, 2019 | News and Events
Cursive writing isn’t a lost skill at the Las Cruces Academy. Head of School Lou Ellen Kay teaches cursive to students in 1st grade and up. They can then take notes more rapidly than by printing, they can read historic documents, and they can develop personal,...
by Leah | Jul 24, 2019 | News and Events
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There are still open places in kindergarten and grades 3-8; grades 1&2 are projected to be nearly full. What are we offering to our students? We provide a high-quality education at the level that is both supportive and challenging. We assess each student and...
by Leah | Jul 22, 2019 | News and Events
How did LCA students wrap up 2019? Our students shone in the Iowa Assessments, averaging individually in the 88th percentile nationally. LCA students who tested in both 2018 and 2019 showed an average gain of 1.7 grades per year. We also had 7 students in grades 2-7...
by Leah | Jul 12, 2019 | News and Events
10 July 2019 This May, seven of our students in grades 2-7 took the Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi (HSK) exam, a test of proficiency in the Mandarin Chinese language including both reading and listening comprehension components. Their performance was stellar: 100% of students...
by Leah | Jul 8, 2019 | News and Events
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Our webmaster was on travel for a well-earned vacation for a month. We’ll have frequent posts now. Here are several photos from the trip, a cultural tour in Croatia and Greece. You may well recognize the Acropolis; another image is Meteora, location of the...
