Open house, September

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,...

The Kids Are Not Alright: the LCA Difference

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...

Labor Day 2019

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...

New academic year, added teacher

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...

Teaching cursive writing, and science at the same time

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,...

Welcoming new students for 2019-2010

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...

The 2019-2020 year is just around the corner!

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...

Stellar results on Chinese test

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...

A break, and sharing culture

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...

Another year!

by Leah | Jul 8, 2019 | News and Events

The new academic year: Classes start on August 8th, coincident with the LCPS schedule. We’re looking forward to another very successful year for our students in grades early kindergarten through 8. We’re exceptionally strong in languages (English, Spanish,...