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Mid-Autumn Chinese Festival

Mid-Autumn Chinese Festival

by | Sep 30, 2018 | News and Events

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Saturday, 29 September 2018: Our students, of all ages and experience in our Chinese classes, performed on the NMSU campus.  The festival was sponsored by the Confucius Institute and the Chinese Students and Scholars Association of NMSU.  With only 2 weeks to prepare,...
We’ll have a book fair at Barnes & Noble

We’ll have a book fair at Barnes & Noble

by | Sep 25, 2018 | News and Events

Preparing for a book fair at Barnes & Noble in the Mesilla Valley Mall: we’ll be there on Saturday, 17 November, with students performing in several languages, a science demo, a book reading, and more.  Our Parent Committee is meeting on 3 October to start the...
Adventurous science

Adventurous science

by | Sep 25, 2018 | News and Events

Friday, 21 Sept. 2018: students in our grades 4-7 science class viewed (from a safe distance, and with protection) a rapid chemical reaction, with reactants bursting into flame.  Teacher Vince Gutschick, a Ph. D. chemist, guided students as they ground up potassium...
Exuberant Chinese performance

Exuberant Chinese performance

by | Sep 25, 2018 | News and Events

Saturday, 29 Sept. 2018, 4-9 PM, on the outdoor stage to the east of NMSU’s Corbett Center: we’ll be at the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival.  It’s sponsored by the Chinese Students and Scholars Association at NMSU, New Mexico State University Confucius Institute and...
Open house coming up

Open house coming up

by | Sep 6, 2018 | News and Events

Thursday, 13 September 2018: We’re holding an open house, 11 AM to 1 PM, at the school, 1755 Avenida de Mercado in Mesilla. 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....
First-time learners absorb Chinese fast

First-time learners absorb Chinese fast

by | Sep 6, 2018 | News and Events

5 September 2018.  Our students progress fast with a great teacher, Yulin Zhang.  These are beginning students, who’ve never had Chinese before, and it’s just the 4th week of classes!  Good work, all of you. Here’s a video, 29 seconds, 9.6...
The new academic year

The new academic year

by | Sep 6, 2018 | News and Events

5 September 2018: We’re just over 3 weeks into the new school year, in our tenth year of classes.  New and continuing students, a new teacher joining us, and vibrant classes fill the school.  Our 13 students in early K/kindergarten and 14 students in grades 1 & 2...
Maker’s time for students

Maker’s time for students

by | Sep 5, 2018 | News and Events

A Tuesday activity – makers’ time with our Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay (who has made amazing furniture, herself). Students pick what they want to make, as a potentially durable object – perhaps a patterned lampshade of an interesting shape....