In memory of Col. Harry Hellmuth, Board member

by Leah | Apr 12, 2018 | News and Events

10 April 2018.  Harry E. Hellmuth (Lt. Col, US Army, ret.), died peacefully at La Posada Hospice.  Harry was a long-serving member of our Board of Trustees.  His calm and sage advice was always valued.  He also left us a bequest to provide scholarships.  We all miss...

Our April open house

by Leah | Apr 1, 2018 | News and Events

10 April 2018, Tuesday. We have another great open house event coming up. Come see our school, engage with our outreach in science and world culture, view classes (8:30-10:00 AM), talk with teachers (5:30-6:30 PM). We welcome families considering enrolling their...

A new archery competition

by Leah | Apr 1, 2018 | News and Events

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30 March 2018: Our students in grades 3-8 requested three levels of competition; they got it, and they had fun challenging themselves.  Our winners were Arabella, an 8th-grader, with Kira very close; Samantha, a 4th-grader; and Anish, a 3rd-grader.  The younger...

Zuhl Collection field trip

by Leah | Apr 1, 2018 | News and Events

28 March 2018: Our students in grades 1-6 enjoyed the stunning Zuhl Collection of minerals and fossils on the NMSU campus.  They had questions and thoughtful comments about all the displays.  We thank Tiffany Santos, the curator, for showing us around with excellent...

Shared reading

by Leah | Mar 15, 2018 | News and Events

15 March 2018.  Ides of March? No worries.  Our older students (here, Samantha, 5th grade) read with the younger students (here, Marissa and Cailin, 1st grade – both readers themselves), in a comfortable setting in our grades 1 & 2 room.

Founder’s birthday celebration

by Leah | Mar 15, 2018 | News and Events

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March 2018.  Our founder and Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, had her birthday recently.  There was a lunch period Happy Birthday song in both English and American Sign Language (students, all with normal hearing, learn it in a club).  At afternoon snack, students...

Archery in grades 3-8

by Leah | Mar 7, 2018 | News and Events

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Wednesday, 7 March 2018.  This is an 8x slo-mo video of an archery class at our school in Mesilla, NM.  Teacher and Head of School Dr. Lou Ellen Kay is in the foreground.  Our students worked hard with tight instruction that emphasizes safety; they’ve become...

Our March open house

by Leah | Mar 5, 2018 | News and Events

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13 March 2018, Tuesday. We have another great open house event coming up. Come see our school, engage with our outreach in science and world culture, view classes (8:30-10:00 AM), talk with teachers (5:30-6:30 PM). We welcome families considering enrolling their...

Math teaching at the LCA

by Leah | Feb 24, 2018 | News and Events

Monday, 19 February 2018: Math teacher Ellen Armitage works through a challenge in geometry with 8th-grader Arabella in our middle-school math class.   Board Chair Vince says, “I didn’t get geometry until sophomore year in high school – this is great...

Poison-arrow frogs, safely

by Leah | Feb 24, 2018 | News and Events

Monday, 19 February 2018: Poison-arrow frogs: LCA parent Doug Petranoff brought his collection of these frogs to show to the early kindergarten / kindergarten students.  They were really engaged.  Don’t worry: the frogs only become poisonous when they eat certain...