School calendar for 2017-18 is up

by Leah | Aug 19, 2017 | News and Events

There’s always access to our scrolling calendar on this News and Events page, upper left; we also provide a printable full-academic-year calendar here.  It’s color-coded, with school event in black text on white, open houses in black text on salmon, breaks...

Visit us at Kids’ Expo, July 29th

by Leah | Jul 24, 2017 | News and Events

We’ll be on the Downtown Plaza on Saturday, July 29th, with activities and information about our extensive programs that let students express their motivation and interests.  We’re a high-performing academic school with a very diverse student body and...

One of our fine STEM students

by Leah | Jul 24, 2017 | News and Events

Arabella Camunez has been in the LCA since 1st grade, starting in August, 2010.  Last academic year, 2016-17, she completed 7th grade in our middle-school program, and along the way, she participated strongly in a 3-year student project creating a computer-controlled,...

Our students show their proficiency in Chinese

by Leah | Jul 24, 2017 | News and Events

Results of the official HSK exams from the Chinese government: out students score very high. From our very beginning in August, 2009, we’ve been teaching our students Mandarin Chinese daily, now covering three levels.  Our students learn to read, write, and...

School calendar for 2017-18 is up

by Leah | Jul 24, 2017 | News and Events

Our scrollable calendar is always here on this News and Events page.  We  also provide this printable, 1-page, full-year calendar in color, as a PDF file; black text on white is for notes about semester starts and ends; blue background indicates breaks with no...

Open house on August 8th

by Leah | Jul 3, 2017 | News and Events

We have an open house coming up, 1-3 PM, on Tuesday, August 8th. You can meet with our Head of School, Dr. Lou Ellen Kay, two teachers, and our Board Chair, Dr. Vince Gutschick, and tour the school. We’re proud of what we can offer; some see us!

Food for Thought 4 takes place

by Leah | Jun 2, 2017 | News and Events

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31 May 2017.  After several months of planning, our signature community event and fundraiser, Food for Thought took place, for the 4th year in a row.  Eleven discussion leaders engaged 41 guests and 11 volunteers on a wide range of topics: Davin Lopez from MVEDA on...

Chinese Culture Night – a success

by Leah | May 29, 2017 | News and Events, Uncategorized

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We held a Chinese Culture Night on Wednesday, 23 May 2017 at the Academy.  The event was captured in a series of videos (on YouTube, as listed below) and still images by Vince Gutschick, Board Chair, with another image from  parent Monica Lopez.  The Las Cruces Green...

End-of-term picnic

by Leah | May 26, 2017 | News and Events

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May 26, 2017. Our spring semester always ends with a picnic in the park, followed by preparations for our signature community event and fundraiser, Food for Thought; students, teachers, and our head of school head back to move furniture. At the picnic, there was even...

Student talent show

by Leah | May 20, 2017 | News and Events

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19 May 2017 – 2-3 PM.  Eleven of our students, ages 6 through 13, showed us their talents in singing, acting, dancing, and hula-hooping.  The stills and the movies speak for themselves! (At least in VLC Media Player, the movies shot vertically display correctly;...