Discoveries in the math club

by Leah | May 22, 2022 | News and Events

https://lascrucesacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/whoops.mp4 May 18, 2022. Third-graders Alden and Emily dove into real details of arithmetic excitedly with CA parent Wei Tang. They learned the intricate patterns by which we can tell if a number is evenly...

Metal that’s hot and “cold” at the same time

by Leah | May 8, 2022 | News and Events

“Cool” experiment in science grades 6-8: Vince and 6 students took 3 pieces of aluminum, one coated with clear nail polish (A), into the bright sunlight. Of course, the bare metal (B and C) gets hot… but looks quite cold in thermal radiation, which we measured with...

Students thank Landmark Mercantile

by Leah | May 1, 2022 | News and Events

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All of our students had a great visit on April 21st – seeing the many animals, eating ice cream, and having a day outdoors.  They gathered paper and colored pencils to make thank-you cards; we think you’ll appreciate them, and so will our hosts Jason and...

Earth Day 2022 all the posters

by Leah | Apr 30, 2022 | News and Events

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Earth Day posters 2022

by Leah | Apr 30, 2022 | News and Events

April 25… a bit of delay to avoid the ferocious winds on the 22nd! Our students in grades 3-8 created their individual posters during the week of Earth Day.  They’re passionate about the environment, rightly so. They put a lot of thought and work into...

Animals, more animals, and ice cream

by Leah | Apr 21, 2022 | Uncategorized

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April 21st, 2022: We just finished 3 half-days of the Iowa Assessment tests, so it was time for a break – a trip to Landmark Mercantile in Mesquite.  What’s there? For one, a lot of interesting animals, goats, an ostrich, three emus, a pot-bellied pig,...

Marble mazes by young students

by Leah | Apr 5, 2022 | Uncategorized

April 1, 2022. Engineering club for grades 1 & 2: students made marble mazes out of Legos, in clever designs.  Here two students navigate theirs with a marble. Shades of the 1950s! Thanks to our engineer club volunteers Elizabeth Brasher, Jessica Houston, Erin...

Go for the challenge in Math Kangaroo

by Leah | Mar 21, 2022 | News and Events

March 19, 2022. Go for the challenge in Math Kangaroo!  Morgan and Alex, 5th-graders. took the  competitive exam on Saturday, March 19th, on the NMSU campus. This is an international competition, and an event aimed at fun in solving math puzzles of high order.  In...

Beautiful cursive

by Leah | Mar 20, 2022 | News and Events

March 15, 2022. Our students have been learning cursive writing for years.  Today that gives them a bit of a superpower.  They can take notes faster than by printing.  They can read many historic documents. They’ll be able to write checks and read them.  Then,...

Kindergarten with art

by Leah | Mar 2, 2022 | Uncategorized

March 2, 2022.  Teacher Katie Bushma engaged our 8 kindergarten students in creating art. They get a full and enjoyable program of handwriting, reading, spelling, math, music, art, Chinese, and Spanish.