LCA community meeting

by Leah | Jan 22, 2022 | News and Events

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Community meeting: On Friday, December 10th, our families got together in the school for the first time since COVID-19 hit, and it was a success.  We all wore our masks and spaced ourselves apart, fluidly.  The big event was the food drive for donating to beloved...

High-level English learning

by Leah | Jan 22, 2022 | News and Events

Here’s a glimpse into the high-level English classes in which teacher Elizabeth Brasher engages students.  The audio in this video is a bit low, but the quality of the course is apparent.

Science teacher at the top

by Leah | Jan 22, 2022 | News and Events

We’re happy that Vince Gutschick, our Board Chair, teacher, and Deputy Treasurer, has been cited as standing in the current top 2% of scientists in the world.  A study at Stanford University analyzed all the scientific publications up to 2019.  Vince’s 67...

World culture class

by Leah | Jan 22, 2022 | News and Events

Board Chair Vince Gutschick is a fellow world traveler with Head of School Lou Ellen Kay, and their son David and his wife Yi. Vince is now offering the courses World Culture 3&4 and 5-8.  Here’s a happy scene at Senso-ji Temple in Tokyo: Each week Vince...

Math club

by Leah | Jan 22, 2022 | Uncategorized

The Fall 2021 semester has been very busy and productive with in-person learning under very good precautions against COVID-19.  After-school activities are thriving. The theater club and Lego club are back in operation!  We’ll have pictures and a story soon....

CP-3 notes extreme temps

by Leah | Jan 22, 2022 | Uncategorized

Part 2 here is for long-time Python programmers in class CP-3   This should be a very interesting project: *  We should get results that let us predict how often the temperatures in Las Cruces (really, in a place nearby, the Jornada Range Headquarters) reach or...

Our new Science Club sucks the air of out of a sphere

by Leah | Nov 26, 2021 | News and Events

New this academic year is the Science Club! This week, the students engaged with Dr. Vince Gutschick, teacher and Board Chair, who (literally) rolled out our vacuum pump, along with a large bell jar, several balloons, and a small Magdeburg sphere.  We watched as a...

Sample weekly newsletter, 2021

by Leah | Nov 26, 2021 | News and Events

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Great news of the 2020-21 Annual Fund

by Leah | Nov 25, 2021 | News and Events

Our Annual Fund 9 finished on June 30th with generous donations from 23 families, 5 businesses, the board, a former teacher, and 4 long-time friends of the school – a heartfelt “Thank you” goes out to all of them, and to donors yet to be. We’re above our initial...

Halloween fun, 2021

by Leah | Nov 25, 2021 | News and Events

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Halloween fun for the students, October 29th and 31st, 2021 We had a Halloween party on Friday, October 29th. There were many imaginative costumes among our students. Teachers Katie, Lou Ellen, and Yulin led the younger students outside to draw Halloween designs on...