by LCA | Oct 5, 2023 | News and Events
September 29th was the Autumn Festival ((中秋节zhōng qiū jié). It is celebrated on August 15th in Chinese Lunar Calendar. It’s a holiday for a family reunion on a full moon day that represents full, completeness and abundance. Our students in the sever different levels...
by LCA | Sep 29, 2023 | News and Events
September, an early class: the older students in the American Sign Language class shared with the first- and second-graders the joy of learning another way to communicate.
by LCA | Aug 24, 2023 | News and Events
A wide view of science: Science is international, crossing all inhabited continents (well, we can even include Antarctica, given the research going on there, but no one scientist is of Antarctic nationality!). Our grades 6-8 science teacher, Dr. Vince Gutschick,...
by LCA | Aug 23, 2023 | News and Events
Welcome to the new year. All of our families who could make it came to the potluck dinner on Friday, August 18th. We’d just finished our third day of regular classes. This was a good time for everyone to mix, meeting new families and renewing friendships. We segued...
by LCA | Jun 11, 2023 | News and Events
Our students and teachers packed a great deal into April and May. Each activity gets a link, or a story below: STEM Day, April 1, Saturday: our students presented their fun studies Students took the national tests, the Iowa Assessments, and do stunningly well, April...
by LCA | May 14, 2023 | News and Events
In the mornings of several days in mid-April all of our students in grades K-7 took the Iowa Assessments, Form E, a national standard exam covering many aspects of English, math, science, and social science. In each subject area each student achieved a rank as a...
by Leah | May 6, 2023 | News and Events
On Saturday, May 6th, students in grades 4-7 presented three polished and amusing plays. They had practiced in theater club after school and on Saturdays for several months. Siblings, parents, teachers, and friends packed the gallery room that we turned into a little...
by Leah | Apr 29, 2023 | News and Events
On Friday, April 28th, our 1st- and 2nd-graders enjoyed a field trip out to Fort Selden. This site was a campground for Spanish soldiers in the late 1500s, then a Confederate Army post in 1861, and finally, a US Army post from 1865 until its abandonment in 1891....
by Leah | Apr 25, 2023 | News and Events
Yes, writing, for both content and style (beautiful cursive). Students in grades 1 through 7 in the English and writing classes of teacher Elizabeth Brasher wrote poems and essays on diverse topics. Many used the elegant cursive that teachers Lou Ellen Kay and Arielle...
by LCA | Apr 18, 2023 | News and Events
Our students all know each other, across grades, and they treat each other well. They come from the US and from 9 other nations of Africa, Asia, and Europe. Classes are small, 15 students or fewer. On the national Iowa Assessments in 2022 23% of our students scored...