Scholastic book fair success

Scholastic book fair success

Our Scholastic Book Fair started on November 18th and resumed for two weeks after Thanksgiving.  Scholastic ships us books to display every year, at our request. Students enjoyed perusing so many books; we made sure that the books covered all our age levels. We gained...
Chemistry experiment

Chemistry experiment

December 7, 2016.  In middle-school science class, we’re learning about chemical reactions and catalysis with a very quantitative bent. We’re synthesizing ethyl acetate from a balanced (equimolar) combination of ordinary alcohol (ethanol) and acetic acid,...
Happy birthday in 3 languages

Happy birthday in 3 languages

November 17, 2016: https://www.lascrucesacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/happy_birthday_in_3_languages.mp4 For each child’s birthday, at snack time we have a little party. Our students sing “Happy birthday” in English, then in Mandarin Chinese,...