Unlocking Students'
Learning Potential

Unlocking Students,
Learning Potential

Focus

Advanced Mathematics

Grow and succeed in mathematics and competitions through a continuum approach from concepts to real-world skills and applications.

i STEAM Programme

Engage in project-based learning and hands-on activities to boost problem-solving skills.

Technology

Develop key tech skills in coding, AI, ICT, and digital media to prepare for future careers.

Sciences

Participate in biology, chemistry, physics, and earth science experiments to enhance understanding of the natural world.

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English and French (FSL)

Communicate confidently in both English and French (FSL)

International Languages

Learn Spanish, or another third language, to develop language skills and cross-cultural communication.

SMILE - Systematic Multisensory Intensive Literacy Education

Become a capable reader and writer with Orton Gillingham (O-G) -based multisensory instruction to overcome literacy difficulties.

The Arts

Cultivate creativity, critical thinking, and intercultural competence through art, music, drama, literature, and media.

Body and Mind

Participate in a range of activities and sports to develop fitness, teamwork, sportsmanship, and lifelong healthy habits.

Forest Pedagogy

Explore the wider natural world as an essential and necessary part of learning and development.

Differentiation

Develop full academic potential and become exceptional by engaging in well-planned differentiated learning opportunities, curricula, and settings.

Across-the-Ages Learning

Learn to learn, live, communicate, and act as a member of a community.

Grade Levels and
Programmes Overview

Grades JK-6 (Ages 4-11)
IB Primary Years Programme (IB PYP) Authorised 2004

The IB PYP is designed for children between the ages of 4 and 11. The curriculum is intended to engage and challenge young learners as they learn about their world, and the wider world around them.

Grades 7-8 (Ages 12-13)
Pre-Secondary School Programme (PSSP)

PSSP is conducive for students to tackle more complex concepts and make connections between their studies in traditional subjects and the real world. Being the 1st tier of AcadeCap’s 21st Century Leaning Curriculum © (21st CLC©), it’s focus is critical thinking, collaborative complex problem-solving, and social skills to prepare students effectively for secondary school.

Grades 9-12 (Ages 14-17)
Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) Inspected since 2002

The OSSD, recognized around the world, preps students for preferred postsecondary destinations. Pursuing with the 2nd and 3rd tiers of the 21st CLC©, students broaden conceptual understandings and knowledge, and various skill sets, including higher order thinking skills, to achieve academic success.

Empowering Learners to
Become Exceptional

TedED

TED-Ed Clubs students develop skills in·
*Identifying the elements of a great idea
*Researching, developing and presenting an idea
*Telling a compelling story
*Giving and receiving feedback effectively.

Rigour, Proficiency and Mastery

Rigour is the ability to ask the right questions. Proficiency is working until one demonstrates the expected learning in relation to the learning standards. Going in-depth, not coverage, is mastery of a subject.

21st Century Competencies

IB PYP Approaches to Learning © and our 21st CLC© Core Competencies prepare students how to learn and to self-teach for the challenges and opportunities that arise from changes in technologies, economies and societies.

The AcadeCap Continuum

Every AcadeCap student benefits from the philosophy, the approach, and the curricula of the Ontario Ministry of Education and the International Baccalaureate. Our younger students, from JK to grade 6, follow the IB Primary Years Programme (IB PYP), with classes taught 65% in French and 30% in English & 5% other languages. Our grades 7 & 8 follow our own Pre-Secondary School Programme (PSSP) approach, with classes taught 40% in French and 55% in English or 100% in English. In grades 9 to 12, our students continue on with the OSSD curriculum (French Immersion Certificate), taking full advantage of the higher-order thinking skills and rigorous preparation gleaned from completing the PSSP. Our proprietary 3-tier 21st Century Learning Curriculum is implemented from Grade 7 to 12.

At AcadeCap, we are a community of learners, encouraging the mingling of different age groups, especially when it comes to daily subjects and intra-curricular activities like Math, STEM (iSTEAM), Coding, Jiu-Jitsu, Violin, Vibrant Arts and Skiing, where ability and age do not necessarily follow in lock-step. The result is a collaborative atmosphere that one might be hard-pressed to witness in other schools.

“In the IB PYP classroom, student agency, action, and inquiry drive learning. Rigorous, concept-driven experiences encourage students to analyze, create, and engage deeply rather than simply memorize. They learn and refine their abilities to think critically, communicate effectively, adapt to any situation, problem solve and persevere through challenges. Higher-order thinking is at the core, ensuring students develop the skills and confidence to take meaningful action in their learning and beyond.

Unlocking Students'Learning Potential

IB World School (IB Primary Years Programme)

Pre-Secondary School Programme

Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD)

21st Century Learning Curriculum ©