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Upcoming open house: November 20, 2019 from 6-8 pm
Open House: November 20, 2019 Académie de la Capitale (Acadecap International School) will be hosting its next Open House on November 20, 2019, Wednesday, from 6 to 8 pm. At the Open House, you will meet various members of the Acadecap Community, all interested in sharing their experience with you.

Acadecap Updates: Back-to-school 2019-2020
The 2019-2020 School Year Calendar has just been released, and you may have noticed many new additions. To better plan the scheduling of activities, each month will feature a different theme (focus): September: House Building October: Literature Month November: Innovation Month December: Month of Celebrations January: Creative Expression Month February:

Lovely Ladybugs
This week, AcadeCampers explored the exciting and beautiful lady bug! We started our week off by asking questions and thinking about what we already know. Then, we went searching for ladybugs to observe throughout the week – it was like a scavenger hunt because they were so tough to find! Then,
Simple Machines
Simple Machines Lesson from TeachEngineering.orgThe advantage of the incline plan from TeachEngineering.orgRube-Goldberg Activity from TeachEngineering.orgPowerful Pulleys lesson from TeachEngineering.org Collection of activities and lessons about simple machines from TeachEngineering.org Pulley-ing Your Own Weight Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog
Sprouts Game
A neat pencil and paper math game, popularized by Martin Gardiner:Sprouts Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog
Fold and Cut Challenge
Did you know that it has been mathematically proven that any shape with straight sides can be cut with one cut, if the paper is pre-folded in the appropriate way?The Fold and Cut Challenge Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Earth Day Calendar
Students joined a special club in late March and early April to prepare for Earth Day 2022. The group worked collaboratively to design a calendar to give to others to celebrate Earth Day and take action to help Mother Earth every month of the year. Students engaged in creating a
Qui est Louis Braille?
Students in Grade 1/2 are currently working on a unit of inquiry that focuses on non-verbal communication. Last week, we learned about the creation of Braille, started by Louis Braille in 1894. Based on the French alphabet, Braille created a writing system as an improvement to night writing. Once we
Science Fair Awards Presentation!
We had our Science Fair awards presentation at Acadecap today! Our Kindergarten class was so excited to receive their individual certificates for their work on our “How to grow green beans” science fair project!Congratulations to all of the students on their individual accomplishments! Source:: Kinder Blog
March 28th, 2022
Students continue to learn about ancient civilizations by participating in a variety of Reader’s Theater performances. Students are focusing on the main ides and supporting details when sorting and summarizing the information read. Source:: Mme Melissa’s English 4-5 Blog
Ancient Civilizations and Language Development
Students are super excited to explore the world of ancient civilizations! Students were introduced to the emergence of written language and had fun decoding riddles written in hieroglyphics. Source:: Mme Melissa’s English 4-5 Blog
Exploring the world of POETRY
We are starting off our unit on poetry by exploring how poetry can elicit emotions and leads the audience to visualize different scenes. The first poem we looked at was “Colors” by Shel Silvertein. Source:: Mme Melissa’s English 2-3 Blog