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AcadeQuiz: Académie de la Capitale’s Annual School Fundraiser
Académie de la Capitale’s annual school fundraiser, AcadeQuiz, is coming up! It will be held on February 24, in AcadeCap’s newly renovated space. Learn about how you can support AcadeQuiz!
Beaver Computing Contest
The students of Académie de la Capitale recently competed in the annual Beaver Computing Contest developed by the Center for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) of the University of Waterloo. The contest is intended to get students excited about computer science and focuses on computation and logic. Over 15,000 students wrote the Beaver Computing
Information Sessions: Dec. 13 & 14, 2017
Information sessions for 2017-2018 mid-year admission: (Wednesday) December 13 at 10 am and (Thursday) December 14 at 7 pm.
Hour of Code 2017: Free sessions December 4 & 7
The Hour of Code is back at Académie de la Capitale. Join us on December 4 and December 7 from 4:15 to 5:45 pm for free coding sessions.
November 22: Open House / Portes ouvertes
Académie de la Capitale (AcadeCap) is hosting an Open House on Wednesday, November 22nd, from 4:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Come see our newly renovated space!
AcadeCap STEM: Projects
Ever wonder what types of STEM projects the students build here at AcadeCap? Check out the video below for highlights in Mme Sarah’s STEM Class. Want to see more? Make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel.
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Sentence Building
We have been learning all about sentences in our Kindergarten class. What do they look like? What in punctuation? When should we use capital letters.This is an important facet of early reading and writing development. Source:: Kinder Blog
Writing capital letters
For this activity, the JK/SK had to work on their literacy to be able to get the correct gesture for writing letters. They used playdough and erasable markers to find out in what order the lines of letters need to be traced.They could then practice with their pencil. Source:: Kinder
Figurative Language- Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia. It’s a term for a word that represents a sound. Onomatopoeia is used in all types of writing, but they are very evident when seen in comics. Students explored how different comics have utilized onomatopoeia in their stories, then choose their own word to create a piece of art.
Sorting And Classifying
We have been working diligently on deepening our classifying and sorting skills knowledge. Developing these essential skills help children to develop a large range of thinking skills and to help build the needed skills for problem-solving throughout their life. Source:: Kinder Blog
Biodiversity Project
This term, the Biology 11 students engaged in a hands-on field investigation about biodiversity. For their unit culminating activity, the students chose a local natural area to explore and completed field journal entries and photo documentation of their area. They then researched the organisms inhabiting the area to determine their
Welcome to AcadeCap Airlines!
As we launch our unit of inquiry on modes of transportation, the Grade 1/2 students are so excited to use their dramatic play centre – an airport. In this centre, students will be working on their oral communication skills in French as they develop a variety of vocabulary relating to