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Acadecap PSSP/OSSD Newsletter

Calling all AcadeCap communities!  Keep informed about what we are doing at AcadeCap through our amazing monthly newsletters.  Students are active in a combination of current events and curriculum that celebrates diversity in learning activities.  

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Happy Lunar New Year!

We wish all students, parents and our community a Happy Lunar New Year!  We hope you all have happy and safe festivities with lots of food, family, and friends! We will be celebrating Lunar New Year with a host of activities in our curriculum.  Be sure to check out our

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Virtual Open House February 9 2022

Established in 1998, Académie de la Capitale, aka Acadecap International School, invites you to our virtual open house with focused  presentations on our Primary Years Programme, as well as our PSSP and OSSD programmes.   AcadeCap is proud to be Ottawa’s first IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) authorized school in

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AC Village Meeting and International Potluck (Virtual) January 27, 2022

Once a  year, pre-COVID-19, AcadeCap families and staff would gather at the school  for our international potluck dinner attended by our AcadeCap community. The AC Village Meeting followed the potluck.  This is the time of year when we introduce new families and staff, inform about the next school year fees,

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Happy Kwanzaa from Acadecap

Heri Za Kwanzaa!  We wish all students, parents and our community a Happy Kwanzaa celebration!  We hope you all have a happy and safe harvest festival with lots of light, specialty foods and good times within our community!

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Happy Humanlight celebrations!

We wish everyone a joyful Humanlight celebration during the holiday season!  We join you in celebrating humanity, reason and hope!  Cheers, to celebrating the life you have with all of your loved ones during the winter solstice!

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AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs

Teachers' Blogs

Cereal Box Commercial

As the summative project for the Media Unit, the Grade 5-6 class created a cereal company, designed a cereal and its box, then shot a commercial. To successfully complete this project, the students needed to apply their media knowledge at each stage of the project. For instance, they applied their

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Graffiti for Peace

Linking the topics of media and Remembrance Day the students learned the history, significance and power of graffiti. Moreover, how as a form of media – thus communication – graffiti has been and is used to convey all sorts of messages, opinions, emotions and stories since antiquity. Specific to the

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Commercials and PSAs

Through a fun activity of watching and critically discussing commercials and Public Service Announcements (PSA), the students were to list keywords for the function of each. They also began identifying techniques, tools and elements used to convey the information and/or emotions for the message or product. Commercials: to persuade, for

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What is Media?

During their unit on Media, students sought to find out and define “What is Media?”. Through their exploration, they learned about the different types of media and their variety of functions, techniques, tools, and impacts. The students were tasked in identifying the media they encounter consciously and unconsciously in their

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TED Style Talks

The grade 7/8 students completed their final TED style talks today! The goal was to present a polished and memorized short talk on a topic they were passionate about. Students worked to develop a throughline, a story arc, a hook, and a powerful conclusion for their talks. They also worked

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Pop Art Emojis

Prior to starting their new unit on Media, the students were given an emoji to colour and make their own using “pop art”. They were prompted to reflect upon what is “Media”, and how this activity could be linked to the subject. They were informed of the meaning behind “emojis”

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