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iSTEAM Fair
AcadeCap is excited to announce that the iSTEAM Fair will be held on Thursday, March 4th, 2021. This year, the iSTEAM fair will be held virtually. Students will share their projects with judges and parents via Google Meet. In the next few days, an information package will be sent home
Fibonacci Sequence
November at AcadeCap is innovation month. For this month’s iSTEAM challenge, students learned about the Fibonacci sequence. Students read a biography about Leonardo of Pisa, also known as Fibonacci. They explored the reproduction of bees, which follows the Fibonacci sequence through generations. Finally, they created Fibonacci sequence-inspired artwork.
Collaborative Quilting
For our return to school in September and October, students participated in a collaborative quilting activity. Each classroom was given a specific set of colours to create a quilt square per child. Students had to include one square, one triangle and two small squares into their quilt squares. This art
ANNUAL PSSP/OSSD CURRICULUM NIGHT NOV. 12, 2020.
On Thursday, November 12, 2020, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, Académie de la Capitale is hosting the annual PSSP/OSSD Curriculum night. This is an opportunity for parents with children in grades 7-12, as well as interested parents, with children about to enter the PreSecondary School Programme (grade 7) in the
Virtual Open House on October 22, 2020
Acadecap International School invites you to join our virtual open house and curriculum night on Thursday, October 22, 2020 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Terry Fox Fundraising on September 30, 2020
Acadecap is proud to be participating in this year’s Terry Fox event. We aim to raise $1,000 in support of the Terry Fox Foundation. The fundraising event will take place on Wednesday, September 30, 2020, at Morrison Park (near the school). Instead of running, students will alternate dancing, for a
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Civic Action to Combat Climate Change
The AcadeCap Civics students are passionate about climate change! For their culminating project they chose to explore the United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 13: take urgent action to combat climate change. The students used the political inquiry process and their critical thinking skills learned in the first part of the
iSTEAM Fair 2021
PSSP students are practicing for their iSTEAM fair.What a busy, productive and positive Friday! Source:: PSSP & OSSD
Grade 2/3 goes Skating!
This week, Grade 2/3 took a short field trip to the park down the road to spend the afternoon skating in the fresh air. We were so lucky to have the whole rink to ourselves. Source:: Grade 2 & 3 Blog
Skating
A lovely afternoon of skating with the Grade 2/3 class at our local skating rink! Source:: Kinder & Grade 1 Blog
Preparing for Science Fair
The students have been working diligently on their science fair projects. Their science fair projects are linked to the the unit we had surrounding sustainability. One group looked at the effects of pollution on plants by watering the plants with water, eco-friendly soap, regular soap, and vinegar, representing acid rain,
Marble Paintings and Perspective
We made these lovely abstract paintings using marbles and a pizza box. A few drops of paint on their paper, two marbles, then shutting the pizza box and shaking at all around is how these masterpieces were created. Once dried, each student shared what they thought the paintings looked like