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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

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iSTEAM

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.

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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

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News and Events

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

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News and Events

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

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AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs

Teachers' Blogs

Kung Hei Fat Choi!

​Kung Hei Fat Choi! Happy Lunar New Year! We listened to a story that taught us about the sinister Nian who wasn’t nice to the villagers at the beginning of each new year, so the villagers learned to scare him off with loud noises, bright lights, and the colour red.

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Teachers' Blogs

Clash of the Ideologies

The HIVE students, in a fun collaboration between their Civics and History courses, participated in the ‘Clash of the Ideologies’ activity, which involved each student completing research on a specific political ideology and creating a short audio-visual presentation. For the presentation, we had some special guests in the audience, the

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Teachers' Blogs

The Hour of Code

​The kinders teamed up with their older school friends during The Hour of Code. They worked together to explore different coding tutorials. The younger children benefited from the knowledge and experience of their older buddies and enjoyed being able to help them solve awesome coding challenges. What is The Hour

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Metabolic Processes

For the Metabolic Processes Unit, the Biology 12 students conducted investigations to determine the rates of cellular respiration and photosynthesis. They made predictions, explored direct and indirect methods of measurement, and investigated a variety of factors that influence metabolic rates in various organisms. Students practiced using their lab observations to

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Thinking Critically about Bioplastics

​In Science 9, the students have become inventors of bioplastic and other plastic alternatives. They are exploring the chemistry of bioplastic, reading the recent research on the use of waste materials from agriculture to make bioplastics, and thinking critically about the societal, technological, and environmental challenges still associated with bioplastic

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Illuminated Letters

Students experienced the detailed-oriented work that comprised illuminated letters and manuscripts. A respected art-form of the 7th century, performed by a team of monks (the parchmenter, the scribe, the illuminator), under a vow of silence. A vow which the students found troubling! 😁 As students drafted and created their final

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