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Meet The Teachers on Sept. 15, 2020
Our Annual Corn Roast and Meet The Teachers event is on September 15, 2020, from 4:15 pm to 5:00 pm. This year’s event will look different. Due to COVID-19 safety requirements, the students were regretfully not permitted to shuck corn, and Chef Erick from Dial-a-Chef will not be able to
Safe September Return at AcadeCap
With back-to-school fast approaching, AcadeCap has been preparing all summer for a safe return in September. We’ve put in place numerous procedures and practices to ensure that students and staff will be safe during their learning at school.
Home Learning iSTEAM Challenge: Week 5
Since the last day of school is next week, we’d like to let you know that this will be our last challenge of the year. At AcadeCap, the Egg Drop Challenge is done on a yearly basis – this year will be no different. The iSTEAM Team challenges you and
L’Exposition PP 2020 / 2020 PYP Exhibition: Site links now up!
L’Exposition PP 2020 c’est aujourd’hui ! Nous vous proposons de suivre le documentaire réalisé par nos apprenants sous forme de films/épisodes depuis le site web NOTERRA ou depuis la chaîne Youtube du projet NOTERRA The 2020 PYP Exhibition starts today! We invite you to watch the documentaries produced by the
Home Learning iSTEAM Challenge: Week 4
Did you know that the oldest known constructed labyrinths were built in ancient Egypt and Etruria (central Italy) around 4500 b.c.? (Source: https://www.encyclopedia.com/) This week, the iSTEAM Team challenges you to build a labyrinth. A labyrinth is described as a single through-route with twists and turns but without branches, whereas a maze is
Virtual AcadeCoders: Registration is Open!
It’s a go! AcadeCoders is ready and open for registrations. This summer, AcadeCoders will take place via telelearning. Coders will receive an acadecap.org email address to communicate with their counsellors, and participate in live Google Meet learning experiences between 9:00am and 2:00pm. Coders will have snack breaks, as well
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
AcadeCap Career Fair 2023
The AcadeCap Career Fair on May 24th provided an excellent opportunity for students in Grades 5 through 12 to practice their interviewing and networking skills and to learn about possible career fields. Our Career Studies class planned, organized, and hosted the event, which involved students completing research and preparing a
Do Words Matter?
Do words matter? During a discussion about living things and their needs, the dialogue turned into an interesting question being posed. Are plants affected by our words and the tone in which we speak to them? ( They are living things after all. ) We have decided to do an
Inquiry-Driven Labs
In a problem-based learning challenge, the Science 9 students used their knowledge of electrostatics and the scientific method to determine how the amount of charge on the rod and the mass of foil in an electroscope affect how far apart the pieces of foil will separate from each other. In
Congratulations for a job well done!
AcadeCap School has won the Safe Drinking Water Foundation’s 2022-2023 Student Action on Canadian Water Attitudes Competition and one of the two $3000 grand prize packages consisting of several water quality testing kits and a water bottle filling station! Congratulations to all the PSSP and OSSD students, the Science classes,
The Wonderful Earthworm
As part of our unit of inquiry this week, we are investigating all about earthworms and how they are beneficial to the growing process of plants. We constructed our own class worm habitat so we can observe and document everything that we notice about our fascinating worms. Did you know
Results of the Recycling Incentive Pilot Programme
This Term, a civic action project has been underway, with the Civics students engaging the whole school in a recycling incentive pilot programme to reduce the amount of food waste and recyclables that enter our garbage cans at the school. During the 3 weeks of the programme, parents packed litterless