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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
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Back at school!
Coming back to school in person has been really exciting for the students. Being able to play with one another and being able to go outside for recess and Outdoor Education has been enjoyable for everyone. During Outdoor Education, the students explored, and went to new places. Another exciting thing
MS Readathon 2021
AcadeCap students love to read and are participating in the annual MS Readathon. They are reading as many books as they can before February 28th to raise funds for people living with MS. If you would like to support their cause you can use this link to make a donation,
Structures in Nature
As the Grade 2/3 continue to work on their unit about structures and forces, we started to think about structures that are not man-made. We thought about what structures we could find in nature, that either occur naturally, or are made by animals. We also thought about the form and
Perspective
In January, we started our new unit on beliefs. We have starting talking about religion, values, and morals. This week we spoke of perspective and viewed images as a group. These images were shown to the students, in which different animals, people or objects were shown. Depending on your perspective,
Use the force!
As students in Grade 2/3 settle into tele-learning in the new year, they began learning about their new unit which focuses on forces and structures. At home, students were challenged to create a toy that moves using a force. Students had to create a plan for their toy, identify materials
Sorting animals into habitats
After discussing different habitats, the students thought of animals and categorized them according to the habitat they live in. Source:: Kinder & Grade 1 Blog