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Upcoming Caribou Math Competition
The upcoming Caribou Math Competition will be held from November 13-14, 2019. Students in grades 1 through 12 will be competing in the following: For grades 1, 2, 3 and 4 – Tangram https://cariboutests.com/games/tangram.php For grades 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 – Chomp https://cariboutests.com/games/chomp.php For grades 11 & 12 – GeomeTree
Acadecap Updates: October & November 2019
October, so far: October 16 was the Student Vote. Grades 1-11 participated in the mock election. The Acadecap election leader’s debate took place a week before (and was much more entertaining than the televised one). October 16 was also our curriculum night. Parents were introduced to Michel Lyon, author of
Upcoming open house: November 20, 2019 from 6-8 pm
Open House: November 20, 2019 Académie de la Capitale (Acadecap International School) will be hosting its next Open House on November 20, 2019, Wednesday, from 6 to 8 pm. At the Open House, you will meet various members of the Acadecap Community, all interested in sharing their experience with you.
Acadecap Updates: Back-to-school 2019-2020
The 2019-2020 School Year Calendar has just been released, and you may have noticed many new additions. To better plan the scheduling of activities, each month will feature a different theme (focus): September: House Building October: Literature Month November: Innovation Month December: Month of Celebrations January: Creative Expression Month February:
Lovely Ladybugs
This week, AcadeCampers explored the exciting and beautiful lady bug! We started our week off by asking questions and thinking about what we already know. Then, we went searching for ladybugs to observe throughout the week – it was like a scavenger hunt because they were so tough to find! Then,
Simple Machines
Simple Machines Lesson from TeachEngineering.orgThe advantage of the incline plan from TeachEngineering.orgRube-Goldberg Activity from TeachEngineering.orgPowerful Pulleys lesson from TeachEngineering.org Collection of activities and lessons about simple machines from TeachEngineering.org Pulley-ing Your Own Weight Source:: Mme Sarah’s Blog
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Pablo Picasso
Students from JK/SK learned about Pablo Picasso’s life, art style, paintings and why is he famous. They drew a Frankenstein picture using Picasso’s style. Source:: Mme Christine’s SLT Blog
October 19th, 2022
Today in Art class, we worked on making a smoking cauldron; we used different materials to create it. Students were outside to collect nature materials to make their artwork unique. Source:: Mme Christine’s SLT Blog
Thanksgiving Outdoor Ed.
In our outdoor class, students learned the history of Thanksgiving in Canada and why this day became an annual national holiday. Students also made turkeys’ tails out of leaves where they had the opportunity to write down what they were thankful for. Source:: Mme Christine’s SLT Blog
Creating Sentences!
The class is learning how to create strong sentences with proper punctuation. Students used a graphic organizer to create two sentences about their favorite animal. They drew a picture of their favorite animal and then wrote two ideas to put in their sentences. Source:: Grade 2 & 3 Blog
October 18th, 2022
We have been learning about various artists throughout our unit of inquiry.Art is a powerful medium for children to express their creatively and self expression.Art helps to improve both gross and fine motor skills, broaden cultural awareness, and it also encourages neural connections by employing all of the senses. Source::
Welcome to Grade 5-6!
Presenting the Grade 5-6 class of 2022-2023! To begin the school year, they started by marking the class as their own. Handprints symbolize humanity, and the students made their prints to represent that they understand that everyone is different and that they will respectfully work together. At the end of