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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
M. V, grade 12, review on the PYP Expo.
On May 18th, we witnessed the annual PYP Expo put on by the grade 6 class at Academie de la Capitale. Each student chose a variety of different topics discussing the subject of social media and technological advancement. The presentations were informative and very well executed. Ranging from the highly
T.V grade 10, review of the Expo.
‘This Wednesday, May 19th, at Academie de la Capitale, I witnessed the annual PYP expo. Students from the grade 6 class each presented very informative topics about social media. I could tell that each student put hard work and effort into his or her presentation and I learned many new
Term 3 SMILE 2021
The SMILE (systematic multisensory literacy education) program provides an opportunity for primary students to work explicitly on foundational skills in reading such as building knowledge of letter-sound correspondences, decoding multisyllabic words, and identifying irregular words. Students develop their writing skills, including cursive writing, punctuation, grammar, and spelling. The curriculum is
PYP EXPO
This week the grade 6 students had their EXPO! They have been working diligently for the past 2 months, and they finally presented to their classmates, teachers and parents. The EXPO was held online, and rather fitting considering the topic was about the media. The students created a news broadcast
Preparing for EXPO
The grade 6s have been working hard on their big end of year project, the EXPO. The EXPO this year is focused on the media, and the students have created their own website about a topic surrounding the central idea: The media can alter and manipulate images, perceptions, needs and
Cinco de Mayo by a grade 12 student reporter, M.V.:
Even with the dull and gloomy atmosphere that the COVID clouds have cast upon this school year, Acadecap’s Grade 7/8 Spanish Class has still been able to celebrate “Cinco de Mayo”. The Grade 7/8s hosted a virtual meeting with the whole school in attendance. In the meeting, one of the