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Famous Art and Math Connections

Last week Ilyes and I introduced campers to famous and inspirational artists of abstract art such as Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian and the one and only Pablo Picasso. Campers started the week by learning Kandinsky’s style, they made multiple squares on a sheet of paper and drew concentrics circles in

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APRIL 21: OPEN HOUSE / PORTES OUVERTES

Académie de la Capitale (AcadeCap) is hosting an Open House on Saturday, April 21st, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm.  Learn more about all of AcadeCap’s programs: the bilingual IB PYP and IB MYP, and the OSSD, as well as our extra-curriculars: OSSD Credit Courses, Tutoring, Multi-Sensory Teaching for reading

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Acadecamp 2017 educational summer camp program poster
AcadeCamp

AcadeCamp 2018

Planning your summer? Check out our weekly camp calendar for June, July and August 2018! Registration forms can be downloaded in PDF and Word formats. Scroll down to see all weekly topic descriptions. Week # Week of Theme Short Description 1 Jun 25-29 Design and Build For campers fascinated with the beauty

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AcadeCap Ski Days

With spring right around the corner, AcadeCap had its last ski day this week. To view the album on Facebook, please click on the image/link below. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155351441037688.1073741925.175529857687&type=1&l=fa219a1c15

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Photos from AcadeQUIZ 2018

Thank you to everyone who participated in this year’s AcadeQuiz! Please click on the link below to view the event album. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155327102042688.1073741924.175529857687&type=1&l=c99f965483

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Students participating in Acadecap educational summer camps
AcadeCoders

AcadeCoders & AcadeMakers 2018

Planning your summer? Check out our weekly camp calendar for June, July and August 2018! We will be offering 4 weeks  of AcadeCoders (Game Development) and of 4 weeks AcadeMakers (Maker Movement). Registration forms can be downloaded in PDF or Word formats. Scroll down to see all weekly topic descriptions.

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Teachers' 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

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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

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Teachers' Blogs

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

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Teachers' Blogs

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

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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::

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Teachers' Blogs

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

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