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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
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
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
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
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
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.
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Imagery
Edgar Allen Poe uses his powerful words to create strong imagery in his stories and poems. Students were asked to illustrate what they imagined the House of Usher to look like based on Poe’s writing. Such hauntingly beautiful pieces of art. Source:: PSSP & OSSD
What is Fiction?
Students were busy reading over the summer months! We compiled a list of novels they have read over the last year and sorted them by genre. After sorting the titles, we created definitions for each genre and voted on our favourite. Our current unit is based on realistic fiction. Students
Student Vote Ottawa Municipal Election Activities have begun at AcadeCap
The Civics students are taking the lead to organize a series of October activities, all of which are focused on the Ottawa Municipal Election. The School will be participating in Student Vote, a mock municipal election, where students become informed voters and submit a vote to ‘elect’ one of the
Story Elements
We are kicking of the start of the year by exploring the elements of a story. Students brainstormed all the key features included in a story. They then compared the different stories they had read over the summer, being sure to use the vocabulary they had listed. B Source:: Mme
Building 21st Century Skills
The Grade ⅞ students are excited about their new course which focuses on building 21st century skills. This activity focused on non-verbal communication and teamwork. For this activity, a leader was given the challenge of leading a team to build a bridge using only non-verbal instructions. The students reflected on
Macromolecules: Molecules of Life
To begin an investigation of the key macromolecules important to cellular function, the biology students were challenged to build a 3D model of the linear form of glucose and to demonstrate how the functional groups interact to create the ring form. Source:: PSSP & OSSD