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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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AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs

Teachers' Blogs

Skating Day!

​We had so much fun skating this afternoon. It was such a beautiful day!​ Skating is a great way to develop and practice our gross motor skills. Source:: Kinder Blog

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Teachers' Blogs

How Does Pollution Affect Our Wildlife?

Throughout our unit of inquiry, we have been learning about how our actions impact both animals and plant life.How does pollution impact plants, animals and humans.We did an experiment that showed how impactful oil is in our waterways, and how hard it is to clean up after. Click here to

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Teachers' Blogs

Sustainable homes

​In Geography class, PSSP students are working on designing a sustainable house as small and functional as possible. They must use five energy saving tools or methods to make the home sustainable. They are working in groups. Two students came up with the idea to use Mindcraft Education to design

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Teachers' Blogs

Practicing for Dictée PGL

This week, we are practicing our words for the Dictée PGL that will take place on February 15th. Students in Grade 1 and 2 have a list of words to learn that focus on education and equality. There are a variety of learning activities to practice the words, and practice

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Teachers' Blogs

Using Our Senses: Observational Writing

As we get ready for the iSTEAM fair, students are exploring observational writing. Using our senses is a great way to improve our writing and add detail to our work. Today we used our sense of touch to create a list of adjectives that we can use to describe mystery

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