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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
Pen Pals
As part of our year-long unit on significant events and various celebrations, the Grade 1/2 students have matched with a school located in Vermont, USA. We got our first letters this week and learned who will be our new pen pal! We will exchange letters year-long, but right now we’re
Happy Hanukkah!
Happy Hanukkah, Chag Sameach! We Celebrated Hanukkah by playing the dreidel game.Thank you to Mme Melissa and the grade 1/2 class for planning such a great Hanukkah activity. Source:: Kinder Blog
Polar bear in Arts
The JK/SK have been working on making 3D polar bears in Arts class with Madame Cecilia. Source:: Kinder Blog
“Equilibrio” Building!
It is an exciting moment when you finally develop the patience and fine motor dexterity to be able to build challenging “Equilibrio” structures. You can see in his eyes, how proud he is of his own accomplishments. Way to go, young man!! Source:: Kinder Blog
COVID-19
For the Genetic Processes Unit in Biology 11, students explored multiple aspects of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19. First, they began with a ‘Know, Wonder, Learn’ brainstorming activity. Based on their inquiry questions, they explored related concepts using videos, worksheets, and discussions. For example, they learned how SARS-CoV-2 infects and replicates inside