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February 15: Open House / Portes ouvertes
Académie de la Capitale (AcadeCap) is hosting an Open House on Thursday, February 15th, from 4:30 pm to 8:00 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
ICYMI: Festive Season Extravaganza 2017
Photos from our annual Festive Season Extravaganza are available on our Facebook page. Please click on the Facebook button to access the album. https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10155169829747688.1073741921.175529857687&type=1&l=9ff8117fb4
AcadeQuiz: Académie de la Capitale’s Annual School Fundraiser
Académie de la Capitale’s annual school fundraiser, AcadeQuiz, is coming up! It will be held on February 24, in AcadeCap’s newly renovated space. Learn about how you can support AcadeQuiz!
Beaver Computing Contest
The students of Académie de la Capitale recently competed in the annual Beaver Computing Contest developed by the Center for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) of the University of Waterloo. The contest is intended to get students excited about computer science and focuses on computation and logic. Over 15,000 students wrote the Beaver Computing
Information Sessions: Dec. 13 & 14, 2017
Information sessions for 2017-2018 mid-year admission: (Wednesday) December 13 at 10 am and (Thursday) December 14 at 7 pm.
Hour of Code 2017: Free sessions December 4 & 7
The Hour of Code is back at Académie de la Capitale. Join us on December 4 and December 7 from 4:15 to 5:45 pm for free coding sessions.
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Simple Machine Riddles
This week, students chose a simple machine found in their house and wrote 5 clues to describe it. These clues were shared with the class and they had to guess which object they brought from their house. Students then identified what simple machines were part of the object. Source:: Mme
Museum of Science and Technology
On November 20th, we got to visit the museum of Science and Technology. We participated in a workshop about simple machines, and spent the afternoon exploring the different exhibits with many hands on learning opportunities! Source:: Mme Shannon’s Blog
Our New Unit!
To launch our new unit of inquiry, we started this gloomy Monday morning off with an exciting building activity! The students were challenged with a task to build a pyramid out of sugar cubes, but the trick was they couldn’t use their hands! Students were encouraged to use simple machines
Native American Artwork
Our inquiry into culture has brought us towards Native American culture, and its impact that it has on current day society. We listened to Native American music, watched videos about Pow Wows, and looked at types of clothing. We were especially intrigued about their dot art work, so we created
Parliament Field Trip
The month of October brought us on our first field trip of the year to Parliament Hill. During our tour, we looked for symbols around Parliament and learned about their significance. We enjoyed visiting the library, the Senate, the hall of Honour, and seeing the giant portraits. Source:: Mme Shannon’s
New unit of inquiry – the brain!
Our new unit on the brain has officially begun. Not only will we be talking about the brain as a part of our anatomy and its functions, but we will also be discussing our individual learning styles and how they differ from one person to another. Students have already done