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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

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News and Events

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

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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

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Teachers' Blogs

Attack! Catapults and Trebuchets

To conclude the Eras unit, the students were challenged in building their own catapults or trebuchets. With one weekend to research ideas, collect materials and build they were highly motivated. They came up with some awesome machines! ​Through such activity they learned how the end of the Medieval Era came

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Teachers' Blogs

The Art Of Curling

​The kindergarten class, along with the grade 1/2’s, had the awesome privledge to be part of an interactive experience with a paralympian this morning. We learned all about the sport of curling. It was such a great experience for the children to meet such inspirational individuals. Source:: Kinder Blog

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Teachers' Blogs

What is a Map- Creating a Fantasy World

Students have been exploring maps and their features. Using fantasy mentor texts such as; ” Wings of Fire,” ” Narnia,” ” Eargon,” and ” How to Train Your Dragon,” students determined how the maps can create a new world and help the readers understand the story. Students then created their

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Teachers' Blogs

Exploring Global Issues

As a final Civics assignment, and an example of a collaboration with Science, students engaged in a model UN roleplay where they each became delegates on the UN Environmental Assembly, a UN committee meeting to discuss global issues related to the environment. Each student researched the topic of pharmaceutical pollution,

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Teachers' Blogs

Snow, Snow And More Snow!

The children at Acadecap have been enjoying all of the snow that we have received in our area.They decided to challenge themselves and build an igloo.Building an igloo teaches the children to explore their ideas, test them, evaluate them and problem solve. They also learned to cooperate with their peers

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Teachers' Blogs

Welcome to the GLOBE Community!

GLOBE is an international science and education programme where students assist scientists from across the globe to understand, sustain, and improve the environment at local, regional, and global scales. GLOBE stands for ‘Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment.’ For our first project, ‘Mission SnowGLOBE,’ the OSSD students are

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