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Renovations are under way at AcadeCap!
It’s business as usual at AcadeCap, despite the ongoing renovations. Mr. Scream, our office mascot, sometimes has trouble finding the phone, so we apologize if your call had gone unanswered recently. We are currently best reached by email. Mr. Scream will be back in his regular spot next week, along

August 31: Open House / Portes ouvertes
Next open house: August 31, 2017 from 4:30 to 8 pm

AcadeCoders 2017: Game Design with Unreal Engine 4
New for summer 2017 and running side-by-side with AcadeCoders Minecraft and Web Development camp weeks is the AcadeCoders Game Design camp! This is open to ages 9 and up. AcadeCoders 2017 Game Design camp will challenge coders to design and code their own extreme racing game and/or endless runner game. Young

AcadeCoders 2017: Minecraft EDU, Web Development, Minecraft Pi & Hackathon
This summer, AcadeCoders camp in Ottawa west returns with more Minecraft EDU, Coding (of course!), and this time, with some Raspberry Pi action through Minecraft Pi.

AcadeCoders 2017
AcadeCoders will be offering 2 separate course streams this summer. We will be offering AcadeCoders Game Design and Programming along with our original, coding-based AcadeCoders, which will feature web development, Minecraft Pi, and a week of Minecraft EDU. Both streams will run simultaneously. The maximum class size is 12 with

Open House: April 22
Looking for a one-stop-education in the West of Ottawa? Académie de la Capitale is hosting an Open House, Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Come and discover more about our programmes: Childcare, Preschool, PYP, MYP, and OSSD. Learn about our extra-curriculars: Crédits à la Carte, Tutoring, All-Year
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Earth Day Calendar
Students joined a special club in late March and early April to prepare for Earth Day 2022. The group worked collaboratively to design a calendar to give to others to celebrate Earth Day and take action to help Mother Earth every month of the year. Students engaged in creating a
Qui est Louis Braille?
Students in Grade 1/2 are currently working on a unit of inquiry that focuses on non-verbal communication. Last week, we learned about the creation of Braille, started by Louis Braille in 1894. Based on the French alphabet, Braille created a writing system as an improvement to night writing. Once we
Science Fair Awards Presentation!
We had our Science Fair awards presentation at Acadecap today! Our Kindergarten class was so excited to receive their individual certificates for their work on our “How to grow green beans” science fair project!Congratulations to all of the students on their individual accomplishments! Source:: Kinder Blog
March 28th, 2022
Students continue to learn about ancient civilizations by participating in a variety of Reader’s Theater performances. Students are focusing on the main ides and supporting details when sorting and summarizing the information read. Source:: Mme Melissa’s English 4-5 Blog
Ancient Civilizations and Language Development
Students are super excited to explore the world of ancient civilizations! Students were introduced to the emergence of written language and had fun decoding riddles written in hieroglyphics. Source:: Mme Melissa’s English 4-5 Blog
Exploring the world of POETRY
We are starting off our unit on poetry by exploring how poetry can elicit emotions and leads the audience to visualize different scenes. The first poem we looked at was “Colors” by Shel Silvertein. Source:: Mme Melissa’s English 2-3 Blog