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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
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Des Agents Immobiliers à ACADECAP!
Cette semaine en français, nous avons littéralement commencé à la maison!Quelle meilleure façon d’apprendre divers vocabulaire français que les différentes choses que nous trouvons dans notre propre maison! Cette semaine, nous avons travaillé sur la description de différents types de maisons. Les élèves devaient être jumelés en 3 et ils
What makes you happy…
In Drama, Mme Melissa and the students talked about what makes them happy. If you know these students, you may be able to guess which one they drew! Source:: Kinder & Grade 1 Blog
Right back to it!
Last week, Grade 2/3 students welcomed the start of a new school year. This year, being a year unlike any other, students need to be open-minded and risk-takers as many new routines and rules were put into place. Students easily adapted, got to know their new classmates, and quickly fell
Family…
“Think about your family, draw what you think. ” That is what students were asked to do for this activity. When they finished their drawing, I wrote down what they told me the drawing represented. Source:: JK & SK Blog
Welcoming the New School Year!
I have been working at the school for 3 years, partially as a school administrator and partially as a teacher. At the OSSD level, I teach Biology, Civics, and Career Studies. At the PYP level, I Coordinate SMILE, our new Systematic Literacy Teaching Program. I work with students requiring additional
Alphabet and Fine Motor
An activity to find out where the students are at with letter recognition and fine motor/cutting skills. Lots more of these to come! The students were tasked with cutting out the letters and then sorting them out. They were SO focused! Source:: JK & SK Blog