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Our Platinum Sponsors
A special thank you to Mann Lawyers and Clinique Neuro-Outaouais for their platinum sponsorship of our annual fundraiser, AcadeQuiz. We are honoured to be able to feature you on our school website and to share a link to your webpages! Thank you for your continued support. Please click the images

A Successful Fundraiser, Thank you!
The AcadeCap Community would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who contributed to the success of our annual fundraising event, AcadeQuiz. It was an evening full of fun and excitement and we are incredibly grateful for all the support. It was with the help of our sponsors, local businesses,

Feb. 15 Open House / Portes Ouvertes: Focus on the PYP
Académie de la Capitale is a bilingual IB World School for Pre-K to Grade 12, offering the IB PYP & MYP, and OSSD. Schedule your visit today!

Super Saturdays to begin February 4th
Super Saturdays (SuperSats) will not be held this coming Saturday, January 28th. The first SuperSats session will be on February 4th, featuring Jiu Jitsu (ages 5-7) and Robotics Square (ages 8-11).

AcadeQuiz Annual Fundraiser
WHAT IS ACADEQUIZ? The main attraction is a clever and often humorous trivia game. Enthusiastic participants are placed on teams for some healthy competition! From Pop Culture to All About Canada, there is something for all to enjoy!After each trivia category, participants have the opportunity to mingle and peruse the Silent

Dec. 5-11 Computer Science Education Week: Hour of Code
Académie de la Capitale is celebrating Computer Science Education Week from December 5-11. Every day will feature an Hour of Code, which are hour long courses designed for ages 4 and over. Courses will be available for the following age groups: Pre-readers, Ages 6-8, and Ages 9-99. Maximum of 12 participants per
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
What is a Comic?
Preparing for our next writing unit, today students organized books into 3 different categories; picture books, comic books, and novels. Students then described what features make each books fit into the specific category. Students brainstormed what they know about comic books in preparation for creating their own comics. Source:: Mme
Creating a final copy
Students are working hard on creating their final copy of their procedural writing, and working on their presentation style. Some students are planning on creating a video ( visual learning), others are creating an audio file, and some students will be using kinaesthetic learning to teach their peers how to
Symmetry
We have been learning all about symmetry today in our Kindergarten classroom. We discovered what a line of symmetry is and about the varying characteristics that make items symmetrical. We talked about items in our class that were symmetrical and why. We used our pattern blocks to further our learning
Géographie prospective « mon quartier de demain »
Engager les apprenants dans un travail de géographie prospective permet une autre approche dans notre unité pour lire et observer un territoire urbain. Pour ce faire, nous avons fait une sortie sur les lieux de vie de notre école, c’est-à-dire le quartier Qaulicum-Redwood Park .La séquence a débuté avec le
Avec mes YEUX, je VOIS
Mme Amelie has been providing an array of new and exciting activities in our Kindergarten class. This morning, children were tasked at finding objects both inside and outside of our classroom and drawing what they see. Sight is the first of the five senses that we are learning about for
Spelling in French
In the new unit, our Kindergarten class will be discovering the 5 senses. This week, we will focus our learning on SIGHT. Today, they used their literacy skills to spell new words “LA VUE”.They also learned new vocabulary in French to express what they see “Avec mes yeux, je vois