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Open House November 22 2023

Join us at our Open House event and explore the opportunities for your child’s education.  We are thrilled to introduce our new waitlist for the highly sought-after English IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) – the pathway to future success! The English PYP will join our current programmes:  Bilingual IB PYP

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Students participating in Hour of Code programming activities
AcadeCoders

AcadeCode Your Way to a Creative Summer

Registration for AcadeCoders 2023 Summer Camps are now open! Register here.  Calling all young creators and builders, join us this summer and become coding thrillers, with stop-motion, Lego Spike, and Bloxels too, Your imagination will come alive, it’s true.   Create your own characters, worlds and games, with 3-D printing,

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Primary Years Programme students in technology learning session
AcadeCamp

Bug Adventures: A STEM Summer Camp for Inquisitive Minds

Registration for AcadeCamp and AcadeKinder 2023 Summer Camps are now open!  AcadeCamp register here. AcadeKinder register here.   Come one, come all, to our summer camp of bugs, A world full of wonder and maybe some slugs, Where you’ll dine with the ants, and learn all their ways, And see

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News and Events

OPEN HOUSE SATURDAY APRIL 15

Come and discover the AcadeCap difference! On Saturday, April 15, 2023 we invite you to come visit AcadeCap, tour our space and meet our teachers. Our Open House is from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, please RSVP here: RSVP – Open House on April 15, 2023 Did you know that

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AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs

Students participating in creative and academic activities
Teachers' Blogs

Learning to take Notes

Learning to take notes is a very important skill. Many older children have difficulty taking notes and putting information they read into their own words. I often ask students to explain to me what their notes mean, and many times they are unable to do so. When this happens, I

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Classroom learning and student collaboration at Acadecap
Teachers' Blogs

L’ADN, notre carte d’identité biologique.

Les apprenants de 7 et 8 années ont travaillé sur un projet transdisciplinaire Français/Science intitulé : L’ADN, notre carte d’identité biologique.Ce projet étant en lien avec leur unité de classe de Français ‘nos racines identitaires’.#PSSP #french #DNA Source:: PSSP & OSSD

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Students involved in innovative educational activities
Teachers' Blogs

Unit Summative

​We wrapped up the first unit last week, and the students did their end of unit summative. They presented all their work from the unit in an organized and creative way. One student for example displayed his work on string that was attached to the ceiling, which he pulled down,

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Acadecap educational program banner for student success
Teachers' Blogs

October is Dyslexia Awareness Month

​Dyslexia is a neurobiological learning disability that affects about 23 % of Canadians. People may have difficulty with reading despite having normal intelligence and eye sight. Children benefit from a supportive teacher using a direct, multisensory, and systematic approach to reading instruction, such as with the Orton-Gillingham approach. This October,

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Students engaged in innovative classroom learning activities
Teachers' Blogs

Strengthening our ATL Skills

The Approaches to learning (ATL) are grounded in the belief that learning how to learn is fundamental to a student’s education. There are five categories of interrelated skills and associated sub-skills support students of all ages to become self-regulated learners. The Grade 2/3 students worked on developing their communication skills

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Students participating in hands-on educational experiences
Teachers' Blogs

La journée du chandail orange

Dans le cadre de l’enseignement d’Histoire et de l’unité 1 du cours de Français sur le thème des racines identitaires, la classe de 7/8 a organisé la journée du chandail orange. Les apprenants ont decidé de placer cette journée sous le signe du droit à l’identité pour chacun. ​Cela nous

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