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Cleaning up the Capital – Spring 2016!
This Friday April 29th, AcadeCap students from Kindergarten to Grade 8 will be participating in Spring Clean the Capital at Morrison Park, picking up litter and other winter debris. Morrison park is not only often used by our students, but by many neighbourhood children as well. We are proud to
Annual Spring Nature Walk @ Stony Swamp
Last week, Acadecap students put on their rainy season gear and bused over to Stony Swamp for their annual spring nature walk. Guided through the forest by Robert, Diane and Barbara of the McCoun Field Naturalists Club, students learned about the different living things in the forest, saw some insects
APRIL 16, 2016: OPEN HOUSE / PORTES OUVERTES
Looking for a one-stop-education in the West of Ottawa? Académie de la Capitale IB World School is hosting its next Open House on Saturday, April 16th, 2016 from 10:00 am – 2:00 pm. Come and discover more about our programmes: PYP, MYP, and OSSD. Learn about our extra-curriculars: Crédits à la Carte, Tutoring, Coding
Compromised AcadeCap email issue has been resolved
On April 1, our [email protected] email was compromised, and a spam email was sent to everyone in our address book. Luckily, not everyone in our list received the email as our service provider noticed the suspicious activity and began blocking the messages. We have since fixed the issue. While we were able
Frequently Asked Questions: AcadeCoders
How do I register for your camp? To register for our camps, download the registration form and enter the information. The form can be electronically filled using Microsoft Word. You can email, mail, fax, or deliver the filled form to ensure your child’s spot. Payment is by cheque or cash.
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Tell me what you love about your friend…
All the little statements written around each student are some of the reasons their friends said they love them. We’ll do this once again, at the end of our unit, to see if we could add more. I am certain there are more reasons, and during the unit, we will
Robert Munsch wrote back!
We are very excited to announce that Robert Munsch wrote back to Ruben! “Hi Ruben: Thanks for writing and for reading my books. You asked if I like to do other things besides writing. I used to love to go hiking and cycling but now my health does not allow
Conflict Resolution
Last week, in English class, the students talked about conflict among friends. They thought about the types of problems that could come up and possible solutions to the problems. Thanks, Mme Katie! Often times, students will repeat some of this in French with me. Having talked about it in English
Science Fair
Really proud of my students and the wonderful job they did for their science fair project. When Lucie, the judge, visited their project, they were able to answer all her questions and share what they had done and what they had learned. I’m very impressed with their ability to recall
Reflections in our Journal
We are just about to wrap up our unit about living things and at the end of each unit (as well as throughout), we reflect on our learning. Today, we used our journals to document our reflections. The students were asked to take a few moments to think about what
What Do I See? (and hear, and feel!)
I am always telling the students to “show me” their stories when they write not “tell me.” This was put to the test today when students had to use their senses to write down what they observed around the school. They used their jot note skills to record all the