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Computer Science Education Week

Académie de la Capitale will be holding introduction to coding classes. The classes are free of charge and open to children ages of 6 and up!   Pick a session, register and join us in celebration of CS Education week and Hour of Code!   CS Edu Week Registration Form

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AcadeQuiz Annual Fundraising Event

What is AcadeQuiz? The main attraction is a clever and often humorous trivia game of 8 categories. Fabulous door prizes, games, a cash bar and pizza donated by Mr. Mozzarella. Opportunity to mingle and peruse the silent action at the end of each trivia category. 2015 funds raised will further

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AcadeCap Family Pumpkin Carving Contest

The AcadeCap community is invited to participate in our Family Pumpkin Carving Contest Contest details: One entry per family Once you have carved your masterpiece, take a picture and email it to [email protected] or reply to this email All entries must be submitted by October 28th Voting will take place

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Ottawa Private School Expo 2015

Interested in private school in Ottawa? Come and find us at the Ottawa Private School Expo! Talk to our director, find out information from our program coordinators and learn about our tutoring and camps.

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Super Saturdays: Coding and Minecraft EDU

The weekend is for learning! Our coding Super Saturdays start on October 17, while our next Advanced Minecraft EDU is on November 7. For more information, including dates and registration forms, please visit: https://www.acadecap.org/camps/  

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Next Open House/ La Prochaine Portes Ouvertes

Looking for a one-stop-education in the West of Ottawa? Académie de la Capitale is hosting its next Open House on Wednesday, November 25th, 2015 from 4:30 – 8:00 pm. Come and discover more about our programmes: PYP,  MYP, and OSSD. Learn about our extra-curriculars: Crédits à la Carte, Tutoring, All-Year Camp, and Summer Camps. You

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AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs

Teachers' Blogs

Sentence Building

We have been learning all about sentences in our Kindergarten class. What do they look like? What in punctuation? When should we use capital letters.This is an important facet of early reading and writing development. Source:: Kinder Blog

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Teachers' Blogs

Writing capital letters

For this activity, the JK/SK had to work on their literacy to be able to get the correct gesture for writing letters. They used playdough and erasable markers to find out in what order the lines of letters need to be traced.They could then practice with their pencil. Source:: Kinder

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Teachers' Blogs

Figurative Language- Onomatopoeia

Onomatopoeia. It’s a term for a word that represents a sound. Onomatopoeia is used in all types of writing, but they are very evident when seen in comics. Students explored how different comics have utilized onomatopoeia in their stories, then choose their own word to create a piece of art.

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Sorting And Classifying

We have been working diligently on deepening our classifying and sorting skills knowledge. Developing these essential skills help children to develop a large range of thinking skills and to help build the needed skills for problem-solving throughout their life. Source:: Kinder Blog

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Teachers' Blogs

Biodiversity Project

​This term, the Biology 11 students engaged in a hands-on field investigation about biodiversity. For their unit culminating activity, the students chose a local natural area to explore and completed field journal entries and photo documentation of their area. They then researched the organisms inhabiting the area to determine their

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Welcome to AcadeCap Airlines!

As we launch our unit of inquiry on modes of transportation, the Grade 1/2 students are so excited to use their dramatic play centre – an airport. In this centre, students will be working on their oral communication skills in French as they develop a variety of vocabulary relating to

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