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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

Students participating in educational group activities at Acadecap
Teachers' Blogs

Back at school!

​Coming back to school in person has been really exciting for the students. Being able to play with one another and being able to go outside for recess and Outdoor Education has been enjoyable for everyone. During Outdoor Education, the students explored, and went to new places. Another exciting thing

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Students involved in creative and academic learning projects
Teachers' Blogs

MS Readathon 2021

AcadeCap students love to read and are participating in the annual MS Readathon. They are reading as many books as they can before February 28th to raise funds for people living with MS. If you would like to support their cause you can use this link to make a donation,

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Acadecap student learning and educational success graphic
Teachers' Blogs

Structures in Nature

As the Grade 2/3 continue to work on their unit about structures and forces, we started to think about structures that are not man-made. We thought about what structures we could find in nature, that either occur naturally, or are made by animals. We also thought about the form and

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Acadecap educational graphic promoting student learning
Teachers' Blogs

Perspective

In January, we started our new unit on beliefs. We have starting talking about religion, values, and morals. This week we spoke of perspective and viewed images as a group. These images were shown to the students, in which different animals, people or objects were shown. Depending on your perspective,

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Use the force!

As students in Grade 2/3 settle into tele-learning in the new year, they began learning about their new unit which focuses on forces and structures. At home, students were challenged to create a toy that moves using a force. Students had to create a plan for their toy, identify materials

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Acadecap students participating in classroom learning sessions
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Sorting animals into habitats

After discussing different habitats, the students thought of animals and categorized them according to the habitat they live in. Source:: Kinder & Grade 1 Blog

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