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AcadeCoders

Week 2 (July 6th-10th, 2015): Python

This week, the AcadeCoders learn the wonderful coding language of python! Python’s design philosophy emphasizes code readability, and its syntax allows the campers to express concepts in fewer lines of code than would be possible in languages such as C ++ or Java. This week, campers will learn an introductory

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AcadeCoders

AcadeCoders 2015 Blog + Minecraft EDU (Week 1)

      AcadeCoders 2015 Blog Welcome to the AcadeCoders 2015 Blog! This blog will showcase all of the campers coding activities, challenges, and outdoor play! This blog will be updated daily so parents and campers can view and reflect what was done that day.   Week 1 (June 29th-July

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News and Events

Awards Ceremony 2015 \ Soirée des prix d’excellence 2015

It is with great pleasure that we cordially invited all faculty, students, family and friends to the Awards Ceremony 2015 /Soirée des prix d’excellence 2015, held on Friday, May 29th at 7:00pm at Académie de la Capitale. The Awards Ceremony/Soirée des prix d’excellence was a semi-formal evening to celebrate the many

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iSTEAM

Ottawa Schools Solar Sprint

Congratulations to our 2 students who participated in the Ottawa Schools Solar Sprint last weekend! They had lots of fun and they finished 6 out of 38. Good job boys!

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News and Events

Award Ceremony/ Soirée des prix d’excellence

Dear parents,   It is with great pleasure that we cordially invite you to the Awards Ceremony/Soirée des prix d’excellence,​ Friday, May 29th at 7:00pm at Académie de la Capitale. The Awards Ceremony/Soirée des prix d’excellence will be a semi-formal evening to gather all faculty, students, family and friends to celebrate the many achievements

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AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs

Teachers' 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

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Students participating in Acadecap educational activities
Teachers' Blogs

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

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Students participating in educational workshops and activities
Teachers' Blogs

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

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Teachers' Blogs

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

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Teachers' Blogs

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

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Teachers' Blogs

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

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