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Students participating in mathematics challenge competition
News and Events

Défi Mathématique Day

Défi Mathématique Day: On February 25, 2015, Michel Lyons, developer and author of the Défi Mathématique series, will be working alongside students and teachers.

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Students performing during Acadecap Christmas concert event
News and Events

Festive Season Extravaganza

Académie de la Capitale offered a photoshoot to parents during the end-of-the-year 2014 presentation. What a great way to end a great year!

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Students practicing jiu jitsu as part of extracurricular programs
News and Events

Jiu-Jitsu Demonstration in April

Mark your calendars for Monday, April 27th, for AcadeCap Portfolio student-led conferences and Jiu-jitsu demonstrations. On that day, our balanced learners will present you their eportfolio and their amazing Jiu Jitsu skills.

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Students participating in charity run for pancreatic cancer awareness
Scoops

Swimming the 10k against Pancreatic Cancer

François Jacques, Chairman of the Board of Acadecap Intl School and Carleton Masters teammates swim 10 K for Pancreatic Cancer! By swimming the 10 K, François Jacques also took up the Jack Matthews Challenge, put forth by David Hawley, Headmaster Lester B. Pearson United World College. What a feat! Félicitations!

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Students enjoying Fraser River educational field trip
News and Events

Paddling For Biodiversity with the UN

World School senior students (grades 9-11)in June 2013. It will consist of a 3 1/2 day Fraser River voyageur canoe trip, as well as a stay at Lester B. Pearson United World College in a marine environment on the southern coast of Vancouver Island. Read the full article here.

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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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