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Student in international dictation competition
David Khazzam, 10, will be taking part in an international dictation competition next month in Montreal where more than 1,000 students will be vying for top spots in two divisions: French as a second language and French schools. The Grade 6 student attends Académie de la Capitale, International Baccalaureate, in

AcadeQuiz Annual Fundraiser 2015
What is AcadeQuiz? The main attraction is a clever and often humorous trivia game consisting of 8 categories. Enthusiastic participants are placed on teams for some healthy competition From Pop Culture to All About Canada, there is something for all to enjoy! After each trivia category, participants have the opportunity

Minecraft SuperSats 2015
The first Saturday of each Month, Académie de la Capitale will be offering Minecraft as part of its “SuperSats”. Here are the dates for Minecraft Saturdays 2015: Saturday Feb. 7th, 2015 Saturday March 7th, 2015 Saturday April 11th, 2015 (First Saturday is Easter weekend) Saturday May 2nd, 2015 Saturday June

Javascript SuperSats 2015
On the third Saturday of each month, Académie de la Capitale will be offering JavaScript as part of its “SuperSats” Here are the dates for JavaScript Saturdays 2015: Saturday Jan. 24th, 2015 (First Saturday is holiday break) Saturday Feb. 21st, 2015 Saturday March 21st, 2015 Saturday April 25th, 2015 (First

Hour Of Code 2014 at l’Académie
During the week of December 8th to December 14th, the students from Kindergarten to Grade 12, at Académie de la Capitale IB World School, took part in the Hour of code organised by Khan Academy. This year, Khan Academy was expecting over 100 million participants. The coding event was also endorsed internationally by @President

Waterpolo P.E Waterfun
We’ve teamed up with the titans for some waterpolo action. Our students are learning to play together, and more importantly, stay afloat!
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Different Community Helpers in Different Areas
Last week we were brainstorming different community helpers, and different types of communities. This week we have been adding community helpers to the different types of communities they belong in. We discovered that many community helpers are necessary in all types of communities, but some like news reporters are mostly
Inquiry into communities
This week we have started a new unit on communities. We have been discussing how there are different types of communities and different people in them. For example we had been talking about how farmers are found in rural (country) areas. While making a chart of urban, rural and suburban