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E.K. left yesterday to Tanzania
The best of luck to our student E.K. who left yesterday to join the Ukerewe Medical Mission in Tanzania with the @CACHA_ASCCA .Glad to see you are making a difference in the world!
Ecology Ottawa hopes one-million-tree campaign takes root
A journey of a million trees begins with a single planting. And so, on Tuesday, Ecology Ottawa began its campaign to green-up this city ahead of Canada’s 150th birthday. The environmental group held a public event at Champlain Park near Tunney’s Pasture and discussed its goal of having one million
Académie de la Capitale Featured in IB World Magazine
More students learn about life cycles by studying charts and diagrams. But, says Nora Ibrahim, a PYP teacher at Académie de la Capitale in Ottawa, Canada, “I wanted to do something different, so my class adopted hens’ eggs and given the responsibility of incubating, hatching and caring for the chicks.
The importance of learning how to learn!
Learning to learn is not a catch phrase! Educators with great pedagogical insight, an understanding of brain-based learning and solid teaching practices hold fast to the old adage: Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for
Learning without limits
Charles Khazzam didn’t like private schools, but he and spouse Marie Carmen Berlie were quite happy to have their three children enrolled in this one. Read the full article.
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
PYP Science Fair
Eager and enthusiastic voices were heard as the PYP iSTEAM Fair got underway yesterday afternoon. Smart work, innovative ideas, and application of the scientific method led to this final demonstration of their learning. Source:: Mme Christine’s SLT Blog
Solar Eclipse Wonders
It was a day of anticipation and excitement as students engaged in various Solar Eclipse activities throughout the day, starting with a morning special assembly led by the Science 10 students. Later, the students built Solar Eclipse pinhole projectors and learned how to view the eclipse safely using eclipse glasses
Ottawa Regional Science Fair
The pre-secondary and secondary students were excited to head to the Ottawa Regional Science Fair taking place at Carleton University this past weekend. Students competed in the junior and intermediate categories and were judged for some of the special awards. Our students won an honourable mention at the intermediate level
We are heading to the Finals of the Let’s Talk Science Engineering Challenge!
Science 7/8 students are heading to the Let’s Talk Science Engineering Challenge held at Carleton University, where they will join other students in the final competition on April 25th, 2024. They will compete in the ultimate STEM knowledge quiz, the final engineering problem-solving challenge, and the Lorna Collins Spirit challenge.
CAPMUN 2024 – Capital Region Model United Nations
This past weekend, several AcadeCap students attended CAPMUN 2024, the Capital Region Model United Nations conference, now celebrating its 10th anniversary as a bilingual Model United Nations conference. Three students participated in the Consitutional Diet of 1911: The Second Austro-Hungarian Compromise, a specialized committee where our students took on the
iSTEAM Fair Success!
Pre-secondary and Secondary students participated in the AcadeCap Science/iSTEAM Fair on March 4, 2024. The students enthusiastically presented their projects to the external judges. Our students will be heading to the Ottawa Regional Science Fair in early April. Source:: PSSP & OSSD