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Acadecap PSSP/OSSD Newsletter
Calling all AcadeCap communities! Keep informed about what we are doing at AcadeCap through our amazing monthly newsletters. Students are active in a combination of current events and curriculum that celebrates diversity in learning activities.
Happy Lunar New Year!
We wish all students, parents and our community a Happy Lunar New Year! We hope you all have happy and safe festivities with lots of food, family, and friends! We will be celebrating Lunar New Year with a host of activities in our curriculum. Be sure to check out our
Virtual Open House February 9 2022
Established in 1998, Académie de la Capitale, aka Acadecap International School, invites you to our virtual open house with focused presentations on our Primary Years Programme, as well as our PSSP and OSSD programmes. AcadeCap is proud to be Ottawa’s first IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) authorized school in
AC Village Meeting and International Potluck (Virtual) January 27, 2022
Once a year, pre-COVID-19, AcadeCap families and staff would gather at the school for our international potluck dinner attended by our AcadeCap community. The AC Village Meeting followed the potluck. This is the time of year when we introduce new families and staff, inform about the next school year fees,
Happy Kwanzaa from Acadecap
Heri Za Kwanzaa! We wish all students, parents and our community a Happy Kwanzaa celebration! We hope you all have a happy and safe harvest festival with lots of light, specialty foods and good times within our community!
Happy Humanlight celebrations!
We wish everyone a joyful Humanlight celebration during the holiday season! We join you in celebrating humanity, reason and hope! Cheers, to celebrating the life you have with all of your loved ones during the winter solstice!
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