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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.  

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News and Events

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

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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

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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,

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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!

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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!

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AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs

Des Agents Immobiliers à ACADECAP!

Cette semaine en français, nous avons littéralement commencé à la maison!Quelle meilleure façon d’apprendre divers vocabulaire français que les différentes choses que nous trouvons dans notre propre maison! Cette semaine, nous avons travaillé sur la description de différents types de maisons. Les élèves devaient être jumelés en 3 et ils

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Teachers' Blogs

What makes you happy…

In Drama, Mme Melissa and the students talked about what makes them happy. If you know these students, you may be able to guess which one they drew! Source:: Kinder & Grade 1 Blog

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Right back to it!

Last week, Grade 2/3 students welcomed the start of a new school year. This year, being a year unlike any other, students need to be open-minded and risk-takers as many new routines and rules were put into place. Students easily adapted, got to know their new classmates, and quickly fell

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Teachers' Blogs

Family…

“Think about your family, draw what you think. ” That is what students were asked to do for this activity. When they finished their drawing, I wrote down what they told me the drawing represented. Source:: JK & SK Blog

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Teachers' Blogs

Welcoming the New School Year!

I have been working at the school for 3 years, partially as a school administrator and partially as a teacher. At the OSSD level, I teach Biology, Civics, and Career Studies. At the PYP level, I Coordinate SMILE, our new Systematic Literacy Teaching Program. I work with students requiring additional

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Teachers' Blogs

Alphabet and Fine Motor

An activity to find out where the students are at with letter recognition and fine motor/cutting skills. Lots more of these to come! The students were tasked with cutting out the letters and then sorting them out. They were SO focused! Source:: JK & SK Blog

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