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PSSP and OSSD Curriculum Night

On Tuesday, November 30th, 2021, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm, Académie de la Capitale is hosting the annual PSSP/OSSD Curriculum night.  This is an opportunity for parents with children in grades 7-12, as well as interested parents, with children about to enter the PreSecondary School Programme (grade 7) in the

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Happy Hanukkah from AcadeCap!

We wish all students, parents and our community a Happy Chanukah celebration! We look forward to celebrating the festival of lights and feast of dedication with our community. This year we are celebrating through writing activities and reading books in our English classes.

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Remembrance Day: Lest We Forget

AcadeCap would like to thank all of the men and women who serve Canada and to our friends who serve in our global community. We pause and give thanks on the 11 month, 11 day, and 11 hour. We give thanks and remember all the soldiers from wars in history

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Happy Diwali Festival from Acadecap!

We wish all students, parents and our community a Happy Diwali celebration!  We look forward to celebrating the festival of lights with our community at Acadecap.  We enjoyed learning about Diwali last year by creating beautiful artworks.  Thank you to all of our student and parent community members for creating

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AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs

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Last week of school

This past week was the last week of school! We wrapped up the unit about Reproduction, and did some fun, end of year activities. One of the last activities that the students completed had to do with oviparous, viviparous and ovoviviparous animals. The students compared the three different types of

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SMILE Literacy Program – Writing Samples

Our SMILE students receive extra support to hone their reading and writing skills. Some students finish the foundations program but still require extra writing practice. For example, one student, who needed extra practice and support with their writing style, worked during 1:1 sessions with the teacher to read source passages

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The AcadeCap TED-Ed Student Talks Program

Our Grade 6, 8, and 10 students were tasked with developing a Ted style talk as part of the TED-Ed Student Talks Program. Despite some setbacks this semester, we persevered and even switched to a virtual meeting format during the stay-at-home period. By the end of the semester, students had

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Our biology students are passionate about climate change!

The Grade 12 biology class took a deep dive into a real-world application of their unit concepts. This concept map was the result of one student’s literature review of recent scientific research being done to understand the inter-relationships between climate change and biological systems, processes, and populations. Source:: PSSP &

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Oil floats on water

We Know that oil floats on water, but where do other liquids fit in? Students find out when they conduct this colorful density experiment that has them layer different substances, making a rainbow.#science #pssp #ibworldschool Source:: PSSP & OSSD

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Plant Reproduction

The last unit of the year was focusing on plant, insect, and animal reproduction. To begin the unit, the Grade 6s studied plant reproduction. As one of the starting activities, they chose one plant that reproduces sexually, and one plant that reproduces asexually. They then found the differences and similarities

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