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Our Festive Season Extravaganza will be happening on December 17, 2021, from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm!
All of our students, from JK to Grade 12, have been busy planning and practicing to create a merry celebration for parents to enjoy! As always, the Festive Season Extravaganza will include a variety of performances in both French and English; all live online for your enjoyment. Don’t forget to
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
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.
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
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
ACADECAP Virtual Open House – Oct 21st
For more details and to register: https://www.acadecap.org/open-houses/
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Learning Outside
The weather this week has been beautiful, and we decided to take advantage of it. We brought our learning outside. The students worked on their short stories and really enjoyed the change of scenery and fresh air. At the end of class, they asked me if we could go outside
Biographies and Timeline
Students have been exploring biographies of famous Canadians and Americans. They have been looking at how biographies are formatted and why they are important for learning about the past. We are now looking at writing biographies about family members. First we looked at the important information we need to construct
Together, but six feet apart
Over the first couple of weeks of school, building a strong classroom community is an important aspect to create a safe learning environment for the students. This year, more than any other year, students have been working extra hard to build a sense of community as they are sitting apart
What will biology labs look like this year?
The biology teachers are facing an interesting dilemma during the COVID-19 pandemic: how can we maintain a hands-on lab experience when the majority of our students are learning remotely from home online? Some lab procedures, such as DNA extraction, can be designed as kitchen safe experiments that do not involve
Inspiration From the World Around Us
To start the school year, students are warming up their creative writing skills by composing their own short story. We started this project by looking for inspiration from the world around us, and created a list of where good ideas come from. Our list included books, memories, news, history, movies,
First Weeks of School
Coming back to school has been filled with lots of new routines, but also lots of fun activities. The students have adapted quickly and have managed to do some great work. The students created math equations to showcase different facts about themselves. They used creativity to complete this activity, as