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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

Teachers' Blogs

Our Unique Fingerprints

Much like how we are unique individuals, our fingerprints are unique too! This is what the students discovered as they stamped their fingerprints and compared them with each other using a magnifying glass.​ Source:: Mme Nora’s Blog

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Teachers' Blogs

Menu for Mister 6

The students were busy creating a menu for Mister 6! The catch? Mister 6 only eats food in groups of 6, so the students had to make a menu with combinations of not more or less than 6 pieces of food. Mister 6 makes us work really hard at developing

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Bone Bridge October STEM Challenge

Students worked in two groups of three on their October STEM Challenge. The objective for this age group was to build the longest bridge possible using a set amount of materials. Students put on their engineering hats as they gathered in their groups to discuss their ideas and plan for

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Early Settlers Games

The Grade 3/4 class is having fun using what they have learned during our unit, to create their own trading cade game, based on early European settlers. We are excited to play our games on Friday. Source:: Mme Melissa’s English 4-5 Blog

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Toy Inventors

While exploring the steps taken when creating a new good for the marketplace, students concluded their market research and designed a prototype for a new toy. Source:: Mme Melissa’s English 4-5 Blog

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Catan- Learning about the Marketplace

Students enjoyed learning how to play the strategic board game, Catan. The students did a great job of using their unit vocabulary when referring to items that are “in demand”, “traded”, “exported”, and “imported.” The game supports the understanding that the medium of exchange, as well as the ever-changing marketplace,

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