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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

Cereal Box Commercial

As the summative project for the Media Unit, the Grade 5-6 class created a cereal company, designed a cereal and its box, then shot a commercial. To successfully complete this project, the students needed to apply their media knowledge at each stage of the project. For instance, they applied their

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Graffiti for Peace

Linking the topics of media and Remembrance Day the students learned the history, significance and power of graffiti. Moreover, how as a form of media – thus communication – graffiti has been and is used to convey all sorts of messages, opinions, emotions and stories since antiquity. Specific to the

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Commercials and PSAs

Through a fun activity of watching and critically discussing commercials and Public Service Announcements (PSA), the students were to list keywords for the function of each. They also began identifying techniques, tools and elements used to convey the information and/or emotions for the message or product. Commercials: to persuade, for

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What is Media?

During their unit on Media, students sought to find out and define “What is Media?”. Through their exploration, they learned about the different types of media and their variety of functions, techniques, tools, and impacts. The students were tasked in identifying the media they encounter consciously and unconsciously in their

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Pop Art Emojis

Prior to starting their new unit on Media, the students were given an emoji to colour and make their own using “pop art”. They were prompted to reflect upon what is “Media”, and how this activity could be linked to the subject. They were informed of the meaning behind “emojis”

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Geometry in Stained Glass Windows

As a fun math activity linking to our unit on Eras, students made some stained glass window designs. They learned about the tools of their geometry set, how to use them, and reinforced their understanding of angles and shapes. All the while, they gained knowledge via “experience” regarding stained glass

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