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Terry Fox Fundraising on September 28 2021

AcadeCap is proud to be participating in this year’s Terry Fox event. We aim to raise $1,000 in support of the Terry Fox Foundation. The fundraising event will take place on Tuesday, September 28, 2021, at Morrison Park (near the school). Students will be running with their cohort, following COVID-19

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The Student Vote

Acadecap has registered the school to The Student Vote program. This project provides our students with an opportunity to experience the democratic process firsthand, and practice the habits of informed and engaged citizenship. The Student Vote program applies the concept of the ‘teachable moment’ using the official election as a

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Indigenous Culture: Orange Shirt Day

Orange shirt day is the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation for Indigenous peoples.  We at AcadeCap take part by wearing orange shirts to support the first peoples’ rights. We also take Indigenous studies at our school seriously with curriculum based on indigenous mythology and world view, residential schools, and

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Dial-a-Chef Lunch Programme

At AcadeCap we pride ourselves in excellence in education across the world including unique cultural experiences through cuisine by Chef Erick of Dial-a-Chef.   Dial-a-Chef  has been in the Ottawa community since 1992.  Chef Erick  provides unique cuisine from France, Canada and around the world in our catered lunch programme at

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Students participating in collaborative educational activities
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AcadeCap Safe Return in September 2021

Once again due to the on-going pandemic, the AcadeCap Summer Team prepared for a safe return September, 2021. We continue to put in place numerous procedures and practices to ensure that students and team members are safe during their learning at school.  Consequently, what can students and parents expect? Each

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Virtual AcadeCamp: Summer at the Art Gallery

This week, students at AcadeCamp have been busy learning about Pat Lipsky. Inspired by her paintings, campers learned about arrays and multiplication, along with number patterns and sequences. Below is a picture of an “Array City.” Each building has windows using different arrays to express a multiplication number sentence. Using

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AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs

Interactive student learning and academic development
Teachers' Blogs

Chess

​During Math class this week, the activities in the math book were about chess. To get into the right mindset, we played chess in class. Playing the game helped the students remember the rules and ensure that they were still familiar with the game. Some of the activities in math

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Students collaborating during educational classroom sessions
Teachers' Blogs

Public Speaking- Presentation Day

In all my classes, I emphasize the importance of public speaking and clear communication. Building this confidence at a young age, allows our students to become strong and effective communicators throughout their education career, but also outside of their school life. Source:: Mme Melissa’s English 2-3 Blog

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Student education and interactive academic learning programs
Teachers' Blogs

Pack a Bag Emergency!

For the Refugee Unit, the Grade 7-8 students were asked to pretend they were told that they had to leave their home in an hour, and that they had to pack their backpacks. This is what they came up with. “This assignment really made me think about how sudden or

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Students participating in collaborative classroom learning
Teachers' Blogs

Picking our Presentation Style

After a long discussion, and much input from all members of the class, we decided that they way in which we present information is VERY important! Reflecting back on our unit, we looked at the importance supporting each member of the work force as well as the importance of clear

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Students involved in leadership and extracurricular programs
Teachers' Blogs

Environmental Board Games

This week, during our unit on sustainability, the students made a board game with its main focus being the environment. As a class, to show the students an example, we started by playing a board game about the environment. Afterwards, the students got into groups and created their own board

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Students participating in educational and leadership activities
Teachers' Blogs

Building Shelters

This past week in Outdoor Education, the students built shelters. We went to a nearby park, and either in pairs or by themselves, the students were tasked with building a shelter only using things found in nature to . They used the trees, branches, leaves, and grass to create their

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