AcadeCap students have some school pets. Every year a group of selected students learns how to take care of the animals as part of their service-learning project. This year, students in Grades 5 or 6 were invited to join the Animal Crew. One of the main responsibilities of the Animal Crew is to ensure that our school animals have fresh food and water every day. Crew members also clean the cages, give baths, and ensure that the animals have time outside their cages for play and exercise.
This year, we also created a volunteer position for one of our OSSD students who is completing volunteer hours as part of the high school graduation requirement. The student participated in a mock interview and was accepted for the volunteer position of Assistant Animal Crew Supervisor. One of his tasks will be to maintain the school’s freshwater and saltwater aquariums.
Chinchi the chinchilla is a welcome arrival at our school after spending a year at Mme Lucie’s house. In the photo, Chinchi is enjoying the view from her new 4-story cage in the flex space on the PYP side of the school. One of Chinchi’s favourite things to do is to have a dust bath.
Rian and Frisk, our skinny pigs, are very active and spend most of their time eating. The students not only learn about animal care they also learn about the biology of the animals. Here is how one student used scientific classification to classify our skinny pigs.
Contributed by Mme Christine
This year, we also created a volunteer position for one of our OSSD students who is completing volunteer hours as part of the high school graduation requirement. The student participated in a mock interview and was accepted for the volunteer position of Assistant Animal Crew Supervisor. One of his tasks will be to maintain the school’s freshwater and saltwater aquariums.
Chinchi the chinchilla is a welcome arrival at our school after spending a year at Mme Lucie’s house. In the photo, Chinchi is enjoying the view from her new 4-story cage in the flex space on the PYP side of the school. One of Chinchi’s favourite things to do is to have a dust bath.
Rian and Frisk, our skinny pigs, are very active and spend most of their time eating. The students not only learn about animal care they also learn about the biology of the animals. Here is how one student used scientific classification to classify our skinny pigs.
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Order: Rodentia
- Family: Caviidae
- Genus: Cavia
- Species: C. porcellus
Contributed by Mme Christine
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