Bus and Carpool Information 20/21

If you are interested in more information about Crestwood’s Carpool and Shuttle Bus services for the 2020/2021 school year please contact our main office.  Any questions or inquiries may be directed to anny.rannie@crestwood.on.ca.  Below is information on both Carpool and Shuttle Bus Services.   CARPOOL INFORMATION:  We understand that some parents are interested in carpooling.

2020 -2021 Booklist

Dear Crestwood Students and Parents: On behalf of Alpha Textbooks Inc. and Crestwood Preparatory College, we would like to tell you about the textbook ordering procedure for the upcoming 2020-21 school year. 1) Your official booklist for 2020-21 will be available on our easy-to-use website www.alphatextbooks.com, or at our store. Due to the changes in

Book Exchanges includes 2020-2021 Purchasing Books

Unfortunately, the regularly scheduled Parent Book Exchange on Tuesday, June 16th, 2020, and the Textbook Buyback session with Alpha Textbooks on Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.  In order to assist parents with the resale and purchase of textbooks, there are now two possibilities.  1. Alpha Textbooks – You may

Grade 8 & 12 Graduations

Dear CPC Community: I’m not sure how close this comes to a strategy we are all acquainted with by this time- making lemonade from lemons- but there are events that must be recognized, and a graduation is one them.  Please, then, join us on June 17th for our Grade Eight virtual graduation. The Grade Twelve

Guidance News (June 12)

Advanced Placement (AP): Score Reports June 30 is the deadline for grade 12 students to indicate or change their free score report recipient in ‘My AP’: https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/ Please make sure to indicate through ‘My AP’ the university or college you’d like to receive your free score report If you have any questions or concerns –

A Word from CPC’s Coach Ro Russell

Greetings Crestwood Community: I’m writing this opening message to you all regarding racism, discrimination, police brutality and Crestwood.  Being a black man and basketball coach I have to, like all other black people,  experience racism, discrimination, police brutality almost everyday our my life. Our race has had to deal with this elephant in the room,

The Festival of Arts – June 9th

The Festival of the Arts evenings is an amazing way to celebrate Crestwood Art, Music, Drama, and Technology by showcasing CPC student’s abilities as we transform our hallways into a display of talent and creativity. Arts never sleeps, therefore we have decided to take on the initiative to take the Festival of the Arts from

Meet the Teacher:  Jennifer Williamson

Meet the Teacher:  Jennifer Williamson Subject:  Geography and History Grades:   7 and 8    Ms. Williamson grew up in Mississauga with her parents, one brother and two sisters.  She is married with one son, Landyn, who is 6 years old. In her spare time, Jennifer likes to watch movies and take additional qualification courses.  She

Meet the Teacher:  Owen Smith

Meet the Teacher:  Owen Smith Subject:  Geography, Civics, Careers Grades:   7 – 10    Mr. Smith grew up in Toronto. Both of his parents were teachers.  His mother taught English at Riverdale, Monarch Park, Forest Hill and Harbord.  She started her career in 1975 and retired in 2006.  His dad taught Phys Ed at North

Robotics

FIRST Robotics Canada Build It Challenge Series Winners Just because we are social distancing, it didn’t stop our Engineers from continuing to build and compete! FIRST Robotics Canada launched a BUILD IT Series challenge nationwide and students can complete building challenges either by building with any real world items/material, LEGO pieces, or Minecraft. CPC’s very own

Co-Curricular Awards

Every May we gather in the gymnasium to recognize the dedication and hard work that our students and teachers put into all the clubs and committees that took place over the past year. These co-curricular activities are critical pieces of our school life.  We also recognize the year-long involvement in academics, athletics, clubs, and committees

Basketball Scholarships

The 2019-2020 women’s basketball season has been one of best ever in Canadian history! This week Grade 11 student’s Latasha Lattimore and Shayeann Day-Wilson committed to Syracuse University.  They will both become members of the “Orange” in 2021.  We would like to congratulate them on this amazing accomplishment. This brings the total to 7 scholarship

PA News: Donation to North York Food Bank

Pizza Lunch Donates to the North York Food Bank Hello everyone, I hope that you and your families are staying safe and healthy in these uncertain times. As a result of the school closure and the cancellation of the 2 remaining pizza lunches for the year due to the COVID-19 outbreak, it has been decided

Meet the Teacher: Sebastian Major

Meet the Teacher:  Sebastian Major Subject:  English, Drama, Economics, World Issues, Geography, World Religions Grades:   8 – 12 Sebastian Major grew up in Aurora.  He and his wife Beth were married in the summer of 2015 and had their first child, Miles, last year. Sebastian’s parents live the retired life in Collingwood and he has

Making Face Shields

Crestwood Maker Creating face shields for front line worker… Crestwood’s very own Adam Bacik (’22) answered the call when he was made aware of the lack of personal protective equipment for the front line workers at many hospitals. After consulting various hospital personnels and going through a few design iterations, he is nearing the final

English Award to Kian Torabi Ardakani

A huge congratulation to Kian Torabi Ardakani, ’22, for winning 3rd prize in this year’s InCITE Writing Competition for his short story “One of the 176”! The late Toni Morrison once said, “if there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” This year’s competition asked

Thank-you Frontline Workers

As a small token of our appreciation, Crestwood staff, students, parents and alumni have been delivering thank you lunches to various frontline workers throughout the city.  Thanks to the generous donations of our Crestwood community we have been able to supply over 200 meals to amazing frontline workers.  Tuesday’s delivery was to health service providers at a

Meet the Teacher: Steven Vovk

Meet the Teacher:  Steven Vovk Subject:  History, Geograph, Careers and Civics Grades:   7 – 10 Steven Vovk grew up in Hamilton.  He and his wife of 11 years were university sweethearts.  They have a little girl. Steven’s parents are retired world travellers and his brother is a successful author and professor at McMaster. In his

ATTENTION: Grade 12 Students

Once you have accepted your post-secondary offer, please take a moment to send your counsellor a note that includes the following information about your school: ➤ School: ➤ Program: ➤ Offer Conditions: ➤ Scholarship Name: ➤ Scholarship Amount: For example … ➤ School: Huron, Western University ➤ Program: Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) ➤ Offer

Summer School 2020

Crestwood Preparatory College is pleased to offer a number of Ontario high school credit courses conveniently located in Toronto. Classes will run from June 22, 2020, to July 17, 2020. Given the current situation with COVID -19, we are looking at three options and at this point in time.  Unfortunately, we are unable to commit to which method we would be using

Live Tech Support with Mr. David

Live Tech Support with Mr. David Starting on Thursday, May 14th and every Thursday until June 11th, from 3p until 4p, Mr. David will be hosting a live Zoom meeting for any Crestwood family that has tech questions. Mr. David will be happy to answer any and all questions regarding technology.  To register for any of the

Spring Virtual Festival of the Arts

Dear Crestwood Community: The Festival of the Arts evenings is an amazing way to celebrate Crestwood Art, Music, Drama, and Technology by showcasing CPC student’s abilities as we transform our hallways into a display of talent and creativity. Arts never sleeps, therefore we have decided to take on the initiative to take the Festival of

Meet the Teacher: Alix Doherty

Meet the Teacher:  Alix Doherty Subject:  French Grades:   7 & 12 Mme. Doherty grew up in France. Her husband is Irish and they have 2 sons.  Her older son, Cillian, is a kindergarten teacher and an album cover designer.  Her younger son, Cathal, is doing his masters in biology and his research is in the

Youth & Philanthropy Initiative

Since returning from March Break, the Grade 10 Careers’ students have been working hard on their YPI (Youth & Philanthropy Initiative, https://www.goypi.org/) projects. This is an opportunity for students to learn about the numerous community charities in the GTA. Students pick one of these community based charities, complete research on it, and then make a presentation