Art Department Reveals 2019 School Play

The Arts Department revealed the school play during the Halloween assembly.  This year’s play will be the slapstick whodunit comedy, Clue!  Auditions will be Monday, November 4th and Tuesday, November 5th in the drama room (110).  There are sign up sheets on the drama news bulletin board outside room 108.  If anyone has any questions,

Guidance News (Nov. 1st)

Your Degree @ UBC Your Degree @ UBC, presented in Toronto, is your opportunity to learn more about why UBC might be the right fit for you At the event, students and their parents will hear about student life inside and outside of the classroom on their two beautiful campuses You’ll also learn about their academic

Winter Athletic Tryouts

Winter athletic tryouts begin next week, please see schedule below for tryout dates and times. U14 (Grade 7-8) Teams U14 Boys D1 Basketball – Mr. John Woldue Tryout #1 – Mon. Nov. 4 – 7:00-8:00am Tryout #2 – Thurs. Nov. 7 – 3:30-4:30pm U14 Boys DIII Basketball – Mr. Mark Pagano Tryout #1 – Fri.

Halloween at CPC

This past Thursday, October 31st, Crestwood Staff and Students fully embraced the Halloween spirit.  Our Halloween assembly included a “Costume Runway Fashion Show” and a variety of other activities that allowed students to demonstrate their Halloween enthusiasm. Come see our Halloween Photos, click to view!

Spooky Sweet Success

The Parents’ Association Hallowe’en Bake Sale was eerily good thanks to the enthusiastic support of students, staff and parents.  Everyone enjoyed the colourful, creepy and delicious treats provided by our Crestwood parents.  Thank you to Lisa Bloom and her team of volunteers for this delicious event.  Click to see more photos!

Fantastic Fall Athletes!

Congratulations to all of our fall athletic teams for fantastic regular seasons and for making the playoffs.  All playoff schedules have now been updated in Edsby.   U14 Girls Basketball – finished first place in the league, going undefeated. Playoff – Monday Oct. 28 @ CPC – 3:30pm Championships – Wed. Oct. 30 @ Branksome Hall

Guidance News (Oct. 25)

Post-Secondary Presentations @ Crestwood As we head into the month of November, the Guidance team would like to remind all grade 12s of the final university presentations happening at Crestwood during senior lunch: Monday October 28 – University of Toronto – St. George  Tuesday October 29 – Wilfrid Laurier University  Wednesday October 30 – Queen’s University  Although not mandatory,

Crestwood Valley Day Camp

Crestwood Valley Day Camp has been recommended as the Number One Toronto Day Camp for children between the ages of 4 and 15 years old, by Toronto families, since we opened our doors in 1990. Small air conditioned school buses with seat belts for every seat, four well-heated Salt-Water pools and professionally trained swim instructors, and

Guidance News (Oct. 18th)

Post-Secondary Seminar #2: Research This week the Guidance team visited the grade 12 English classes to complete their second seminar of the year: “Researching Post-Secondary Schools.” Please see below for a copy of the seminar package. If students/parents have any questions, they are encouraged to contact their assigned counsellor: Kathryn De Cata, Head of Guidance

Parents’ Association

The Hallowe’en Bake Sale is coming soon! Our first bake sale of the school year is on Wednesday, October 30.  Hallowe’en themed baked goods are needed.  Both store-bought and home-baked, nut-free treats are appreciated.  Please contact lisa.bloom@rogers.com, if you are able to contribute.

Academic Awards Evening

On Thursday, October 17th, 2019 Crestwood Preparatory College held its Academic Awards Evening for the 2018-19 school year.  Awards were presented to all those who achieved Honour Roll (overall average of 80% -89%) and Honour Roll with Distinction (90% plus) based on their overall average on the June 2019 Final Report Card. Over 225 students,

Winter Uniforms

We are keeping our eye on the weather, and, at this point, it looks like we will be enjoying a couple of more weeks of fall. Once the forecasts begin to turn more towards winter, we will switch to the full winter uniform. Until then, if students are chilly they are always welcome to wear the winter uniform,

CPC Family Helps the Bahamas

The Devastation of Hurricane Dorian had the most catastrophic effects in Bahamas.  Specifically the region of Abaco and Grand Bahamas. My family has made a second home on the main island of Nassau for the past 15 years. This has allowed us to get know many locals.  With our direct contacts in the community, we

Guidance News (Oct. 10th)

Volunteer Toronto: Youth Expo https://www.eventbrite.com/e/volunteer-toronto-youth-expo-2019-tickets-70681816215   On Saturday November 9th, Toronto’s high school students are invited to attend the Youth Expo at Roy Thompson Hall from 1-4pm. They will have a chance to chat with over 100 non-profit organizations looking specifically to recruit youth volunteers. Their goal is to help make the process fun and easy

Grade 7 Alive Trip

Last week the Grade 7 Crestwood class travelled to Camp Timberlane just outside of Haliburton, ON.  The program was designed around the theme of Community Building.  Our grade 7’s participated in Experiential Workshops and Outdoor Activities, that helped build teamwork skills, communication skills, and helped to build the foundation of an effective community,.  We participated in outdoor

Crestwood Pro-Amatuer Soccer Player

Alex Korda a grade 11 student in the High Performance Athlete Program at Crestwood signed his first pro-amatuer contract at the age of 16.  Alex will be playing with the Unionville Milliken Soccer Club, Under League 1. The league is a pro-am  soccer league out of Ontario that competes provincially, nationally and across North America.

Grade 9 Alive Trip

On Wed.Oct.2, the grade 9s set out on an adventure to Cedar Ridge Camp. They spent the next three days in the great outdoors doing team building exercises and learning how to become better leaders in their community. Some of the activities included high ropes, canoeing, archery, mountain biking, and rewilding. While the weather wasn’t the

Chess Club Tournament

On Friday, October 4th, 61 chess players from all over the GTA came to Crestwood for the Toronto Secondary School Individual Chess Championship.  Fourteen players from Crestwood also threw their hat in the ring to contest the trophy. Players played four 90-minute matches over the course of the day.  Medals were awarded to the top

Guidance News (Oct. 4, 2019)

Open Houses A key part of deciding which post-secondary institution to go to is finding a good fit. A great way to get more information is to visit a school in person. Visiting an Ontario university is a great way to find out more about the campus, the people and the university environment. Each university

Planned Absences with Edsby

Not only does Edsby allow parents to keep track of their child’s homework, assignments, team games and practices – it is also a convenient tool for sharing information about Planned Absences.  Please let us know if your child will be absent using Edsby’s Planned Absence feature.  

Sports Round Up for the Week

The Lady Lions defeated Villanova College 64 to 25,  in their first home game of the season.  Honourable mentions go to Zakayla Day-Burrell who finished with 20 points, Jadaia Reid how finished with 19 and to the heavy hitter of the Lions’ Den, Tianna Bailey who controlled the pace of the game from start to

Parents’ Association

The next PA meeting is this Thursday.  Please join us in the boardroom for our next PA meeting on Thursday, October 10 at 8:45 a.m.  Coffee, tea and muffins will be available at 8:30 a.m.  Come and learn about PA plans and activities for this year. Last call for Pizza Lunch! The deadline to register

Reuse Your Mug

For the month of October the Green Team is running “Show Us Your Mug” as an initiative to help make CPC greener. The contest is open to all staff and students and the winner will receive a $25 Tim Hortens card. To be part of the contest all you need to do is: 1. Like