Guidance News

Upcoming deadline: The last date to accept an admission offer from an Ontario university is June 3rd.  However, the recommended date to accept by is Monday May 27th. To accept an offer to an Ontario university, students must log into their OUAC account and accept the offer. 

CPC Triumphs Over Bayview Glen

Badminton Tuesday the Under 14 badminton team traveled to Bayview Glen to play the last matches before the championship. Thank you to all the members of the squad and in particular congratulations to our girls double team Amy McCullough and Courtney Mayberry who won their match after a nail biting and gripping final game. All

Grade 10 Business Projects

Grade 10 business students put their business plans into action last week, selling crepes, candy and even a “Sweet Tap” pie-in-the-face.  The process began with Dragon’s Den style pitches to select the most viable business ventures. After a student vote, the planning process began for the best business ideas. The classes were divided into “departments”

The Athletic Banquet 2019

Crestwood will be hosting our annual Athletic Banquet on Thursday May 23rd, 2019.  The banquet will be a night of celebrating the accomplishments of all our student athletes, as well as lots of eating and dancing.  The banquet will take place on the Empress of Canada boat, which will depart from the Toronto harbour at 5:45pm and sail

Guidance News

University of Toronto Mississauga- Mapping Your Education: An Evening for Grade 9-11s When: Wednesday May 8th, 2019 Time: 7pm Where: UTM- Instructional Centre Building What: University can seem overwhelming, but it doesn’t have to be. Join UTM to help prepare your child for their next steps if they’re considering a post-secondary education. For more information

CPC Takes Flight with Big Win Over Rosseau Lake College

Ultimate Frisbee Tuesday the Ultimate Frisbee team hosted their first tri-meet, and got to play two excellent games. Their first game against Rosseau Lake College was a big win for our Lions with a score of 14-5! Our second game against TYS was more challenging but we showed a lot of determination and played with

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe

On Tuesday the Crestwood Production of The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe premiered. The cast gave two excellent performances of this ambitious play. The cast, which included students from grades 7 to 11, impressed their audiences with both their talent and their dedication. The play was distinguished by memorable performances, creative make-up and impressive

Kindness Month

As part of our Character Education initiative, April was Kindness Month here at CPC! To help promote and encourage our students to show kindness, all homeroom classes played KINDO. Each homeroom class had a kindness themed bingo card, filled with random acts of kindness that could be completed around the school and community. Some of

The YPI Project

This past Monday, three groups from the Grade 10 Careers class competed in the YPI (Youth Philanthropy Initiative) Finals to win $5000 for a charity they have researched. Since March Break, all Careers students have had the opportunity to go out into the community and research a local commune based charity that supports a social

Parents’ Association News

Parents’ Association Meeting – May 9 Our next Parents’ Association meeting is this Thursday, May 9 at 8:45 am in the main boardroom. This is our Annual General Meeting and the final meeting for the school year, so please join us to learn more about plans for 2019 / 2020. Coffee, tea and muffins will

CBC’s Dwight Drummond at CPC

This past Monday, students in Mr. Masters’ Politics 12 class, along with students from the Crestword, were visited by Dwight Drummond, Toronto’s CBC anchorman – and a Crestwood parent. Mr. Drummond shared his own story, as well as his thoughts on the role of the media in present-day Toronto and Canada. Stay tuned for Hayden

Spring Festival of the Arts

Thursday night the CPC community was treated to another spectacular Art’s Festival! The students and faculty organized various displays and interactive activities that were enjoyed by all who attended.  Guests enjoyed listening to Crestwood Voices sing melodies from Phantom of the Opera, made their own creations on our 3-D printer, rocked out with the Crestwood Rock

CPC Runs Past the Competition

Track & Field Congratulations to all the varsity athletes that competed in Thursday’s track meet. Special mention to Alexa Gibson who won javelin with a throw of 29.70m, and Kyra Grossman who placed third in her first ever 1500m steeplechase.                                 Softball

Because I Am A Girl Day

On Wednesday, CPC had their 2nd annual Because I Am a Girl Day. It was a day to inspire young women to reach for the stars. We heard from a number of influential females who have broken barriers professionally and excelled in male-dominated professions. Guest speakers included: Sarah Au Director of Marketing at Muskoka Brewery,

CPC at the Robocup Junior Competition

At Crestwood’s debut at the York Region Robocup Junior, which featured 4 schools, 20 teams and 3 events, our team secured second place in the soccer lightweight competition. This was only possible because of the dedicated hard work of our students during their after school hours, lunch times, and even long weekend! Please congratulate them

Guidance News

Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities: Saturday April 27th- 2019 Rosedale Park Spring Clean Up Day When: 10am to 1pm Where: Rosedale Park (in the playground) or Chorley Park (by the bus stop) Please wear boots, gloves, long pants and bring a rake (if you have one please). There will be snacks for early volunteers. Saturday May 4th-

Guidance News

Discover Year Spring Open House:   Are you considering taking a gap year after graduation?  If so, you may want to attend Discover Year’s Spring Open House to learn about travel and volunteer experiences.  This year’s GTA event is Saturday April 27th, 2019 at Halton Industry Education Council, 5230 S Service Rd, Burlington, ON L7L 5K2. 

Math & CS Award Winners

Congratulations to our CPC students for receiving the following math and computer science awards! Canadian Computing Contest Winners: Junior Contest: Miranda Su, Ken Wu Senior Contest: Alex Wang, Mark Zhao       American Math Contest: AMC 10: 3rd – Charles Jian 2nd – Snow Ren 1st – Aries Wang AMC 12: 3rd – Alex

Badminton Teams Off to a Smashing Start!

Congratulations to all members of the under 14 Co-ed Badminton team who played at home against the York school Monday! They all showed fair play and determination.  Congratulations in particular to Jack Wu, William Wu, Max Spillner, Aydin Ansari and Helena Wang who won all their matches. The Senior Boys’ Badminton team competed in their

The Grade 11 Biology Trip

Our grade 11 biology students recently spent a week at the Huntsman Marine Science Center in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. The research facility, located at the mouth of Fundy Bay, is the perfect place to study incredibly diverse ecosystems that thrive among the highest and most powerful tides in the world. Here, our young biologists explored the many marine

Playdium Trip

After school on Tuesday, April 16th, Grade 7 and Grade 8 students from the Crestwood community had the opportunity to visit the Playdium entertainment complex for an exciting evening of thrills, and special time with friends. Our visit to Playdium was a very successful event, organized by Crestwood’s Junior Prefects. The students enjoyed arcade games, rides, roller-coaster simulators,

Prom: A Night to Remember

Prom tickets are now available for purchase. It will be a fun night filled with dancing, good food and amazing music! Students may purchase tickets in room 201. Hope to see you all there! A NIGHT TO REMEMBER….. Date :  Friday, May 10th, 2019 Time :  6:30pm – 11:30pm Place :  Bayview Golf & Country

Guidance News

The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto is launching a series of summer programs: DigiFab & Bootcamp. The theme for this summer’s youth programs (Bits & Bytes & DigiFab) is Drones in the City. We will explore the potential of this disruptive technology and how city design

Curling Team Takes Gananoque

Last week, the U-14 curling team travelled to Gananoque to participate in the Pinty’s Provincial Elementary School Curling Championship.  It was a great adventure for everyone, and although we didn’t make the playoff round, Mr. Jull and Mme. Doherty were very pleased and proud of the whole team.  Congratulations to lead Max Spillner, second Amy

Canadian Team Math Contest Results

Six members of the problem solving club travelled to the University of Waterloo on April 9th to compete in the Canadian Team Math Contest. Students were challenged to answer questions individually, as a team, and in a relay! Claire Zhang achieved a perfect score on the individual component and the team, comprised of Hao Zhang,

Jack Talk

Today CPC students and staff participated in a Jack Talk, presented by jack.org. They are a charity that is training and empowering young leaders to speak with other youth regarding mental health and mental illness. We learned how important it is to be educated on these topics as 1 in 5 Canadians will struggle with their