Biosteel All Canadian High School Basketball Games

This past weekend 8 Crestwood students were invited to participate at the Biosteel All-Canadian High School Basketball games.  It was a weekend of showcasing skills with the best high school players all across Canada.  On Saturday both Elijah Fisher and Immanuel Oludele were selected to play in the Future Stars game which displayed the talents

Varsity Track & Field Off to A Strong Start

Wednesday, the Varsity Track and Field team competed in the first meet of the year at York University. Congratulations to everyone for a strong start to the season. CPC had several athletes place in the top three in their events. Special shoutout to Hayden for his win in the 1200m, and to Zak for her

Guidance News

US Fair – Tuesday, April 9th @ Crescent School     Crescent School is having a US (mini) Fair on Tuesday, April 9th from 6pm-8:15pm.   Jenika Heim of EducationUSA  has organized the event and the following schools will be attending:    University of Notre Dame Wake Forest University Lafayette University Rochester Institute of Technology University

Community Service Opportunities

1) Sporting Life 10K- Run for Camp Ooch This year’s Sporting Life 10K will be on Sunday May 12th.  If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please see Ms. Hann in the guidance office by Friday April 12th.  Crestwood students will received approximately 6 hours of community service for this event. 2) MS

Grade 11 Biology Dissection

Since returning from break, our Grade 11 biologists have engaged in a fetal pig dissection to get a hands-on appreciation for the complexity of living things, analyze the structures and functions of various organs, and improve their lab skills. A few groups even finished early and were able to get a clear view of the

All Girls STEM Tech Robotics Event

This past Saturday, 28 girls went out to represent CPC at an all girls STEM tech robotics event in Vaughan. They spent a full day learning about augmented reality, flight dynamics, structural integrity, and building robots controlled by a microcontroller (Arduino). They also heard from many female speakers who found success in the STEM field

Final Exam Schedule

Exams begin for all students on Friday, May 31, 2019.  A general schedule is available on the website under the documents tab. All students have received a personalized examination schedule but if it has been lost they can look at the general schedule online. Morning exams begin at 9:00 am and all afternoon exams begin at 1:00 pm. Exams in Grades

Parents’ Association News

Pizza Lunch Our next pizza lunch is this Friday, April 12. Spring Bake Sale The P.A. Spring Bake Sale is coming on Wednesday, May 1. Details will follow in next week’s newsletter. Yummmmm.

Member of Parliament Michael Levitt Visits CPC

Member of Parliament Michael Levitt visited Crestwood on Friday morning to speak with social studies students about his life and work as a parliamentarian and representative for the riding of York-Centre. The day began with a roundtable discussion with students from Mr. Masters and Mr. Hawkins’ Grade 12 classes. During this time, the discussion focused

Guidance News

Gap Year Information Event- Tuesday April 9th 7pm-9pm Discover Year, the Canadian Gap Association and International Experience Canada have joined forces to offer an exciting series of information sessions to help students, parents and educators build purposeful gap years for meaningful transitions into post-secondary life.  View the flyer here.  Summer Learning Opportunity   This year the

We Are the Champions!

Over the March break our Elite Basketball teams both competed in their Provincial and National Championships.  The Senior Girls Basketball team began their OSBA provincial playoffs.  After steamrolling through the first two, our Lady Lions ran into a high powered Capital Courts Academy out of Ottawa.  After a dismal start, the Lion’s were down 16

ME to WE India Trip 2019

Many students are familiar with a warm and sunny March break; 14 of them took a warm and sunny trip to India this past March. After a lengthy plane ride, the students sprung into action. Inspired by a visit to the local school in Kalinjer, Rajesthan, where they had four classrooms and no bathrooms servicing

CPC at the Biosteel All-Canadian Games

Crestwood will be the most represented school at the Biosteel All-Canadian Games which showcases the top high school basketball players in the country. Congratulations to the following girls; Aaliyah Edwards (’20), Shayeann Day-Wilson (’21), Rebecca Demeke (’20), Latasha Lattimore (’21), and Kayla Drummond (’20). Congratulations to Jahcobi Neath (’19) who will be playing in the

InCITE English Special Recognition

Two of CPC’s students’ submissions to InCITE, the literary journal for CIS Ontario schools, received special recognition in their respective grade bands this year. The topic of this year’s journal was fan fiction. Georgia Gardner (’19) submitted a short story, Cutting the Strings, narrated whereby Cinderella dumps the Prince and begins speed-dating. Hilarity ensues. In addition

Parents’ Association News

P.A. Meeting  Please join us in the boardroom for our next P.A. meeting on Thursday, April 4 at 8:45 a.m.  Coffee and muffins will be available at 8:30 a.m.  Everyone is welcome! Pizza Lunch The next pizza lunch is on Friday, April 12. Nominations Wanted The Parents’ Association has committee positions open for fall 2019.

Crestwood Basketball Finishes First!

CISAA history has been made!  Crestwood is the first and only school to ever win all 6 Division I Championship titles in one sport! This past weekend Crestwood hosted the CISAA championships for U14, Junior and Senior boys basketball leagues. All three games were exciting and a great display of talent and teamwork. The Junior boys

Academic Achievements at CPC

This week at Crestwood, we celebrated multiple awards and achievements from our many talented students.  Congratulations to all! Georgia Gardner won an award of merit for playwriting from the National Theatre School Drama Festival. Armin Selzner earned the Silver Duke of Edinburgh award. He committed an average of an hour a week for an entire year

Spring Sports Tryouts

The spring season of athletics will begin immediately after March Break.  This spring we will be offering the following Varsity teams; U14 Touch Rugby Junior 7’s Rugby Senior 7’s Rugby U14 Girls Soccer Varsity Girls Soccer U14 Co-ed Badminton Junior Co-ed Badminton Senior Co-ed Badminton U14 Track and Field Varsity Track and Field U14 Softball

The OFSAA Swim Championship Qualifiers

Congratulations to Megan Pearlman, Matthew Laslop, Will Magan, and Jack Magan; CPC’s four OFSAA Swim Championship qualifiers! The meet was hosted at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, and took place over the past two days. There were over 2000 athletes in attendance! All four swimmers had a fantastic meet, posting extremely fast times! Jack

CPC Student Makes Team China Hockey Team

CPC’s Sam Li (’21) made the 2019 IIHF U18 Team China Hockey Team over the Family Day long weekend.  He will be heading to Serbia from March 25-31 to compete in the 2019 IIHF U18 Division 2 Group B Tournament.  Congratulations and good luck, Sam!

Trivia Night 2019

Last Thursday evening we raised awareness and funding for the CPC Scholarship Foundation.  A big thank you to all who participated in Trivia Night, placed bids on items to raise money and supported our CPC community.  It was a very fun night enjoyed by all.  Congratulations to the winners of Team Pagano!       

Grade 7 Bridge Building Challenge

Recently, the Grade 7 Science students completed the Crestwood Bridge Building Challenge. After becoming familiar with concepts relating to the form and function of various structures, as well as the forces that may be acting on them, the young engineers had an opportunity to apply their knowledge and understanding of the material. This year, Ms.