Beautiful Holiday Bake Sale The Parents’ Association hosted a very festive holiday bake sale this week. All the baking was beautifully decorated and our fantastic volunteers enjoyed some nice time together, while serving Crestwood students, parents and staff. Thank you to our customers and to all of the volunteers who make our bake sales
Results are in! Grade 7/8 Beaver Computing Contest by the University of Waterloo Out of 6,715 students in the entire world who competed, our very own Jean-Luc Audet (Grade 8) and Tal Shram (Grade 8) placed in the top 25% and received a certificate of distinction. Particularly, Jean-Luc was one of less than 100 students
On Monday, November 26th 2018, Alex Korda traveled to Ryerson University to take part in “A Discussion with Andrew Scheer and Kevin O’Leary”. In order to take part in this event, Alex had to submit an application that was reviewed by Ryerson and was selected based on his accomplishments, achievements and strong political views on
Please join us at Crestwood’s Winter Festival of the Arts
Hockey The Senior Boys’ Hockey Team travelled to Greenwood College School on Wednesday to open the 2018-2019 season. In a game that was highly anticipated, both teams did not disappoint with their play. In a game that saw both teams have a number of scoring opportunities, Greenwood prevailed and was able to squeak out a
Dear Parents/Guardians, The TTC has been working closely with our school to provide complimentary PRESTO cards to all students. The purpose of this initiative is to help students make the transition away from TTC passes and tickets, to the PRESTO fare card as smooth as possible. While children up to 12 years old will continue
Holiday of Hope is a community initiative we take part in to help the less fortunate in the community during the holiday season. This year we are working with Durham Children’s Aid and supporting 11 families in need. The Durham Children’s Aid Society is responsible for providing child protection services to children under the age
November has been a very busy month for members of Crestwood’s Problem Solving Club. On November 8th, 10 students participated in the Canadian Open Mathematics Competition (the COMC). This math contest had students discover and explore mathematics and problem solving with some very challenging and unique problems Also, over the past two weeks, Crestwood’s Grade
The Holiday Bake Sale is this Wednesday! Please drop by for a sweet treat. Contributions of nut-free baked or purchased cupcakes, cookies, donuts or squares are always appreciated. If you’d like to contribute, please contact Lisa at lisa.bloom@rogers.com.
Basketball This past weekend our Lady Lions traveled to Ottawa to take our division rivals, Capital Courts Academy. CCA came out very energetic and aggressive, which put CPC in a hole. But with the spectacular frontcourt play of Aaliyah Edwards, Latasha Lattimore, and Kayla Drummond, we were able to forge a massive comeback which was enough
CPC alumni, Emmanuel Zambazis was drafted in Round 2 Pick: 11 for the YORK9FC in the newly created CPL. Congratulations Emmanuel!
On Tuesday November 20th, 13 Senior Art students, along with Ms. Belanger, travelled to the Science Center to participate in the Creative Futures Expo sponsored by the Applied Arts Magazine. The Expo provided students with an opportunity to meet young creative professionals, and learn what opportunities exist for those interested in pursuing creative careers. Universities
This week has been anti-bullying week at Crestwood Preparatory College and the female peer leadership group put on several activities to bring awareness to this topic. Daily announcements, bulletin boards, townhall videos and social media posts have spread messages of kindness and about the importance of standing up against bullying. Our Grade 7-9 students participated
Jahcobi Neath On Thursday, Crestwood was honoured to be a part of Jahcobi Neath’s University signing. Jahcobi joined us at Crestwood in 2016 and has spent the last 3 years captaining our Senior Boys’ Prep team, as well as working hard on his studies. Jahcobi is an All-Canadian and was a silver medalist last summer
University Visits Wednesday, November 21st – Ryerson University ~ Faculty of Engineering
November 11th is one of the most important days on the Crestwood calendar as it marks Remembrance Day. This is a day that all Canadians honour, where we pause and think about and thank the many veterans that have sacrificed for Canada during times of war. Because of the ongoing Oral History Project, Crestwood students have
Last weekend Scott Masters was awarded Alpha Education’s “Catalyst for Change” Teaching Award. Alpha Education is an organization that seeks to raise awareness about the Pacific Theatre of World War Two, in an effort to promote social justice in the region. In the summer of 2017, Mr. Masters won a grant and was able to
1) Universities Visiting: Monday November 12th- University of Waterloo Tuesday November 13th- Laurentian University Wednesday November 14th- York University Friday November 16th- Western University 2) Ontario Universities’ Application Next week, grade 12 students will be given their PIN codes so that they can begin their applications to Ontario Universities online at www.ouac.on.ca. Dates are: Thursday November
Early Evening P.A. Meeting Please join us for our November Parents’ Association meeting on Thursday, November 22 at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will take place in the boardroom during the dinner break on the first day of parent / teacher interviews. Light snacks will be served. Everyone is welcome!
Basketball This past Saturday, our Junior Lady Lions Basketball team hosted this year’s CISAA Junior Girls Division 1 Basketball Championships and they did not disappoint. Taking on Trinity College School in the semis, CPC jumped out to an early lead and never look back. With key defensive stops along the way and great ball movement
There was no sleeping in for DECA’s Crestwood team this weekend. The future business leaders were up early putting their business and problem solving skills into practice at the DECA Regional Competition in Whitby. The Crestwood team of 40 fared well at the competition – taking home six awards! The team will continue to meet
CPC alumni Gavin Wei, had been selected by Boston University’s Badminton DI team to play in singles. BU recently competed in the 2018 Yonex Eastern Collegiate Team Championships for the Northern Conference, and Gavin placed first! Congratulations Gavin and we are glad to see that you are doing well!
Dear Parents and Friends of Crestwood Preparatory College, The students and staff at Crestwood Preparatory College have used our Oral History Project to document global issues and educate people inside and outside the school about historic tragedies and concerns for many years now. These necessary connections, these invaluable testimonials, have become a way of life
On Tuesday, November 6th, students from senior level social science and humanities classes visited the 2018 Parliament of the World’s Religions at the Metro Convention Centre. This was the first time that Toronto has hosted the event, which called on thousands of representatives from different faith groups to stand together and advocate for a more
On Wednesday, October 31st the Prefects organized and ran our annual Halloween Assembly. It was a “spooktacular” day of costumes, door decorating, games, & contests. Congratulations to Ms. Sawka’s homeroom for winning the door decorating contest, to the “Math Teachers” for winning the group costume contest by dressing as Crestwood students, and to Cole Eichler
Alexa Gibson has signed on to play for Ottawa U! She has received both academic and sports scholarships to attend Ottawa U and will be playing for their hockey team, the Gee Gees, as their goalie for the 2019/2020 season. Congratulations Alexa, we are very excited for you!
Basketball Congratulations to the U14 Girls’ Basketball team who won the CISAA championships this weekend. The girls had an undefeated season and went into the final four ranked #1. CPC made it through the semi-final game against Branksome Hall with ease moving them onto the championship game against Greenwood. In a tight back and forth
University Admissions Representatives at CPC Tuesday, November 6th – Carleton University Thursday, November 8th – University of Guelph
That was a spooky, sweet bake sale. Our Halloween Bake Sale was a scary success. Thank you to all the volunteers who baked, bought and sold such a beautiful array of Halloween themed treats. Thank you, of course, to all of the hungry customers who supported us. A very special thank you goes to
Due to high demand, the Parent Association is offering the opportunity for students to participate in the remaining 6 pizza lunches. This will be the last chance to sign up for pizza lunches for this school year. The cost for 6 lunches is $57.00. All payments must be made via Crestwood Cash at store.crestwood.on.ca before Friday, November 9. The
