Hundreds of years ago, before the invention of cameras, explorers took artists with them on long voyages to draw the many exciting things they discovered. We don’t need to travel many miles by sea or train to be an artist explorer. These treasures were found right outside of our school doors! –Anya Romanenko […]
Dear Parents, Thank you for your continued support and cooperation in screening your child(ren) each morning for COVID symptoms. We know it is not easy to keep your child at home for symptoms such as headaches and runny noses, however, this is imperative to the health and safety of all students and staff. Please […]
What a wonderful first week in Grade 3C! We have had so much fun settling back into our school routine and meeting our new classmates. We created goals for ourselves, made selfie posters, and even made our own classroom rules! We also loved meeting our specialty teachers on zoom, and had a blast during […]
Dear Crestwood Community, We the Crestwood School Parents Association (The CSPA) would like to welcome everyone back to school and hope everyone had a safe and enjoyable summer vacation – or what we like to call it, extended March Break. We would like to extend an extra warm welcome to new families for what will […]
Welcome back everyone! And a very warm welcome to all of our new families! The anticipation is finally over!!! It was so wonderful to see all the students on the first day of school; seeing the smiling faces, smelling the lunches, and hearing the children’s laughter warmed our hearts! We would like to take […]
Over the past two days we have experienced a much more efficient drop-off and pick up procedure and all of the credit goes to you. For morning drop-off, students have been packed up and ready to exit their vehicle when they enter their designated drop zone. It is obvious that parents have better prepared […]
We are very excited to begin a new year of art creation, using our environment for inspiration! Here’s to a great start to the school year for everyone! –Anya Romanenko […]
6A has gotten off to a wonderful and safe start this school year. We have been getting used to our new school routine while trying to get to know each other and have a great time. We really enjoyed the nature walk we took, which is now known as ‘The Spot.’ Hopefully, we will […]
Please note the slight change to pick up protocol from aftercare. If aftercare is being held on the field in behind the Atrium, please park your car and pick up your child directly from there (please wear a mask). If the weather calls for aftercare to be held indoors, please come to the front […]
It was a wonderful first week in Grade 2. We’ve had lots of fun getting to know each other! Here’s a look at all of the beautiful children from 2A, 2B and 2C on their very first day of Grade 2 at Crestwood! -Ms. Mandel, Ms. Ingram and Ms. Robinson […]
Grade 1-3 students worked hard learning the ins and outs of Zoom. They had the opportunity to use the annotation tool before class started to share something special with you. Each class from grades 1-3 drew a picture and/or wrote a message for everyone at Crestwood. We hope you enjoy their collage! –Jennifer Kim […]
Today, writing our final summer message, we are zoom fatigued, but ecstatic and proud. As educators, and parents, our primary focus has been keeping children healthy, safe and engaged. What a journey this term has been for every human on our planet. We’re so proud of our entire Crestwood community – our faculty and […]
All of the Grade 3’s came together on the last day of school to celebrate with an ice cream party. There were popsicles, ice cream cones, sundaes, and lots and lots of toppings on our screens. We read the story Last Day Blues by Julie Danneberg and shared all of things that we will miss about Grade […]
Once upon a time, there were two Grade One classes – Grade 1A and Grade 1B. The beginning of the school year felt like, “Once upon a time,” when they started on the very first day in September and entered their magical kingdoms. As time went by, they were transported into the Zoom Room […]
The Olympic motto, Faster, Higher, Stronger, motivated and inspired our Grade 6 Olympians during Wednesday morning’s grade-wide Zoom competition. Divided into ten mixed-class teams, students strived for Faster in the rather comical “How many items of clothing can you put on in two minutes?” contest. (Twelve hats CAN be worn upon one head, it […]
The Grade 3 students have had a fantastic year learning and working together. We are so proud of all the students and how quickly they adapted to our new learning environment. Over the past few weeks, we have participated in many different hands-on activities and experiments together. Nothing could stop us from having fun in […]
Dear parents, Please be sure to return any school athletic uniforms as well as library books that you may have at home. If you are a grade 6 students or are not returning to Crestwood in September please be sure to return your musical instrument. Thank you for your cooperation. –Bafaro, Brenzel & Davies […]
Dear Parents, As we come to the end of another school year (albeit a “different” year for the past three months), I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support. The countless numbers of emails that I and individual teachers have received in which so many of you expressed your […]
“Benjamin took a crack at building his own harmonica after watching this awesome experiment. Excellent job Benjamin!” – Mrs. Birchard […]
We hope you enjoy this 3-part Twinkle Twinkle performed by Crestwood’s Gr. 4 students AJ, Ryan, Bonolo, Alexis, and Blake! – Mrs. Birchard and Mrs. Davies […]
The students of 6D and 6E put their families’ extra cardboard boxes to great use this week as they created arcade-style games and attractions for our (virtual) edition of the annual Cardboard Carnival. We began this activity by watching a short film called Caine’s Arcade, about a young boy named Caine who turns his father’s […]
“Fill Up” with Mrs. Fuller This week we watched a TED talk titled, “Embrace the Shake”. Phil Hansen, an artist, discusses how he seized his limitations, embraced them, and used them to drive his creativity. His inspirational message reminds us all that sometimes we have to live “in the box”, with limited resources, and […]
It’s almost time to cast your votes! The candidates for House Head next year have been working hard to perfect their speeches for you, so they can pass along the information they feel is important for you to know about them before you vote! By now hopefully you’ve had a chance to check out […]
Dear Parents and Students, Thank you to everyone that participated in 4D/E’s Cooking with Ms Maurer this week. A huge thank you to the parents and siblings who joined us too! For our final Cooking with Ms Maurer, participants made delicious pizzas and s’mores for dessert. A great time was had by all of us! It was loads of […]
2A and 2B recently learned all about the famous artist, Claude Monet, about his life and about his incredible paintings. The children enjoyed learning about one of his paintings called ‘The Water Lily Pond’ which was created in 1899. This work is exquisite in its composition of background trees, weeping willows, and the bridge, which underwent […]
For the past few weeks, students in Mme Gurney’s grade one and two French classes have been working diligently on two major year-end projects. The grade one students were asked to create their dream city filled with different places they found around them. Amazing projects came to life, both in 2-D and 3-D forms, as cities […]
4B dressed up as their favourite characters from their favourite books and presented fun, exciting and engaging Book Talks. We had a blast and have so many awesome book recommendations for summertime reading! -Miss Amar […]
Congratulations to Ari Gutnik, TJ Brooks and Anika Yang: our Artists’ of the Week! I hope you enjoy their versatile creative work! Artists of the Week Ari Gutnik My name is Ari Gutnik. I am 10 years old. I love to do art. It brings my imagination to life. Sometimes I am not sure what to create, […]
This week the grade 5 and 6 classes had the privilege of attending a virtual author visit with Kathy Kacer. Kathy Kacer is a Canadian award-winning author of over 20 historical fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. Before the extended break we had been enjoying her books in library class and were really […]
We are so excited to host our annual Senior Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony. It will take place Friday June 19th at 9am in our Zoom Room. Can you guess who this Crestwood Alumni is? We will give you a hint. She started Crestwood in JK and finished in grade 12 at Crestwood’s Upper School. She […]