The Grade 5 classes spent Thursday morning at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario. They were able to participate in a mock debate and learn about the many responsibilities of the provincial government. They even got to meet the honourable Kathleen Wynne, Premier of Ontario. Premier Wynne answered questions and shared some interesting information about the […]
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Class 3A visited the Apple Store at Sherway Gardens this week. We created posters that promote living and working in urban and rural communities. We used the Apple program Pages to create our fliers and we personalized our work with photos that we found on the internet. Each student walked away with a groovy, yellow […]
We would like to send out a big congratulations to our wonderful X-Country Team who battled tough conditions and large fields of competition to come through with some incredible results. Beckett Sennecke captured first in the U10 Boys Division while Josh Paquin and Evan Prosserman placed 7th and 10th respectively. In the U10 Girls Division […]
Yesterday at our home Glendon gymnasium the U12 Girls basketball team defeated the Ridley College Tigers in a hotly contested battle. In the first quarter the Cougars got a total of eight points and were leading Ridley by four. The second quarter Ridley started to hit some open shots and took the lead by two […]
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The Grade Two classes will be participating in a full day workshop on simple classification of animals. We will be touring the zoo while identifying and describing major physical characteristics of different types of animals. We will learn to identify ways in which animals are helpful to, and ways in which they meet the needs […]
The Crestwood Girl’s basketball team hit the hardwood for their first basketball game of the season against Country Day School. After a slow start to the game, the Crestwood Cougars battled back! – led by Maya Shapiro’s lights out shooting and the teams’ tenacious defence. Unfortunately, the girls came up short in the fourth quarter. […]
Yesterday our Crestwood golf team hit the links to take on other private schools across the GTA in what would prove to be an exciting tournament for the SSAF championship. Arriving at Bathurst Glen Golf Course our grade 4, 5 and 6 golfers were prepared to battle for 18 long holes against all other golfers in […]
Huge congratulations to our U10 soccer team on their win against Sterling Hall. Our team had great saves from both goalies, Luke Tavone and Ben Shields. They were on fire as they blocked every attempted shot Sterling Hall attempted. We won 3-0 with goals from Adam Pearlman with Myles, Albert, Alessandra, Dylan, Ella, Jeivan, Jordan, […]
The Crestwood U12 soccer squad took the lead against Country Day from a free kick in the first half and both sides created quality scoring chances. The score remained 1-0 thanks to the CDS goal frame and some fine saves from the Crestwood School goalkeeper. With many substitutions made during the second half the team […]
On Thursday afternoon the U9 soccer team travelled to Sterling Hall for the first soccer game of the season. It was an exciting game with chances back and forth for both squads. Beckett Sennecke scored the first goal on a nice rush and bagged his second with a penalty shot to put Crestwood up 2-0. Sterling […]
On Wednesday September 24th, Crestwood participated in the annual Terry Fox National School Run Day. It was an amazing day at the Glendon Field and trails as students from JK to Gr.6 participated in this important cause. The Crestwood School community represented itself well as we continue to do our part in raising money for cancer research. Thank […]
The Grade 4-6 Golf Team players and coaches are off to Bathurst Glen Golf resort on Thursday, October 2nd to participate in the SSAF Finals Golf Tournament. Erika Robeznieks, Thurman Zarek, BIlly Roth and Cameron Veisman represent Crestwood School as they fire their way through 18 holes of challenging golf against schools from all over the […]
The Grade 3 classes had a visit from the Milk Marketing Board this past Monday. A Dairy Farmer representative came into Crestwood School with her pet cow Daisy. Daisy the inflatable cow demonstrated how cows are milked and we learned that each cow can produce 30L of milk per day…that’s a lot of delicious milk! […]
The Crestwood Junior X Country team travelled to Riverdale Park on Wednesday September 17th. It was a sunny, warm fall day. The team was excited to kick off the season with a challenging, hilly course. Runners from 15 CIS schools competed. From the initial race with our U10 girls, we knew our team of 25 […]
The Crestwood School Administration Team would like to take this opportunity to thank all parents who attended the Grade 7 Information Night on Tuesday evening. It proved to be an excellent forum to dialogue with the grade five and six parent population as we forge ahead to reinstate grade 7 and eventually grade 8 at […]
The Grade Ones were thrilled to hear that they will be going on their first field trip of the year to Chudleigh’s Farm in Milton. This trip ties in nicely with their Science curriculum as they are now discussing the characteristics and needs of living things such as animals and plants on the farm, eggs […]
Do you have gently used children’s books that your family has outgrown? Would you like to see those books in the hands of children who do not have their own books? We are having a book drive to collect books for The Children’s Book Bank. The Children’s Book Bank is a charitable organization whose mission […]
Crestwood School Named Jostens 2014 National Yearbook Program of Excellence ——————————————————- Crestwood School program recognized for dynamic and engaging yearbook. Minneapolis – July 14, 2014 – Jostens, the leading producer of yearbooks and student-created content, today announced that Crestwood School’s yearbook program has been named a 2014 Jostens’ National Yearbook Program of Excellence. The National […]
The U12 Soccer team opened the 2014 – 15 season as defending champions against UCC at Glendon field. In a tight opening half our guest created the better scoring opportunities and deservedly went into the half-time break a goal to the good. Eight substitutions made during the break to restart the second half gave Crestwood […]
Cool breeze, cold rain, and soggy turf…well it must be soccer season. The Fall Sports Season is off to another exciting start as many enthusiastic athletes took part in various try-outs over this past week. Teams offered in the Fall are as follows: U9, U10, U11 and U12 Soccer, U12 Girls Basketball, Flag Football, Golf and […]
The Crestwood Junior Choir is getting excited about their upcoming music trip extravaganza called Cooper’s Choir Camp. We will be heading up to Camp Tawingo on Friday, September 19th at 9am and returning on Sunday, September 21st at 1pm. At choir camp, we will be doing lots of singing, lots of camp activities and getting […]
The U12 softball team put a cap on their excellent season Saturday in their final tournament at UCC. As the two time defending champions and first place team in the division the team knew they had a big target on their back as all the other teams wanted to claim the championship as their own. […]
After a successful Winter Sports Season we are revving up for the Spring Season. The sports offered include U12 Softball, Primary and Junior Track and Field and U12 Ball Hockey while Badminton continues until the end of April. Start dates to be determined by the spring thaw. Please check page below for further updates. https://crestwood.on.ca/lower-school-sports-events/ […]
The Crestwood School hockey team captured the eighth seed in the CISAA U12 hockey tournament after defeating Pickering College 5-4 in overtime yesterday afternoon. The game did not start well for Crestwood as Pickering jumped out to a 2-0 lead. It did not look like we would be able to get one by their goaltender […]
“Scientists in School” was awesome! We learned a lot about space, including making a comet out of dry ice. We poured the hot water into a bowl, mist would come out and then it would freeze up and create a comet’s surface. It was very cool. We then learned about the Canadarm. The Canadarm is […]
On Monday the entire Junior Division met in the Crestwood gymnasium for a 2 hour read-a-thon. The book selections included Out of My Mind, Batman Hush, Wonder, Diary of a Wimpy Kid, Series of Unfortunate Events, and the list goes on and on. The two things evident on this day was the childrens’ love of literature […]
After braving the icy walk up to Glendon to meet our bus, the Grade 3’s had a fantastic trip to the Mississauga Living Arts Centre! We participated in a drama workshop with an instructor who was an actor herself. The kids warmed up their bodies, voices, and imaginations by moving as different plants and animals […]
On February 23rd, Crestwood’s U12 basketball team traveled to King City to compete in the final tournament of their season. The boys entered the playoffs as underdogs, but came out as champions defeating Crescent School in the tournament final. Throughout the tournament, the Crestwood boys put on a defensive clinic, playing fundamentally sound man-to-man defence […]
Crestwood welcomed Wendy Baker (mom of Mikayla and McKenzie in grade one) to the Atrium this morning. Wendy is a former Olympian and was a member of Team Canada’s field hockey team in the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, Korea. She came to school today to share some of her Olympic treasure with the […]
The U12 Basketball Team’s season comes to an end on Saturday with the final tournament hosted by Country Day School. After a long season the bballers finished with a 3rd place ranking overall. Although they will be missing key players Jack Hendry and Cole Marotta coach Conn believes we have a strong chance to contend. […]