Dear Parents, The spring weather has finally arrived! With the sunshine and warmer weather, we hope everyone’s spirits are staying high, despite these challenging times. We know remote learning continues to be extremely difficult on students, staff and parents. Thank you for your continued support as we navigate these last few weeks of school. […]
Category: Crestwood News
CPC’s Youth and Philanthropy Initiative
This year’s Crestwood Youth and Philanthropy Initiative winners are hosted by: Gabriel Pogrin, Jay Lu, and Kian Torabi-Ardakani. Our finalists are: Tal Shram, Arvini, and Mark Starkman presenting Food Share; Simran Anand, Karianne Engelbert, and Evan Prosserman presenting Women’s Abuse Council of Toronto; Jean-Luc Audet and Michael Lawson presenting Holland-Bloorview Foundation. Please click on the […]
CPC Oral History Project – Nursing Week
Nursing Week is the annual celebration of this critical profession. It is held every May to coincide with the birthday of Florence Nightingale, the founder of modern nursing. This year more than ever we have to be aware of the critical role these health care providers play in Canadian society, as has been true through […]
CPC end of year Calendar 2021
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Theme Day Delight!
A ‘Novel” Way to Begin the Day!
To begin the week, we had an exciting author visit from Lisa Graff! On Monday, May 3rd, students from grades 3, 4, 5, and 6 logged onto a ZOOM webinar with Ms. Bafaro and Lisa Graff. Ms. Bafaro had read Lisa Graff’s books to her classes, such as Absolutely Almost, The Thing About Georgie, […]
CPC Board Summary
Mr. David Lee, (father of Julia Lee ’18). After thirty years in Education, David retired three years ago and immediately became a valued member of our FOUNDATION BOARD. As CPC’s inaugural Board Chair, David brings a diverse skill-set and a wide variety of Independent/Private School experience. Along with being an award-winning teacher and coach, he has an […]
Spring Virtual Festival of the Arts and Technology
The Festival of the Arts & Technology evening is an amazing way to celebrate Art, Music, Drama, and Technology by showcasing the abilities of the students of Crestwood Preparatory College. Traditionally, we transform our hallways and classes into displays of talent and creativity. However, this year we once again will take the Festival of the Arts from the classrooms and halls of Crestwood to […]
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PrinciPALs
Dear Parents, The first week of May brought us lots to be excited about! Our week was capped off with a fun themed spirit day. We loved seeing all the creativity and enthusiasm each class brought to their chosen theme. Way to go! As we settle into remote learning, we continue to find ways […]
Grace Yu (’18) Receives Summer Research Award
Grace Yu, a Crestwood graduate (Class of 2018), who studies chemical engineering at McGill University just won a prestigious award for Summer Undergraduate Research Award in Engineering (SURE). SURE is a program where top students are selected to work with Engineering professors at McGill on a summer research project for 16 weeks. Grace will be […]
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Fancy a cuppa anyone?
“TI a drink with jam and bread! … Fancy a cuppa anyone? SKB is almost at the top of their solfege ladder, having made their own TI” Amanda Birchard […]
Protecting the Past @pioneervillage
On Thursday, the Grade 3’s got to travel back in time to the 19th Century and discover the everyday lives and challenges of different communities that lived and worked in Ontario. During our virtual visit to the Black Creek Pioneer Village we got to learn more about the food, clothing, education, recreation and work, […]
Puppet Dialogue in 3A
We had such fun in Grade 3A this week. We created some sock puppets at home out of old socks and bits and bots that we found around our homes. We then wrote dialogue between ourselves and our puppets in class. We shared lots of giggles during our Drama lesson as we watched each other […]
Schymera Samuels (’21) Accepted into QuARMS
Schymera Samuels accepted to the Prestigious QUarms Program at Queen’s University Schymera Samuels (2021) has been accepted to the prestigious QUarms program at Queen’s University for next year. The QUarms program at Queen’s is a unique pathway allowing graduating high school students to apply to Queen’s Medical School after only two years of undergraduate study […]
Artist of the Month – Alizeh!
Each month brings out new talent!!! This time Alizeh Ahmed-Fazal is sharing her art collection. She has been trying different media’s, looking around with curiosity, and finding interesting subjects in everyday life. So happy and proud of you Alizeh!– Anya Romanenko […]
Crestwood Clubs
Please take a moment to check out some of the fun and cooperative clubs being offered next week. Click on the image below to view the club list with Zoom links and additional info. Students can also navigate via Edsby to their Groups and click on ‘Find More’ – once they discover the […]
In CITE Writing Contest: Charles Jian (’22) & Madelyn Tuns (’23)
Great news from the English Department! A huge congratulations to Charles Jian, who came in 3rd, and Madelyn Tuns who received an Honourable Mention, in this year’s InCITE Writing Contest! Their short stories stood out among the dozens of writing entries submitted by CIS students from across Ontario. Their accomplishments were announced on Saturday, April […]
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PrinciPALs
Dear Parents, Welcome back and we hope you and your children had a much-needed restful and relaxing Spring Break. While we were disappointed to learn we could not return to in-person learning this week, we were excited to welcome the students back to Virtual School and it was so nice to see everyone’s smiling […]
Terry Fox Fundraiser: Earned Top Fundraising Badge
Congratulations Crestwood Preparatory College, once again for ranking 5th on our Top 50 School Fundraisers of 2020 (secondary division)! We hope the official top schools listing and congratulatory letter mailed to you conveyed our immense gratitude for your incredible work. There was no limit to Terry’s try in raising funds for cancer research and that same […]
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Times Published Article on Essay from Simran Anand (’23)
On April 29th, Simran was named a “Runner-Up” in the New York Times High School STEM Writing Contest for her essay, “Tony Heros.” Her work, the only Canadian submission to receive an honourable mention in the Times, was ranked in the top 30 of over 3,000 entries! Her article explores the microscopic world of the […]
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Parents’ Association News (April 30th)
Call for Volunteers: […]
Spring Festival of the Arts & Technology – Thursday, May 6th, 2021 @ 7:00 pm
The Festival of the Arts & Technology evening is an amazing way to celebrate Art, Music, Drama, and Technology by showcasing the abilities of the students of Crestwood Preparatory College. Traditionally, we transform our hallways and classes into displays of talent and creativity. However, this year we once again will take the Festival of the Arts from the classrooms and halls of Crestwood to […]
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CPC Oral History Project – April 30th
Mr. Masters and Mr. Hawkins continue to present “history through the eyes of those that lived it” in their grade 10 history classes, where they have just completed their extensive World War two/Holocaust unit. Every single student in the 6 sections of the course had a chance to see a zoom presentation by a Holocaust […]
CPC Oral History Project – Yom HaShoah
Thursday, April 8 was Yom HaShoah, or Holocaust Remembrance Day. It’s a day to remember and reflect on the horrors of the Holocaust, where six million Jews and millions of other innocent victims – Roma and Sinti, Slavs, disabled persons, LGBTQ+ individuals, and others – were systematically murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators. At […]
Government Implements Provincewide Emergency Brake
Dear Parents, The Ontario government has issued a news release regarding Covid-19 restrictions that you should be made aware of: Ontario Implements Provincewide Emergency Brake – All 34 Public Health Unit Regions to Move into Shutdown […]
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PrinciPALS
Dear Parents, Happy April! We hope no one got too “fooled” this morning with any tricks. We had students in backwards clothing, pretend sticks of gum, and lots more trickery for April Fool’s Day today. A big thank you to Mr. Cooper for setting up a fun egg hunt in the Junior and Primary […]
The Gr2’s Elusive Lirpaloof Bird Search
The Lirpaloof Bird only migrates to our area at the beginning of April. It is an extremely elusive bird, which means that it is very, very hard to find and will usually stay up high in the trees until it is time to find food. The Lirpaloof loves to eat seeds, small insects, and carrots. […]
Crestwood Gives: Hygiene Kits for Homeless
Throughout the month of March our Grade 12 students have been putting together hygiene kits for the homeless. Through the generous donations of countless Crestwood families we were able to donate 80 hygiene kits, and lots of extra supplies to the Good Shepherd Ministry. The Good Shepherd Ministries serves the homeless population in Toronto, giving […]
Circuit Breaker
Classes 6C, D and E had a lot of fun this week discovering how electrical currents work. Their study of this topic culminated with students designing parallel and series circuits. This hands-on activity was a great way to learn about the necessary components needed for electricity to flow along a conductor. David Battista […]
Grade 10 Science at Crestwood
Classes in session at Crestwood Preparatory College, see photos of the Grade 10 Science Students working on their frog dissections in class today. This is part of their Biology Unit. […]