Category: Crestwood News

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

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

  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

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.

Report Cards were completed and put in the mail this week.  Please keep an eye on your mail for the reports. However, with Good Friday and Easter Monday, their arrival may be delayed by Canada Post.

“Digger” Gorman served in the Canadian Navy during the Second World War.  Originally from New Brunswick, the future geology student – that’s where the name “Digger” came from – Digger was deep in his studies when the war approached.  As a science/engineering student, Digger’s enlistment was originally deferred, but like many in his generation, he

The following video was created by the Senior Prefects as part of our Character Education program and the theme for March was Citizenship: Citizenship Video

Although this may not have been a typical spirit week for Crestwood we didn’t let a pandemic keep us down.  This was an amazing week filled with theme days, virtual challenges and in person challenges. We kicked off the Monday of Spirit Week in our PJs and eating Krispy Kreme donuts.  With $250 in proceeds

  After 11 weeks of learning and practising our multiplication facts, Grade 3A celebrated with an ice cream sundae party.  Look at the smiles on our faces 🙂 Learning definitely feels great!  We have learned tricks, rhymes and songs to remember and use the facts from 0 to 11.  Now, we are ready to tackle division soon! Paula Georgiou

  Can you estimate how many ‘Sea Creatures’ live in SKA?                 Guess Who? Can you guess who the artist is in SKA?                 Have a “whale” of a time this weekend! xo SKA 

CPC students have spent this year actively finding ways to support those who have been affected by the pandemic. At the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, our community donated over 500 lunches to thank frontline healthcare workers at four different hospitals across the city. Following the second shutdown, our Grade 7-12 students began

  5E had a visit from a real engineer this week, Mrs. Kanfi’s husband. Yoni Kanfi is a former Crestwood student who is also a civil engineer. Yoni spoke to the grade 5’s about his job and answered their questions relating to their “Forces on Structures” unit. It was great for the students to hear

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March 19, 1944 marked a turning point in Hungary’s wartime history; it was the day that Nazi Germany began a direct military occupation of its onetime ally, Hungary. Life for Hungarian Jews, which had been deteriorating under the previous regime, took a dramatic turn for the worse as discriminatory laws gave way to ghettos and

Skin Colour Is Never A Crime, But Racism Is These days, we keep seeing disappointing news reports about violent events that happened in North America because of racism against Asians. Crestwood Preparatory College disagrees with any racial hatred and commits to ethnic equality at all levels. Here we want to appeal to every Crestwood student

The Crestwood community grieves the senseless loss of eight lives in Atlanta, Georgia, six of whom were women of Asian descent. Our heart goes out to all the victims and their families. This heinous crime represents only one instance amidst a surge of Anti-Asian violence since the beginning of the pandemic, which disproportionately affects women.

  I am happy to present the new artist of the month, Charlie Haddrell. Different styles, different interests, different ways to create is what makes each exhibition really unique. Charlie is the master of the line, he uses lines so freely in his drawings. He loves animals and studies them carefully as you can see

  Top of the mornin’ to Crestwood School from SKB! The wee laddies and lassies had a fun filled St Patrick’s Day!  We enjoyed lucky charms, a leprechaun hunt, and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!  Everything was green in our classroom. Green shamrocks, green glitter, green food colouring, green grapes,

A huge congratulations to Amy McCulloch who was selected to be a Semifinalist in the 2021 Poetry In Voice Competition for her outstanding recitations of “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop and “I Feel the Sun” by Wang Xiani. In addition to winning a cash prize and moving on to the final round of the competition,

Crestwood students will be taking on an initiative to create Hygiene Kits that will be donated to a local homeless shelter to support individuals within our city.  We have compiled a list of bulk items that can be purchased from Amazon and donated to the school.  Students will then organize, sort and put together individual

Top O’ the mornin to ye! Nothing finer than graphing Lucky Charms on St. Paddy’s Day in SKA! Carolyn Haywood & Christina Teixeira

  Long, long ago When the earth was new, The SKA dinosaurs swam and flew, We love to learn and we love to play Have a great day From SKA xo Carolyn Haywood & Christina Teixeira