To the students at Crestwood Lower School, Anya Romanenko and all of the teachers who supported the Easter cards initiative. Belmont House and its seniors want to thank you for bringing us so much joy. seniorswishfoundation.com […]
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CPC Report Cards
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. […]
CPC Oral History Project – Digger Gorman
“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 […]
Senior Prefect Video on Citizenship
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 […]
PrinciPALs
Dear Parents, We had a true taste of Spring this week, with warm, sunny temperatures and lots of rainfall to end the week. Thank you for helping your child dress appropriately for the everchanging weather – keep it up! Junior students have been participating in a letter writing initiative this week. Ms. Romanenko has […]
CPC Spirit Week 2021
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 […]
Ice Cream Sundae Celebration
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 […]
Messages of Joy!
The Seniors Wish Foundation is asking for our help to bring some light and love to the seniors living at Belmont House. This organization works to build a connection between students and seniors and has been partnering with various private schools in the city to facilitate art workshops. At this time, they are unable […]
Have a ‘Whale’ of a Weekend!
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 […]
Crestwood Prep Students Sending Care During Pandemic
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 […]
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Trust me…I’m an Engineer
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 […]
CPC’s Spirit Week: PJ Day Photos
Having Fun! […]
CPC Oral History Project – Margaret Newman
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 […]
Racism
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 […]
Anti-Asian Racism
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. […]
Artist of the Month, Charlie Haddrell!
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 […]
Row Row Row Your Boat!
Using all the instruments from their music bag, SK’s are learning about rhythm while playing along to the words to Row Row Row Your Boat! Amanda Birchard […]
Cheers to Friends!
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, […]
PrinciPALs
Dear Parents, We are thrilled to report the students came back from the long weekend feeling refreshed and ready to learn! Despite the lost hour of sleep on Sunday, we had a great week of growing and learning. We had our 1st ever St. Patrick’s Day celebration on Wednesday! It was a blast seeing […]
Semifinalist in the 2021 Poetry In Voice Competition
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, […]
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Crestwood Gives Continues – Hygiene Kits for the Homeless
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 […]
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Lucky Charts
Top O’ the mornin to ye! Nothing finer than graphing Lucky Charms on St. Paddy’s Day in SKA! Carolyn Haywood & Christina Teixeira […]
PrinciPALs
Dear Parents, The second week of March has certainly been a wonderful one! The weather was on our side bringing us warm, spring-like temperatures which certainly lifted our spirits. We have some wonderful news to report ….. All the students and staff that have been tested thus far are NEGATIVE! That means that all […]
SKA Dinos
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 […]
Summer School
Crestwood Preparatory College is pleased to offer a number of Ontario high school credit courses. Courses are designed to provide students with an exceptional academic experience in the early summer. This schedule allows course completion by mid-July allowing students time during their summer months to work, attend camp, or a vacation with family. CPC’s School’s […]
“Take A Break” Care Packages
As we move into a long weekend we want to remind all students to take a break to care for their mental health and wellbeing! Over the past week members of Crestwood Cares and the Jr. Prefects have been distributing “You Deserve a Break” bags to students every morning. The bag included snacks and activities […]
American Math Contest
Please wish Sophia Gu and Shaan Lin good luck today as they write the American Invitational Mathematics Exam! They qualified for this exam by placing in the top 5% of participants on the American Math Contest last month. […]
Teachers On Day 4
Here is the caption: “Wonder where your teachers are on Day 4’s at 2:00? Look out back.” Click to view video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMeh68QyB/ […]
Celebrating Black Artists
Hello Crestwood Families! For the month of February, the junior music classes have been celebrating Black History Month and its rich musical background. The students in grade 5 and 6 ended the month by making some wonderful artist posters featuring African American artists who have created change in the musical world and used their […]
Steven Lazar (’20)
His Siena Saints finished in first place in the MAAC. […]