Her Delaware Blue Hens finished their regular season in the CAA in first place. […]
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Remeke Demeke (’20)
Her NC State Wolfpack finished in first place in the ACC. […]
Aaliyah Edwards (’20)
Her UConn Huskies finished in first place in the Big East. Aaliyah was also named to the All-Freshman Team and named Sixth-Woman of the Year. […]
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. Today gives us an opportunity to reflect on the progress made towards achieving gender equality and celebrate the acts of courage and determination by individuals who have played an extraordinary role in advancing gender equality in their communities. […]
Leprechaun Trap
3A was faced with a STEM challenge this week. Our goal was to build a trap that would catch a sneaky little leprechaun in our classroom. We imagined what our traps would do, planned out what they would like, created our designs and then thought about improvements that we could make to our traps. Teeny […]
PrinciPALs
Dear Parents, The first week of March has certainly been difficult for everyone. We want to thank you all for your continued support and cooperation as we navigate this challenging time. We know this week brought a lot of worry, tension and confusion to our school community, and we appreciate your patience as we […]
CPC Volunteer Hours
Are you in need of community service hours and looking for a way to brighten the day of someone? Sending Sunshine is a not-for-profit that is trying to reduce the negative effects of social isolation among seniors by providing them with handwritten cards. With the pandemic, the opportunities for volunteering are limited. With Sending Sunshine […]
Gr.6 Spacescapes
The grade 6 science classes spent the week making models of our solar system. Students designed scale representations that dealt with multiple celestial relationships, including: the locations of terrestrial planets, gas giants, and dwarf planets; the relative positions of the sun, earth, and moon during both solar and lunar eclipses; and the appearance of […]
Art Room Rumblings
Our Grade 4 and 5 students celebrated World Cat Day on March 1st. Inspired by Warhol and Steinberg students have been working hard to create their own cat creation with a variety of medias. The Grade 6 classes are currently working on self-portraits. They are learning from great masters like Matisse, Picasso and Modigliani […]
CPC InCITE Writing Competition Finalist!
Dear students: Thank you all so much for participating in this year’s InCITE Writing Competition! Thank you for creating such fascinating, wonderful stories and poems, and for sharing your work with us. It is our great pleasure to announce this year’s finalists: Gr. 7-8 stream: RJ McDerment for his short story, “Runner” Runner – by RJ McDerment […]
Royal Canada Legion Remembrance Contest
Every November, Crestwood history students are encouraged to participate in the Royal Canadian Legion’s annual Remembrance Day contest. The contest, with categories for visual art, poetry and prose writing, asks students across the country to reflect on the overall theme of remembrance, and apply their creative talents to that theme. We were very happy to […]
CPC Oral History Project (Mar. 5)
Over the past two weekends the Crestwood Oral History Project has continued its Sunday sessions, introducing students to members of the wartime generation. On Sunday, February 21 and again Sunday, February 28, we did zoom sessions with Holocaust survivors in Israel, and each time Mr. Masters and Mr. Hawkins welcomed approximately 20 students to listen […]
CPC Oral History Project – Gordon B. Smith
Gordon B. Smith was born in the east end of Toronto on February 25th, 1924. He attended Eastern Commerce, but left to enter the workforce before graduating. When the war came, Gord was eager to follow his older brother’s example, and joined up right as soon as he was able. He spent a year doing […]
PrinciPALs
Dear Parents, Our last week of February was a great one at Crestwood School. Luckily, the huge amounts of snowfall made for lots of fun recess play. Students are settling back into school routine, and are engaging in lots of exciting learning opportunities in their classrooms. On Tuesday, we celebrated Pink Shirt Day! The […]
Pink Shirt Day
Tuesday February 23rd was Pink Shirt Day at Crestwood School. It was wonderful to see so many Crestwood students wearing pink to send a very important message about bullying. Pink shirts are worn as a symbol and as recognition that bullying will not be tolerated at Crestwood School. […]
Pink Shirt Day at CPC
Wednesday February 24th was National Pink Shirt Day. Whether on zoom or at the school it was great to see so many Crestwood students wearing pink to send a very important message about bullying. Pink shirts are worn as a symbol and as recognition that bullying will not be tolerated at Crestwood. Even Roary wore […]
Grade 12 Yearbook Quotes
Attention Grade 12s graduating this June! Graduation quote submissions for the yearbook are now available using the following google form. Yearbook quotes are due on March 5, 2021. A graduation quote is a quote that is meaningful to you in some way. It can be inspirational, motivational, sentimental or something that you would like to be remembered […]
Course Selection
Just a reminder that the deadline to submit course selection choices for the new school year is Thursday March 4, 2021. Grade 9-12 Course Selection: All grade 8-11 students are to submit their high school course selection choices online through: XELLO. Grade 8 Course Selection: All grade 7 students are to submit their grade 8 course selection choices […]
Thank You
Thank you to all parents, guardians, students and staff for participating in our EduSafe App rollout. The safety of our students and staff has always been of the utmost importance and is only possible with complete community cooperation. We appreciate your continued support. * If your child is not attending school on a particular […]
Variants of Concern
Dear parents, Please take a moment to click here and read the latest notice from Toronto Public Health. Thank you. […]
Gr2 Read-A-Long
The Grade 2 classes had a wonderful time reading for the MS Read-A-Thon! We are all thrilled to support such an important cause! –Ms Ingram, Ms Mandel and Ms Robinson […]
CPC Oral History Project – Rod White
Rod White was born February 16, 1925 in Trenton, Ontario. Rod’s father died when he was only four, and some of his early memories are of his mother struggling to raise her seven children in difficult economic times. Rod left school after Grade 8, going to work and helping to support the family. Work took […]
CPC School Nurse: Information on Masks
To the Crestwood Preparatory College Community: Crestwood is doing a great job, keep up the great work! With the new, more contagious variants, we need to continue our diligent mask wearing. Wearing medical-grade masks (the blue surgical masks) provide adequate protection against incoming pathogens and is highly recommended by Toronto Public Health, and remember to: […]
Catapult Challenge in 3A
3A participated in a Valentine Catapult Challenge this week. We explored different ways to build catapults using simple materials and launched valentine candy as our projectiles. Both Lila and Xavier made catapults that launched their heart candy 400 cm or 4 m across our classroom. Try this challenge at home. Google “how to make a […]
PrinciPALs
Dear Parents, What a wild first week back at school! We were so thrilled we were able to welcome the students back to school, and with a fresh, thick coat of snow on the ground too! It was so wonderful to see the students back in their classrooms, with their friends, out at recess, […]
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CPC Updated Calendar: March to June 2021
Here is the updated Calendar until the end of June: Click for Calendar […]
100 Days Smarter in SKA!
Donuts, Gumballs and Smarties Hooray! Crowns, Necklaces, Sundaes today! Brownies were sweet! Today was a treat! xo SKA […]
Whistle While We Work
Talal and Roark in 2A take our ‘Musical Instrument Found Object Scavenger Hunt’ to the next level! –Amanda Birchard […]
Canadian Open Math Contest (COMC)
In November, members of the Problem Solving Club participated in the Canadian Open Math Contest. Run by the Canadian Math Society, the COMC encourages students to explore, discover, and learn more about mathematics and problem-solving. The following students achieved a Performance with Distinction certificate for ranking in the top 25% of contestants: Alex Chen Danny […]