Category: Crestwood News

Here is the updated Calendar until the end of June:  Click for Calendar

Donuts, Gumballs and Smarties Hooray!  Crowns, Necklaces, Sundaes today!  Brownies were sweet! Today was a treat! xo SKA   

Talal and Roark in 2A take our ‘Musical Instrument Found Object Scavenger Hunt’ to the next level! –Amanda Birchard  

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

Grade 1A and 1B would like to wish everyone a Very Happy Lunar New Year as well as a Very Happy Valentine’s Day! We did so many great activities to explore these holidays including a valentine candy experiment!  Please enjoy our Chinese dragons and Valentine artwork. We are all looking very forward to being back at

Black History Month Poem written by Ms. Williams, one of our teachers.  Ms. Kim Williams teaches Phys. Ed. and World Issues.  This is a poem about what Black History month means to her. It outlines the struggles Black people have faced, but it also focuses on a brighter future and brighter tomorrows because of positivity. Please

Stanley Grizzle was born in Toronto in 1918, to Jamaican parents who immigrated to Canada in 1911. He grew up in downtown Toronto, where he attended Prince Edward School and later Harbord Collegiate.  He became a railway porter at the age of 22 to help support his family. In 1938 he became involved in the

Course Selection (2021-2022): Grade 9-12: All grade 8-11 students are to submit their high school course selection choices online through: XELLO Grade 8: All grade 7 students are to submit their grade 8 course selection choices through the SchoolAdmin portal The deadline to submit course selection choices for the new school year is Thursday March 4, 2021 Resources: Grade 8 Course Selection Grade 9 Course Selection Grade 10 Course Selection Grade 11 Course Selection Grade 12 Course Selection CPC Course Selection

On Monday, February 9th, the English Department held its annual—but first ever virtual— Poetry in Voice competition! We had the pleasure of viewing recitations created and performed by our five talented finalists over Zoom. A huge thank you to our finalists, Limona Haas, Olivia Cormier, Kaitlyn Tran and Beatrice Park, and CONGRATULATIONS to Amy McCulloch

Soul on Ice is a documentary that tells the story of the contributions of black people to the game of ice hockey.  Written and produced by Damon Kwame Mason the documentary features hockey legends Wayne Simmonds, Joel Ward, Trevor Daley, Mike Marson, Tony McKegney and five-time NHL Stanley Cup Winner Grant Fuhr.  But this documentary

Elijah Fisher featured on Breakfast Television This past Tuesday February 9th, Crestwood’s Elijah Fisher and his father Rohan Fisher were featured on Breakfast television.  If you missed the interview you can watch it on the following link; https://www.bttoronto.ca/videos/meet-16-year-old-basketball-phenom-elijah-fisher/

Black History Month is being hosted by USports: USPORTS Conversations, is a live event celebrating Black History Month featuring several prominent Black personalities with ties to university sports in Canada, was announced on Wednesday, and is set to take place on Tuesday, Feb. 16.  Hosted by NBA TV Canada / Toronto Raptors personality and Maple

To the Crestwood Preparatory College Community: We are all looking forward to returning to school on February 16th. As a community, we must remember to continue practising standard safety precautions during the pandemic as outlined by Toronto Public Health. For instance: Stay home if you are feeling unwell. Keep two metres distance from others and

Congratulations to Ian Wong, a grade 10 Crestwood student who finished 24th overall in the Canadian Indoor Rowing Championships that took place this past weekend Feb 6 and 7th.  Ian competed in the 2000 m race with finishing time: 08:55 mins, which was a personal best!  The event was held virtually and was streamed live on

  This week in Photography Club we focused on zooming in on parts of an object, filling the frame, and forced perspective. Forced perspective is all about playing with angles. It is all about creating illusions and fooling the eye. Forced perspective can make objects appear larger or smaller, farther away or closer than they actually are. Everyone

Crestwood was pleased to send a delegation of students to the University of Toronto Model United Nations Assembly (UTMUN) this year. UTMUN is typically held each February on the campus of the University of Toronto, though this year the event took place via ZOOM. Crestwood’s delegates represented many interesting countries and diplomats, as students role-played

Crestwood Preparatory College Community: I hope this communication finds you all well. I have said this many times before, and want to say it again. The CPC teachers, students and parents during this pandemic have been nothing but exemplary. Thank you all. Click here to see an important Ministry of Education announcement regarding the resumption of

To Crestwood Preparatory College Community: Have a happy and educational Black History month.  Black folks matter too and they have accomplished some amazing stuff in history and in recent years as well. On behalf of the boys basketball team, we would like to wish everyone a happy and healthy life, as we celebrate Black History

The Crestwood Oral History Project archives are a fantastic place to learn more about Black history in Canada this February! Hear the story of Stanley Grizzle, the son of Jamaican immigrants who rose to become Canada’s first federal citizenship judge. Learn about George Carter, the founder of the Toronto Negro Veterans Association and one of

Good afternoon: I am finishing a book by Diane McWhorter called “Carry Me Home” a very detailed (too much at times)profoundly disturbing account of the civil rights strife in the 60’s, particularly in Birmingham. McWhorter  was/is a native of Birmingham and had very contrary opinions from the great majority of her fellow Birminghamians (?).  They say,

  Dear Parents, The calendar has officially flipped to February, which means it’s time to chat about the heart – and we don’t mean the chocolate kind. It’s Heart Month in Canada, the perfect opportunity to bring some attention and awareness to the importance of heart health and what you can do to reduce the

Annie Zhao, the grandmother of one of our fine students, always a wonderful advocate of the school , and the head of the “North America General Chamber of Commerce Lushang Business  Confederation” donated 4000 surgical face masks to the school this week. The masks come at a good time and will be distributed to the classrooms once

No further updates this week.  See you next week!