Category: Crestwood News

Meet the Teacher:  Lisa Belanger Subject:  Visual Arts, ESL & Classical Civilization Grades:   7 – 12 Ms. Belanger grew up in a very loving home in Scarborough. She has one older brother and continues to be very close to her family.  She went to Wexford School of the Arts, which is located not far from Crestwood.

This is a final call for the Yearbook Cover Contest! The Yearbook Committee is inviting all CPC Students to enter their artwork in our Yearbook Cover Contest. The top two winning submissions will be displayed on the front and back cover of the 2020-2021 Yearbook, and the remaining finalists will have their work appear throughout

What’s Next? All grade 12s now have access to their post-secondary applications (Ontario, Canada, US and abroad). It is important that they take the time to populate, review and submit these applications over the next few weeks. The major dates and deadlines are listed below: Ontario Universities • December 7, 2020 (Crestwood Deadline) • January

Crestwood Gives – Holiday of Hope There is only one week left of our Holiday of Hope initiative.   So far the donations have been slow but we are hopeful that next week we will see a lot more gifts coming in.  There are so many people in need of our help, this year more than ever.  The

On Thursday November 19th, grade 12 students in Mr. Hawkins Challenge and Change in Society class, along with members of the Youth Against Racial and Religious Discrimination club were lucky to be visited (via Zoom) by Mr. Farley Flex. In addition to being a major name in Canadian entertainment, Mr. Flex is an anti-racism educator

This week it was great to see so many CPC students and staff getting involved in Anti-Bullying activities going on throughout the week.  We kicked off the week with Odd Sock Day. Odd Sock Day was started in England a few years ago to send the message that we are all unique in our own

Meet the Teacher:  Nicole Reinsma Subject:  English and Drama Grades:   7 – 10 Ms. Reinsma grew up in the countryside of Bowmanville, Ontario.  Her father works for a tech company, but Nicole took after her mother, who is also a grade 7/8 teacher. She is thankful that she is close to her two brothers; so

Crestwood Preparatory College is very of our very own Grade 11 student, Jay Lu.  Jay was interviewed on CBC radio’s Metro Morning show on Wednesday.  Please listen to Jay and WW2 veteran Bert Shinwell chat with Ismaila Alfa here:  https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-39-metro-morning/clip/15808113-keep-remembering-a-wwii-vet-high-school-student-talk.

UBC & McGill Application Seminar The Guidance department will be hosting an online seminar for those students who are interested in applying to UBC and McGill University on Monday November 16 at senior lunch Both Ms. Somerville and Ms. De Cata will walk students through the step-by-step application process via zoom On Monday November 16,

Meet the Teacher:  Anthony Mariano Subject:  Music Grades:   7 – 12 Mr. Mariano was  born in Montreal and spent his formative years in Houston, before moving to Toronto for most of his elementary years and all of high school. He moved to Montreal to attend McGill and has returned to Toronto since. Anthony is a

Crestwood Gives Next week we’ll be kicking off our Crestwood Gives initiative.  There are so many people in need of our help, this year more than ever.  The Crestwood community has always been amazingly supportive of these initiatives and we strongly believe that it is important to teach our students about the importance of helping

Like Canadians from coast-to-coast, Crestwood observed Remembrance Day this past Wednesday.  It is a time when we come together as a community to remember the sacrifices that previous generations have made in building this country.  This year, we adapted and held our ceremony virtually, and it was shown as a film to teachers and students,

We are pleased to announce that the Peer Tutoring service is now available for students requiring some assistance with their academic courses.  We have carefully selected several grade 9-12 students with proficient academics to provide this service.  Tutoring is available to students in all grades from 7-12.  Sessions will take place over Zoom to adhere

Next week is Anti-bullying week at Crestwood.  We have several initiatives planned for the week to raise awareness for this important issue.  This weekend spend some time finding the following items for the following theme days:   Monday November 16th – Odd Sock Day – Wear your brightest and loudest mismatched socks to show that

The reviews for our Crestwood spirit wear clothing have been fantastic.  So we have decided to open the school store for a one week flash sale on our most popular items.  The Crestwood track pants are now available in 4 different colours, and the Champion wear is available as well.  Please see the attached flyer

3A and SKA had a lot of laughs experimenting with body percussion or “patching” using stomps, pats, claps and stamps. In these videos they are following a “roadmap” on the smart board. They did a great job for their first time! –Amanda Birchard  

  When we think about our school we quickly point to the students and teaching staff but we have many other people who work behind the scenes to support our community. We will attempt to shine a light on these important individuals in the next couple of weeks. We start with our Crestwood School food

Report Cards have been completed and have been mailed out.  Information regarding the Parent-Teacher Conferences and instructions on how to book a time-slot is included with the reports. All interview bookings will take place through Edsby (https://crestwood.edsby.com/).  The ability to book appointments will be open on Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 at 9 am and will

  Hello! My name is Zoe Metz. I am the new Grade 6 teacher at Crestwood School. I live in the west end of Toronto with my two young children and husband. In my spare time, I enjoy being outdoors, trying out new recipes, reading, and having fun with my family. I have taught in private

  Hello Crestwood Parents! The Crestwood School Parents’ Association will be hosting our first CSPA General Meeting! The meeting will be on November 10th at 10am via Zoom. We hope this later time will enable everyone to make it to a computer after the morning rush and settle in with a coffee. Hopefully this will

Over the course of last week, staff and students at Crestwood brought in donations of canned goods, rice and cooking oil in support of the North York Harvest Food Bank.  This drive was the culmination of the school’s focus on Empathy as our Character Education trait of the month.  The food was delivered to the

Meet the Teacher:  Briana Doble Subject:  English Grades:   7 & 8 Ms. Doble grew up in Scarborough and lives in Toronto with herpartner and her cat. Her parents are happily retired and spend as much time as possible at their cottage. Her younger sister is also a teacher and is currently teaching in London, England.