Meet the Teacher: Nicole Sapir Subject: History Grades: 7 & 8 Ms. Sapir grew up in Thornhill and went to school in Kingston and Toronto. She is the youngest of three children and has an older sister and brother. Nicole’s family is Jewish. Her father is from Georgia and her mother is from Ukraine. Both
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Celebrating Halloween Safely
Dear Parents, Toronto Public Health does not recommend hosting or attending in-person gatherings for Halloween this year. For the safety of individuals, it is recommended that in-person celebrations are limited to those with whom individuals live. As well, because of the higher risks for COVID19 in the modified Stage 2, Ontario Chief Medical Officer
Treaties Recognition Week
In 2016, Ontario passed legislation declaring the first week of November as Treaties Recognition Week. This annual event honours the importance of treaties and helps students and residents of Ontario learn more about treaty rights and relationships. By learning more about our collective treaty rights and obligations, we can create greater understanding and nurture these relationships. Each
Bucket Toss House Challenge
Grades 4A and 4B would like to send a big “shout-out” to the House Heads and Mr. Cooper for organizing yet another amazing House Challenge. We quickly discovered that “The Bucket Toss Game” was much harder than it looks. Ping-Pong balls bounce a lot and so they were actually really hard to get in the bucket! In the
Food Web Discovery
In science this week, 4A has been learning about the importance of food chains and food webs within an ecosystem. As a culmination to these lessons, the class went outside and created a food web using the plants and animals in our local habitat. The students discovered a range of producers, consumers and even
A Message from CPC’s School Nurse
To the Crestwood Community, Hello, my name is Ana Bacopulos and I’m the School Nurse at Crestwood Preparatory College. I am very excited to be joining the Crestwood Community and I hope I can provide much needed support during these difficult times. If anyone has any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact
Project Give Back
Grade 4 students were excited to have their first Project Give Back Session this week. Project Give Back is an exceptional program, which empowers students to research a charity of their choosing. Students then teach their peers about their charity through fun and engaging presentations and activities. We would like to give a special thank
Learning About Land Use with Cookies in 3A
Yes, that’s correct…..in 3A, we learned about how valuable our land is in Ontario by mining a chocolate chip cookie. We have learned that much of the land in Ontario is used for housing, business, forestry, mining, manufacturing, agriculture, and recreation. We challenged ourselves to see how much of a cookie we could keep in
Class of 2020 Awards Presentation
Since June 2020 we have been hoping that the restrictions on social gatherings would be eased to the point that we could all gather as a community, either indoors or outdoors, to celebrate the accomplishments of Crestwood Preparatory College’s Class of 2020. Unfortunately, rather than the restrictions easing they have again been tightened, and the number of people allowed
CPCs Academic Awards Ceremony
On Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 we celebrated the academic accomplishments of the students for the 2019-20 school year based on their overall average on the June 2020 Final Report Card. Awards were presented to all those who achieved Honour Roll (overall average of 80% -89%) and Honour Roll with Distinction (90% plus) along with the
Annual Food Drive
Next week, from October 26-30, Crestwood will be having its annual food drive to benefit the North York Harvest Food Bank. We have partnered with this organization for the past eight years to help support its mission to create food spaces and reduce food insecurity in our community. This year, the mission of the food
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PrinciPALs
Dear Parents and Students, We hope everyone had a relaxing and enjoyable Thanksgiving weekend. It was a pleasure welcoming students back to school on Tuesday and hearing about the lovely ways students celebrated with their families. With only 4 days at school this week, the action was jam packed! We enjoyed the beautiful warm
Declaration to Continue or Join Online-Only Programs
Over the course of the 2020-21 school year, we have had students switching back and forth between fully online and in-person learning. In order to best support the health and safety of our school community, we ask that any student wishing to move fully online or remain online at this point in time, to re-declare their
PA Zoom Meeting – October 22nd
RE: PA Zoom Meeting – October 22nd Please join us on Thursday, October 22 at 9:30 for the first Parents’ Association meeting of the 2020/2021 school year. Connect with parents of the Crestwood community and get updates on plans and possibilities for this unusual time. Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/4203676310 Meeting ID: 420 367 6310
Empathy Month at CPC
October is Empathy Month here at Crestwood. The word “empathy” means to understand the way that someone else is feeling. Over the remainder of the month, students will be presented with empathy-related “thoughts of the day”, quotations and ways to get them away from just thinking about themselves and really engaging with other people in
Advice from CPC’s Nurse Ana
Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and I wish you all the best this long weekend. This is just a friendly reminder to be mindful of social gatherings on the weekend. We are all seeing the daily increase in COVID-19 cases in Ontario and not following the guidelines could highly impact these numbers moving forward. Please remember
PrinciPALs
Dear Parents, Happy Thanksgiving! We are especially thankful this year that we have had such a safe and successful transition back to school. As many classes have been discussing and writing about what we are thankful for, it has been so lovely to see many of the students writing about feeling grateful to be
Getting to Know Ms. Spiegel
Hello! My name is Sarah Spiegel. My first teaching job was at an inner-city public school in Chicago teaching fourth grade. I loved connecting with the students and sharing in their lives. Many of those students had serious challenges and it was so gratifying to be a part of their academic successes. I remember
Meet the Teacher: Kim Williams
Meet the Teacher: Kim Williams Subject: PE and World Issues Grades: 8 – 12 Kim Williams grew up in Scarborough and Markham. She is married and has two sons and one daughter. During her spare time, Kim likes to attend major sporting events and watch her kids play sports. Of course, she also enjoys watching
School Photos – Retakes, Missed Photos, and Online Learners
The photo retake day has been changed as follows: – Thursday, October 15th for all Grade 8, 9 & 10 students who did not have their photos taken on the original date and for those wishing a retake. – Friday, October 16th for all Grade 7, 11 & 12 students who did not have their
Updated School Calendar (Up to December Break)
By clicking the link below you will find the updated monthly calendar with the days that the Grades 9 & 10 or Grades 11 & 12 will be learning online. You will also see that we have indicated which 4-day block we are in as follows: Day 1 -4 (starts with the Grade 11 & 12’s at home
Crestwood Cares
At Crestwood School, community service remains a constant, no matter what the circumstances. For years, we have donated our proceeds from our Toonie Tuesday initiative to the Kensington School Community, to support their breakfast program. This time, under Ms. Eisens’ suggestion, Crestwood School donated 75 desk shields to our sister school, to help them stay safe
Artist Illusions!
Our first art show is up and ready! I am excited to invite all staff and students to witness the amazing optical illusions created by our grade six classes. They have been working very hard all month, using elements of art to create some incredible pieces! Artwork will be displayed in the main student
Grade 7-8 Vaccinations
Toronto Public Health has advised immunizations to be completed at community clinics or your family doctor after cancelling the immunization school program. Many clinics are operating virtually or simply not administering vaccinations. Here are a few clinics within the community that will administer the vaccinations: Cassandra Clinic [2048 Victoria Park Ave] Nymark Medical Centre [4839 Leslie
The Dish from Dalia!
One down, nine to go….I hope I don’t jinx myself, but I’m happy to report that we made it through September! As required by Public Health, we did have to send some children home due to runny noses, sore throats, tummy aches etc…….all of which turned out to be just that….. runny noses, sore throats
Terry Fox School Run 2020
Throughout the week Crestwood students and teachers have been participating in the Terry Fox School Run. Whether it has been during Physical Education classes or through our virtual school run over 150 people in the CPC community have run or walked 450 km! All to help fight cancer. We will continue with our virtual runs
Terry Fox
Welcome to Our New Staff 2020-2021
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Terry Fox Donations Remain Open
It is with great pleasure that I update you on the first school wide event that took place this past Wednesday, September 30th. Our Terry Fox run was a great success. The weather held out so that each class could participate in their cohort with enthusiasm and determination. Although our run looked different than
