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 […]
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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 […]
PA News (Oct. 22)
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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
Click to see Crestwood Preparatory College’s New Staff for 2020-2021: Welcome to Our New Staff 2020-2021 […]
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 […]
What’s Your 40?
Our 6A class had a fantastic time participating in the Terry Fox Run this school year. This was particularly special because the Terry Fox Run organization has celebrated its 40th year. Of course, it looked a little different but we definitely made the most of running our hearts out for such a wonderful cause. […]
Crestwood is…
The students of SKA enjoyed learning about “ Orange Shirt Day”. We brainstormed words to describe our wonderful school. –Carolyn Haywood & Christina Teixeira […]
PrinciPALs
Dear Parents, Happy October! We can’t believe we have made it through the first month of school! We are so proud of the progress students have made in such a short period of time. This week was jam packed with Toonie Tuesday and Pizza lunch, the Terry Fox Run, Orange Shirt Day, our Primary […]
Indigenous Children
This week saw Crestwood take part in Orange Shirt Day: September 30 falls during the time of year when Indigenous children were taken away from their families to residential school. Crestwood staff and students wore their orange shirts on Wednesday to show their solidarity with Canada’s indigenous peoples and to take a step in the […]
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 […]
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Hybrid Monthly Calendar for October
By clicking the link below you will find the updated October 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 […]