Category: Crestwood News

Dear CPC Community: I’m not sure how close this comes to a strategy we are all acquainted with by this time- making lemonade from lemons- but there are events that must be recognized, and a graduation is one them.  Please, then, join us on June 17th for our Grade Eight virtual graduation. The Grade Twelve

Advanced Placement (AP): Score Reports June 30 is the deadline for grade 12 students to indicate or change their free score report recipient in ‘My AP’: https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/ Please make sure to indicate through ‘My AP’ the university or college you’d like to receive your free score report If you have any questions or concerns –

  This week the grade 5 and 6 classes had the privilege of attending a virtual author visit with Kathy Kacer.  Kathy Kacer is a Canadian award-winning author of over 20 historical fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults.  Before the extended break we had been enjoying her books in library class and were really

  The Grade one students explored various structures they see and use in their daily life.  As a culminating activity, these amazing students designed, built and presented their own playgrounds that consisted of at least 4 structures.  Their creativity was outstanding using popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, straws, plastic cups, paper cups, egg cartons, tape, glue,

We had lots of fun in the ZOOM ROOM this week! We love doing math activities! Check out John’s calendar and weather graph!  We love to graph in Kindergarten! Hudson was busy with a 3D shapes assignment and single digit addition.  Way to go SK! – Julie Fox & Carly Hebscher  

  The Grade 3 French students have been learning about community workers and workers places. We talked about what their jobs are and why these workers are important. As a final project, students chose 8 workers and workplaces and created their community. They had to label the workplaces and include the workers as well. They

We had a bit of Friday Fun in the JK room today. We are all going to miss the annual Crestwood Fun Fair. It is the best day of the year…so the Fun came to JK ZOOM School 😉 – Melodie Young & Ros Sandler

Greetings Crestwood Community: I’m writing this opening message to you all regarding racism, discrimination, police brutality and Crestwood.  Being a black man and basketball coach I have to, like all other black people,  experience racism, discrimination, police brutality almost everyday our my life. Our race has had to deal with this elephant in the room,

As we have all watched the events of the past few weeks unfold, namely, the deaths in Black communities in the United States and Canada and the overwhelming sadness and outrage felt across society in response to these events, we are compelled to express our support to the Black community, namely our Black students, parents

  Congratulations to Lauren Stern and Annika Yang, our artists of the week. Beautiful work girls! Thank you for brightening up our spirits with your artistic talents! – Anya Romanenko  

  Crestwood Choir hoodies have arrived! We’ve rolled out this initiative with the Junior Choir in hopes to encourage a sense of community and artistic identity. The Choir team is looking forward to expanding the initiative next year and we are excited to show them off in person on our first Grub day! Many thanks

The Festival of the Arts evenings is an amazing way to celebrate Crestwood Art, Music, Drama, and Technology by showcasing CPC student’s abilities as we transform our hallways into a display of talent and creativity. Arts never sleeps, therefore we have decided to take on the initiative to take the Festival of the Arts from

Meet the Teacher:  Jennifer Williamson Subject:  Geography and History Grades:   7 and 8    Ms. Williamson grew up in Mississauga with her parents, one brother and two sisters.  She is married with one son, Landyn, who is 6 years old. In her spare time, Jennifer likes to watch movies and take additional qualification courses.  She

Zoom, Zoom Zoom! We are off to the ZOOM ROOM! Bring your paper, pencils and a smile! See you in awhile! If you are here, give a cheer! A thumbs up and a grin! Now we are ready to begin! 10 smart, amazing boys! 2 excited teachers! We are all here in the SKA ZOOM

Meet the Teacher:  Owen Smith Subject:  Geography, Civics, Careers Grades:   7 – 10    Mr. Smith grew up in Toronto. Both of his parents were teachers.  His mother taught English at Riverdale, Monarch Park, Forest Hill and Harbord.  She started her career in 1975 and retired in 2006.  His dad taught Phys Ed at North

FIRST Robotics Canada Build It Challenge Series Winners Just because we are social distancing, it didn’t stop our Engineers from continuing to build and compete! FIRST Robotics Canada launched a BUILD IT Series challenge nationwide and students can complete building challenges either by building with any real world items/material, LEGO pieces, or Minecraft. CPC’s very own

Every May we gather in the gymnasium to recognize the dedication and hard work that our students and teachers put into all the clubs and committees that took place over the past year. These co-curricular activities are critical pieces of our school life.  We also recognize the year-long involvement in academics, athletics, clubs, and committees

  In lieu of a spring concert, members of the Junior Choir, and a special guest from the Primary Choir, would like to share a virtual choir performance. Here is our rendition of Children Will Listen. I am so proud. Thank you to Jordyn, Margherita, Dara, Mia, Shira, and Bonolo for their practice, courage, and genuine

  Hi All! Make sure you are checking the river on Edsby regularly to find out about fun upcoming house events that can help propel your house to victory as we close in on the end of the school year! Keep an eye open for the classics like Trivia and Guess Who? but also for

The 2019-2020 women’s basketball season has been one of best ever in Canadian history! This week Grade 11 student’s Latasha Lattimore and Shayeann Day-Wilson committed to Syracuse University.  They will both become members of the “Orange” in 2021.  We would like to congratulate them on this amazing accomplishment. This brings the total to 7 scholarship

Yesterday, the winners of the YPI competition met with the North York Harvest Foodbank to present them with the $5000 grant. Here is the link to the video.  

On this beautiful day of May 21st, 2020 at 6:00pm we should be setting sail on Lake Ontario for our annual athletic banquet boat cruise. Unfortunately, due to the pandemic we aren’t able to be together to celebrate the accomplishments of our school teams and student athletes. Instead all of your coaches have gotten together

Thanks to the generous donations of the Crestwood community, this week we were able to deliver another 75 lunches to Frontline workers at Scarborough General Hospital.  We continue to be grateful for the amazing work of these health care professionals. https://photos.app.goo.gl/kFobCzSzmm3KYMmZ9