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English Award to Kian Torabi Ardakani
A huge congratulation to Kian Torabi Ardakani, ’22, for winning 3rd prize in this year’s InCITE Writing Competition for his short story “One of the 176”! The late Toni Morrison once said, “if there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” This year’s competition asked […]
Thank-you Frontline Workers
As a small token of our appreciation, Crestwood staff, students, parents and alumni have been delivering thank you lunches to various frontline workers throughout the city. Thanks to the generous donations of our Crestwood community we have been able to supply over 200 meals to amazing frontline workers. Tuesday’s delivery was to health service providers at a […]
Celery Anyone?
On Monday, both 3B and 3C participated in a fun Science experiment. The students have been working hard on our ‘Plants and Soil’ Unit and loved the opportunity to do some hands-on learning. During our experiment, the children investigated how plants absorb water and grow. We first made educated predictions and then watched the experiment unfold. […]
Meet the Teacher: Steven Vovk
Meet the Teacher: Steven Vovk Subject: History, Geograph, Careers and Civics Grades: 7 – 10 Steven Vovk grew up in Hamilton. He and his wife of 11 years were university sweethearts. They have a little girl. Steven’s parents are retired world travellers and his brother is a successful author and professor at McMaster. In his […]
We Miss You!
We have such fun in the school they call ZOOM All doing our best in this new classroom You make us smile when we see you each day And this is what your teachers want to say ….. […]
TACO BELL CANON
In lieu of the Grade 3 musical all Gr.3 students were invited to participate in a virtual music project. Five brave souls stepped up to the plate. Learning curves abound for all! We are proud of our final product and we hope you enjoy it! Warning: you might become very hungry while listening. –Amanda Birchard […]
Cooking with Ms Maurer
Yesterday students from 4E put on their chef hats for cooking with Ms Maurer! The students had an amazing time preparing pizza. Students made a variety of artisan pizzas, including Pizza ai Funghi! A special thank you to all of the parents that participated and helped our students with prepping the ingredients and using the […]
Live to Read to Live
I hope the students are enjoying our remote library classes! It’s great to see everyone’s eager faces as I read stories, suggest follow up activities and listen to book suggestions from the children. Please check Edsby to see the amazing links I’ve posted that relate to the books that I’m sharing on an ongoing basis. Here are […]
Grade 9-11 Math Contest Results
Great job!! Have a look at how the Grade 9 to Grade 11 students did on the Math Contests. Click the link to see the Grade 9 – 11 Math Contest Results: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1e6wLg6a9nEY8y9O-oMb1Z0GROn57Oxkb/view […]
ATTENTION: Grade 12 Students
Once you have accepted your post-secondary offer, please take a moment to send your counsellor a note that includes the following information about your school: ➤ School: ➤ Program: ➤ Offer Conditions: ➤ Scholarship Name: ➤ Scholarship Amount: For example … ➤ School: Huron, Western University ➤ Program: Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) ➤ Offer […]
Summer School 2020
Crestwood Preparatory College is pleased to offer a number of Ontario high school credit courses conveniently located in Toronto. Classes will run from June 22, 2020, to July 17, 2020. Given the current situation with COVID -19, we are looking at three options and at this point in time. Unfortunately, we are unable to commit to which method we would be using […]
Gr.1 Explore Animal Habitats
This week Grade 1A and Grade 1B travelled to many far and wide habitats to explore and study different animal groups. After learning how to develop a research project, they were invited to bring their animal friends to class (a special shout out to AP) for a special presentation. What an interesting morning we […]
Gr.2 Paper Towel Experiment
2A and 2B have been working hard on their Air and Water Unit in Science. This week, the children investigated what will happen when a paper towel is placed at the bottom of a glass and that glass is submerged upside down, under water. The children first gave their educated predictions and then watched the experiment unfold. […]
DIY Music Makers
Creative hands are still hard at fun-work making rainsticks. We also introduced the pan flute. Click HERE if you’d like to give it a go, and check out these great tune-makers below. –Amanda Birchard […]
Live Tech Support with Mr. David
Live Tech Support with Mr. David Starting on Thursday, May 14th and every Thursday until June 11th, from 3p until 4p, Mr. David will be hosting a live Zoom meeting for any Crestwood family that has tech questions. Mr. David will be happy to answer any and all questions regarding technology. To register for any of the […]
Clubs, Hot Lunch, Trips. etc.
Dear Crestwood Families, I forgot to mention in my last communication to you that Grace is in the process of figuring out how much each family is to be reimbursed for clubs, hot lunch, field trips and the Grade 6 camp trip. Please be patient as this process takes time. Once I get the information […]
Drive for Daily Bread Food Bank
Hello Crestwood, We hope that you and your families are all doing well and finding ways to stay happy and active while at home. We are all facing new and difficult challenges right now, but we recognise that there are people around the city and the country who are having an even more difficult […]
Spring Virtual Festival of the Arts
Dear Crestwood Community: 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 […]
Meet the Teacher: Alix Doherty
Meet the Teacher: Alix Doherty Subject: French Grades: 7 & 12 Mme. Doherty grew up in France. Her husband is Irish and they have 2 sons. Her older son, Cillian, is a kindergarten teacher and an album cover designer. Her younger son, Cathal, is doing his masters in biology and his research is in the […]
There’s No Debate. Gr.4 Loves Debating!
Over the past few weeks of online learning, the grade 4 classes have been honing their debating skills! Each week during our unit on persuasive writing we have had a debate, with motions as diverse as ‘Every school should wear a uniform’ and ‘It is good to be famous’. The students have had the task […]
Crestwood Supports Daily Bread Food Bank
Hello Crestwood, We hope that you and your families are all doing well and finding ways to stay happy and active while at home. We are all facing new and difficult challenges right now, but we recognise that there are people around the city and the country who are having an even more difficult […]
Youth & Philanthropy Initiative
Since returning from March Break, the Grade 10 Careers’ students have been working hard on their YPI (Youth & Philanthropy Initiative, https://www.goypi.org/) projects. This is an opportunity for students to learn about the numerous community charities in the GTA. Students pick one of these community based charities, complete research on it, and then make a presentation […]
Results of CPC’s 2019 Terry Fox School Run
More than ever, good news is something to celebrate and treasure and do we ever have some for you! We are thrilled to share the results of our 2019 Terry Fox School Run campaign and celebrate Crestwood as a top fundraising school in Ontario. It is because of our community’s dedication and compassion that we are able to […]
Congratulations to Jadaia Reid (’20)
Jadaia Reid is the fourth member of the 2020 graduating class to receive an athletic scholarship to an NCAA institution for this coming fall. Jadaia will be heading off to the University of Delaware to play for the Fightin’ Blue Hens! The 2020 class is very special because this is the first full graduating class since […]
Let’s Thank Our Frontline Workers
Let’s Thank Our Frontline Workers, Volunteers Wanted Toronto Frontline workers are putting in endless hours to help deal with the Covid-19 pandemic and we want to say thank you. Crestwood will be delivering lunch to hospital staff at Sunnybrook Hospital and Baycrest Hospital. We are looking for students who would like to volunteer some time […]
Filling the House with Music
Students continue to impress with full drum kits and rainsticks! Check out this VIDEO if you’re interested in making your own rainstick. If only we could take the show on the road! –Amanda Birchard […]
Back in Time
Today, the Grade 3’s stepped back in time and role-played what it would be like to be an Early Settler in Upper Canada in the 1800’s. The students were encouraged to dress up and to participate in some nineteenth century learning. Our first activity had us drawing log cabins. In our second activity, we […]
14 Hour Fort
The Martin’s Family took you up on your challenge and built what we thought was an amazing and comfortable fort. So comfortable, we decided to challenge ourselves to spend 14 hours inside it. We planned for this with snacks, games and books. I’m happy to report we all survived as did the fort. Thanks for […]
Grade 2 Local Food Scavenger Hunt
This week 2A and 2B learned all about the importance of eating locally. The children learned about how local food is fresher, has more nutrients and is better for the environment. The students were tasked with going on a ‘Local Food Scavenger Hunt’ in their own homes. The Grade 2’s found a variety of local […]