Category: Crestwood News

Nice stories are all around us. Stay well and enjoy all of the great stories of Canadians and people all around the world doing nice things for others.  If anyone has a good story to share, please send it to Helen at hgbacik@gmail.com.  We’d like to share them to help brighten our spirits.  Please stay tuned

This week, the students of 6A showed creativity and innovation when they tackled Space-themed STEM challenges using materials found in their homes. Some students used marshmallows to recreate constellations while others used oreos to model the phases of the moon. It was a tasty way to learn about our night sky! Others created Alien Parachutes

I thought I would take this opportunity to share some Covin-19 impressions, especially as they may apply to our CPC community. I am encouraged in this by the extra reading time many of us have now. I’ve been told by several people that this whole thing seems like a bad dream. Anytime soon we will all

As part of the Online Learning Program Crestwood Preparatory College, Physical Education classes are offering Online Athletic Activities, which may include a workout class, yoga, pilates or circuit. In this regard, Crestwood physical education classes are bringing motivational workouts, health and fitness content and resources to your home as part of its online learning community.

Dear Parents and Friends of Crestwood Preparatory College, This afternoon, Premier Ford and Education Minister Lecce announced that public schools will remain closed until May 4, 2020, at a minimum, as a public health measure. In addition, the Ministry of Education indicated that the approach in the weeks ahead will be flexible. However, they also

Over the first week of March Break 2020, Ms. Postma, Mr. Herbert and Mr. Wan accompanied 15 students to the Kesebek community in Bomet County, Kenya. Kesebek is a community of 2,200 people and a WE partner community since 2019. The residents’ traditional means of livelihood has been farming for sustenance on the large open

We hope that these difficult moments that we are living will pass soon and that they leave us many lessons to live in harmony in this unique home that we all have. We also want all students, teachers, administrators, employees, and their families to be safe and well. We hope to be back soon and

Congratulations to Aaliyah Edwards who was selected as the 2020 Biosteel Athlete of the Year.  The Biosteel games are played each year and highlight the top talent in Canadian High School Basketball. Aaliyah was selected after having an amazing year of basketball at both Crestwood and with Team Canada.  Unfortunately the games will not take

PA Committee Opportunities   The Parents’ Association is looking for new volunteers to fill some Committee positions starting in the 2020/2021 school year.  Open Co-ordinator positions include Secretary, Communications, Social, Spirit Week, Used Uniform Sales, Bake Sale and Treasurer.  The current volunteer will provide training and assistance. The PA is a down-to-earth, supportive group and

Guidance Zoom Webinar – April 6 (2:00 pm) On Monday April 6th at 2:00pm, the Guidance team will be hosting a live Zoom Webinar for our grade 12 students that will cover important year end topics: Digital Guidance Appointments Supporting your Well Being at Home Graduation Requirements Grades Transmission Schedule (OUAC, OCAS) Decision-Making Process Accepting

Parents of Crestwood: Looking for ways to support your child’s wellbeing through these challenging times? Visit this link for tips and strategies you can use to help support your teen’s mental health. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HCBGVRHKO_Of_YPFmRq8C1fW2KJbAbPV/view

Hi CPC, Hope you are well and staying safe. I know you would have received my thank you letter back in January. I wanted though to extend a special thank you to you. Your efforts and all the kindness from staff and students raised a whopping $11,553.48 in hamper in kind donations. I was just

The grade 11/12 Drama class competed in the annual National Theatre School Drama Festival. This year, their show won three prestigious awards. Kathryn Tuns and Aidan Lieberman were given the Award of Excellence for Directing. The show was also celebrated with two special awards. The Adjudicator’s award for acting went to Lucy Cuthbertson, Jared Liszauer,

Meet the Teacher:  Vanessa Wappel Math Grades 7, 8 and 10 Ms. Wappel grew up in Scarborough and has 4 older siblings.  She has 10 nieces and nephews and loves being an aunt. Vanessa stays active by going to the gym and swimming. She is on a Masters Swim Team and is looking forward to competing

Happy March Break everyone! Meet the Teacher:  Chris Jull English, Canadian Literature Grades 9, 11, 12 Mr. Jull grew up in Stouffville and is married with three children:  Matthew (12), Andrew (11), and Abigail (7). In his spare time, Chris curls and plays the French horn.  He is also working on his Masters of Mathematics for

Every year, the English Department invites CPC students to participate in the annual InCITE writing contest. Students are invited to submit a poem, short story, essay or screenplay in response to the contest call sent out by CITE, the Conference of Independent Teachers of English. This year’s theme was “2020 Vision,” and the contest call invited

Dear Parents and Friends,

We are writing to provide you with an update from Toronto Public Health with regards to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19). Below, you will find an updated letter from Toronto’s Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Eileen de Villa, with the latest information.

Grade 8 Course Selection Form 2020_2021 (1)

An international effort is returning astronaut scientists to the Moon for the first time since the last Apollo mission in 1972. During Monday’s Grade 6 trip to the Ontario Science Centre, our students stepped into the “Mission to the Moon” simulation where they became astronauts working to establish a permanent lunar base.  Our students were

The U-14 Curling team travelled to East York C.C. last Friday to participate in the CISAA Curling Final Four championships.  In the morning match, they played a tight game against Toronto Montessori School.  They were up 5-1 heading into the last end, but it looked liked TMS was building toward a big score until second

Course Selection (2020-2021) Attention all Crestwood families! Over the past few weeks, the Guidance team has been hard at work visiting all the English classes to give personalized course selection presentations by grade to our Crestwood students. Please see below for resources from those presentations and important information pertaining to due dates and deadlines. Grade

Crestwood Cares hopes that your March Break plans include spring cleaning your bookshelves! When we return from vacation, we’ll be collecting gently used books suitable for ages 0-12 to donate to the Children’s Book Bank. http://www.childrensbookbank.com/  

Many thanks to all the cooks (parents and staff) who contributed recipes for our Crestwood Cookbook! A huge thank you to Sharon Liebenthal and Pam Sulpizi for collecting, organizing and editing all recipes. The cookbooks turned out to be such a huge success within our super supportive community that we have sold out. We will

Vince Pagano, Headmaster (all grades and some more than others!) Mr. Pagano grew up on Christie Street in Toronto and attended Essex Elementary and Harbord Collegiate. He and his wife, Mary, have been married for almost 48 years and have 3 children, Matthew, Lisa, and Mark.  They have 7 grandchildren. Mr. Pagano’s grade five teacher

Dear Parents, The last session for all Monday Afterschool Clubs is March 2nd.  All other clubs for this term were finished this week! Term 3 Hot Lunches (April 1- June 18) & Afterschool Club Forms (March 30-June 4) were sent home with all students this week.  Kindly send these forms back to the office on or before