The U12 basketball and hockey teams traveled to Montreal for a tournament at Lower Canada College this past weekend. This three-day event is comprised of 10 hockey teams and 12 basketball squads from Montreal and Toronto and has been an annual tradition for our Junior athletes for over a decade. All games were highlighted […]
Category: Crestwood News
Artist of the Month – Noah Haber
Congratulations to Noah Haber, who is our new Artist of the Month. His vibrant work is on exhibit outside of the art room and has already been really well received! You all had a chance to see the dragons created for the Chinese New Year celebrations. The artists behind the creations are: Fergus, Noah, […]
Spirit Week 2020
The halls of Crestwood were filled with Spirit this week!! Five days of themed grub days and staff versus student challenges made for a fun and lively week at Crestwood. Whether playing basketball, soccer, volleyball or floor hockey the competition between teachers and students was alive and well. The students also took on their teachers […]
Guidance News (Jan. 24)
Course Selection Evening (Gr. 9/10) Thank you to those families who attended the Course Selection Evening on January 23 Please see the attached pdf presentation from the evening Post-Secondary Supplementary Applications Just a friendly reminder to all grade 12s that many major supplementary applications are due on February 1 (Laurentian, McMaster, Queen’s, University of Toronto, University […]
Sports Roundup (Jan. 24)
The U-14 curlers took to the ice on Tuesday against the defending champions from Bayview Glen. This was a tight match, which went back and forth throughout. Skip Ally Sone bailed her team out a number of times in the first few ends with several clutch shots, but Bayview Glen kept up the pressure and […]
Awards at Town Hall
Hackergal: In December, Crestwood participated in its first-ever Hackergal Hackathon. This contest had students from grades 7-9 compete to make an interactive storybook using code to represent the theme “Leaders in HERstory”. Students researched role models in STEM and depicted their stories through code. The teams were then scored on the design, code, and gameplay. Congratulations go […]
Kids Lit Quiz Competition
On Tuesday, five Grade 7 and 8 students travelled to Parkview Manor in North York to compete in the Toronto Regional Heat of the Kids Lit Quiz competition. This international competition consists of teams answering 100 questions from the world of classical and contemporary children’s literature in a huge variety of categories. This year’s team, […]
Parents’ Association News (Jan. 24)
P.A. Mini Social – January 30 Please join us in the boardroom from 5:30 to 6:20 p.m. on Thursday, January 30. Enjoy refreshments and conversation with other Crestwood parents during the teachers’ dinner break on parent / teacher interview night. Spirit Week Fun! Parent volunteers had a great time handing out popcorn and donuts […]
‘Blue’ Bballers Take Bite Out of Sharks
The U12 ‘Blue’ basketball team defeated Sterling Hall yesterday by a score of 36-16. The boys were led by Grade 6 student Ben Peerenboom who scored 20 and assisted on many others. Zidan Asghar and Aidan Tatuch chipped in with 4 points a piece. Kai LeMay played some stifling defence and Eli Mandel was […]
‘Skip It’ Campaign Wraps on Tuesday
Hot chocolate after skating; a Happy Meal at McDonald’s; pizza night; a new video game: Crestwood students are skipping their hearts out in support of Neema International! The Community Service students have been hard at work, promoting this initiative and collecting the House Colour leaves that document what we’ve been skipping. We have a few […]
U12 Hockey Result @RSGC
The U12 hockey squad was topped by the Royal St. Georges College Knights on Tuesday by a score of 5-3, including an empty-netter. We started slowly and fell behind 2-0 in the first five minutes. A rising wrister by Ben Maharaj brought us to within one before first year forward Andy Huang tied it […]
Bball Blue Cougars Corral Mustangs
The U12 boys ‘Blue’ bballers played their first game earlier this week and boy what a game they had! It was hard to hold back our lads as they defeated the Moncrest Mustangs by a score 26-4. Congrats to all members for their effort and we look forward to your game versus Sterling Hall […]
May the Force Be With You!
This week, our grade 3 students welcomed a real life scientist to teach us all about Forces. We made predictions and used our observation skills. We used catapults and Newton meters to measure forces. We also learned about the importance of seat belts through a hands-on experiment with toy cars. Our exploration of magnetism and […]
National Pink Shirt Day
National Pink Shirt Day will be held across Canada on Feb. 26th, 2020. Crestwood will be taking part in this important initiative that supports kindness and raises awareness for bullying both online and off. We will be encouraging everyone to wear a pink shirt on this day. If any students would like to purchase the […]
Guidance News (Jan. 17)
Community Service Opportunities Providence Healthcare – Volunteers Providence Healthcare is a health care facility with a focus on providing rehabilitation, palliative care, long-term care and community programs in Toronto (https://www.providence.on.ca/) Providence is looking for volunteers for a variety of different roles: Meal Assistance Enhance the mealtime experience of a patient and/or resident by assisting them […]
CPC Semi Formal
Crestwood Preparatory College’s Semi Formal is on February 21st. Tickets $60 last day to buy tickets is February 13th. Semi-formal attire. Let it glow!!! […]
Parents’ Association News (Jan. 17th)
Happy Spirit Week! To celebrate Spirit Week, Parents’ Association volunteers will be handing out free treats to Crestwood students and staff during the games on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. Yay Crestwood! […]
Spirit Week Schedule 2020
Spirit Week is finally here! It will be starting on Monday from January 20st-24th. It’s time to grab your favourite pair of pyjamas, break out your hawaiian shirts, and practice your dodgeball skills because it’s going to be a fun week! […]
School Day Photographs
Happy New Year! We want to remind parents and students to order their school day photographs online: www.newparamount.com For more info on promotions and posts please LIKE our Facebook page below: www.facebook.com/newparamount www.twitter.com/newparamount […]
FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics Team
On Sunday, the Crestwood Tech Lions FIRST Tech Challenge Robotics team competed at the FTC Provincials at Durham College in Oshawa. The day consisted of 6 matches where the robot had to collect points both autonomously and driven by human players. This is their first time participating in the First Tech Challenge, It is very […]
Sports Roundup (Jan. 17)
This week Evan Prosserman a grade 9 student competed in the National Skating Championships held in Mississauga. Evan skated in the Young Man’s division in both the Short Program and the Free Skate. Evan came 12th overall in the Nation. We are very proud of Evan and wish him continued success. Click to view: https://photos.app.goo.gl/AX5oufToCaQt8e1a6 […]
Summer School at CPC
Crestwood Preparatory College is pleased to offer a number of Ontario high school credit courses conveniently located in Toronto. Courses are designed to provide students with exceptional academic experience in the early summer. Classes will run from June 22, 2020 to July 17, 2020. This schedule still allows students time during their summer months to work, attend camp, or a […]
U12 Hockey @BoydCaldwell
The U12 hockey team had a fantastic weekend at the Boyd Caldwell Invitational tournament hosted by UCC. We finished Friday with a 2-1 record after posting an exciting last minute 4-3 victory over Lower Canada College in our final game. The day started with a hard fought loss to UCC “6” before bouncing back […]
Annual Burger Ball Event
On Tuesday, January 7th, Crestwood Upper School hosted our Annual Burger Ball Event. Grades 4, 5 and 6’s from Crestwood lower school came to join us for an evening of basketball and fun. The excited young basketball players were paired up with some of our top Elite Basketball players such as, Elijah Fisher, Aaliyah […]
Guidance News (Jan. 10th)
OUAC: Ontario Universities Application Centre With the January 15th application deadline quickly approaching, we once again ask that those students who have not yet submitted their application to do so as soon as possible in order to avoid the frustration of slower online response times and the chance of delays. Please note that students are […]
Parents’ Association (Jan. 10th)
Happy 2020 everyone! Our next pizza lunch is coming up on Friday, January 17th. […]
Report Cards and Parent Conferences
Midterm Report Cards have been completed and mailed out and you should be receiving them by the end of next week. Information regarding the Parent-Teacher conferences, that will take place on January 30th and 31st, 2020, is included with the reports. All bookings will take place through Edsby (https://crestwood.edsby.com/) using the same process that was followed in […]
Sports Roundup (Jan. 10th)
Over the holiday break, The Crestwood Junior Prep Boys Basketball team finished 3-1 at the 2nd National Junior Circuit session. The session was hosted at Turner Fenton Secondary School in Brampton by Excel Hoops. The boys defeated D’Youville, St. Martin and Father Henry Carr, but fell to the hosts Excel Hoops. Mikkel Tyne earned two […]
Environment Crestwood
Leading up to the Holiday Break our grade two students were learning about the weather in French class. They learned how to read a thermometer by practicing their numbers in French, as well as participate in various games and activities in order to understand how to describe the weather using negative and affirmative sentences. […]
“Uber Eats” etc. etc.
Please be advised that students, and in any grades, will no longer be able to order food from outside sources, such as “Uber Eats”. While the habit is not widespread, even a few of these things can cause disorder, confusion, and problems I would rather not deal with. I’m sure you understand. We have an […]