Dear Parents, In celebration of the upcoming holiday season, Crestwood Cares, with the help of the Crestwood School Community, plans to begin to forge a relationship with an Indigenous community located in northern Ontario. With this goal in mind, Canadian Feed the Children and a Crestwood parent helped us to establish a connection with the
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Crestwood’s Art Committee
The Art committee is a small, dedicated group of hardworking students in grades 4,5 and 6. These children assist with various projects throughout the school year including sets and props for school play productions, our haunted house at Halloween, backdrops for assemblies and much more. The Art Committee has completed their first stage set
The Magic of Magnets
The SK children learned all about Magnet Magic! We explored how magnets like to push and pull. The students investigated what magnets are attracted to and whether magnetic forces can work through different materials. The SK children used the power of magnets to search for sandbox treasures, build structures, and catch a fish to
Future Youth Climate March
The grade 6 students have been learning about climate change and we were inspired to take our learning into the real world! We exercised our democratic right to take action by attending the Toronto’s Fridays for Future Youth Climate March. We made creative signs to raise awareness about this important issue and joined other
Artist Aidan Tatuch
Congratulations to Aidan Tatuch who is the artist of the month! Aidan is the master of comic and has completed two comic books! You can come see his creations by the art room! Well done Aidan!
Snow Day Policy and Attendance
It’s that time of year again. Parents and students need to be informed about school policy regarding days that either do, or seem to get, an inordinate amount of snow. When snowfall is significant, and we think it would be too much for kids to travel to school, we will put an announcement on our
Terry Fox t-shirts
Missed out on buying this year’s awesome Terry Fox T-shirt? We’ve have just received a supply of all sizes in time for Black Friday! Kick off your holiday shopping and support cancer research with this great opportunity! 2019 Terry Fox T-shirts are $10 each! 4 DAYS ONLY: Friday, Nov 29 – Monday, Dec 2 All sizes
Guidance News (Nov. 29)
Queen’s Commerce Applicants Beginning this year, there will be a new set of supplementary essay (SE) questions each month. If you DO NOT complete the SE in a given month, the questions will change and your work will be lost. Answers are not saved from month to month. Queen’s encourages applicants to complete and submit
Anti-Bullying
Last week, the Female Peer Mentorship club and the rest of the Crestwood community took part in our Anti-Bullying week. Throughout the week, there were posters, announcements, social media posts and even bake sales to spread message of being kind on all platforms. To start out the week, we saw a beautiful Graffiti wall made
Former Crestwood Alumni at Western University
Former Crestwood alumni (Spencer Cohen ‘17), (Noah Aaron ‘17), and (Will Malisch ‘15) qualified for finals of the competitive intramural men’s division at Western University on Wednesday night. All three players were influential in the playoffs for Inter Ratcha Football Club. Here at CPC we wish the boys good luck!
University of Waterloo Beaver Computing Contest
Congratulations to the following students for achieving the top 25% score of all participants worldwide in this year’s university of Waterloo Beaver Computing Contest. Joanne in particular achieved perfect in the grade 7-8 contest! The Grade 7-8 students are as follows: Joanne Hu (achieved perfect) Tom Huang Daniel Markusson Kate Pan
Sports Roundup Nov. 29th
The Crestwood Junior Boys basketball team started their NJC season 4-0 over the weekend. The Lions hosted the first session of the year and did not disappoint the home fans. The boys defeated CSJV out of Montreal and Vaughan last Friday evening in two competitive contests. On Saturday morning, the Lions picked up a well
Evan Prosserman in National Skating Championships
Grade 9 student Evan Prosserman spent the past week in Edmonton competing in the Skate Canada Challenge. Evan, a participant in Crestwood’s High Performance Athlete Program, skated his way to a spot in the National Championships in the Novice Men’s division, finishing 11th overall out of a field of 26 skaters. The entire Crestwood community
PA News (Nov. 29)
The Holiday Bake Sale is coming soon! click here!
Grace us with your Club Forms :)
Hi all, Term 2 Hot Lunch & Afterschool Club forms were sent home with your child(ren) this week. Please send them back to the office as soon as possible. Thank you and have a wonderful weekend! -Grace Cruz
Grade 3 Science Centre Adventures
The Grade 3’s visited the Ontario Science Centre this week to assess the effects of strong and stable structures on society and the environment. We already know that a structure is a supporting framework, with a definite size, shape, and purpose, that holds a load. At the Science center we identified structures in the natural
PA News (Nov. 21)
Holiday Bake Sale Coming Soon! Our Holiday Bake Sale is will take place on Wednesday, December 11. Baked or bought, nut-free treats are always appreciated. If you would like to contribute, please contact Lisa Bloom at lisa.bloom@rogers.com or (416)879-1063.
Guidance News (Nov. 21)
UNIVERSITY APPLICATIONS – REMINDERS ➤ After completing and reviewing your OUAC application – make sure to submit payment! ➤ When you successfully submit your application, you will receive an OUAC Reference Number (2020-xxxxxx) ➤ Keep this number; you will need to refer to it whenever you contact the OUAC or the universities ➤ The universities
Holiday Concert
Unfortunately, our annual Holiday Concert which was scheduled for December 11th at the Toronto Centre for the Arts is cancelled. As most of you are aware, Ms. Davies was absent from school for a considerable amount of time this fall dealing with a family emergency in Ottawa. This resulted in us not having adequate
Human Rights Symposium
On November 19th, Crestwood Preparatory College hosted “Towards Reconciliation 2”, our second human rights symposium devoted to indigenous issues. Over 400 students attended, with guests coming to Crestwood from many GTA independent schools. The day began with Ojibwe Anishinaabe kokum Kim Wheatley, who offered a prayer for a successful day of learning for all participants.
Crestwood School Spirit Wear
Hello everyone, Please take a few moments to view our Crestwood School Spirit Wear. https://www.leathersport.com/stores/crestwoodschool Password: crestwood12 This clothing is not a mandatory uniform item. It can be worn at school on Spirit, Grub and Game days. It does not replace the gym uniform. Size charts are available with each item in order for you
Sports Roundup Nov. 21st
The Crestwood Junior Boys basketball team finished runner-up up at the prestigious Father Henry Carr Junior Crusader Classic over the weekend. The Lions finished 3-1, falling to the hosts 72-69 in the championship game. The Lions got off to a hot start on Friday winning each of their pool games by double-digits. In game 1,
Rebecca Demeke (’20) Signing
Photos of Rebecca Demeke’s choice: click here!
Online School Photographs
We want to remind parents and students to order their school day photographs online.
Guidance News (Nov. 15)
OUAC: Ontario University Applications This week the grade 12 students started their Ontario university applications A full break down of the seminar can be found at the following link: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1F4SaZNLI7AXOgo39c0ydAqFlDyjMNnHPH_y8O-mh4Y4/edit The grade 12s are encouraged to review their choices with their parents/guardians and submit payment once complete Any students interested in completing an out-of-province application (ex. UBC,
Choosing Canada
Why do people come to Canada? Grade 6 students have been asking that question this term during the Choosing Canada Immigration unit in Social Studies. Students in 6D and 6E interviewed an immigrant–a classmate, a family member, a teacher, a family friend–to discover the factors that led the interviewee to move here, as well as
Sports Roundup Nov. 15th
The Crestwood Junior Boys Basketball team put on a show Wednesday afternoon with an 89-31 victory over St. Mike’s. The Lions got off to a quick start and never looked back, leading 28-5 after the 1st quarter and 57-10 at halftime. It was a complete team effort on both the offensive and defensive end, with
Veterans Visit CPC on Remembrance Day
November 11th: Crestwood students were privileged to meet with several veterans on Remembrance Day. This is a day that all Canadians honour and think about the many veterans who have made sacrifices for Canada during times of war. Crestwood is committed to making all veterans feel special. To show our gratitude to the Canadians who
Kobe Antwi Announcement
Kobe Antwi announced that he is going to Columbia University! Click on link below to see photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/KyB1Gs4u72ga3RWm9
News and Notes
Reminder to parents to please submit all recipes for the Cookbook by the Nov 20th Deadline. Any class, which has 100% participation, will get a Pizza lunch paid for by the CSPA and all entries will be eligible for a free book. Click here to view our digital form. also Any parents who purchased Teacher
