Badminton The U14 Girls and Boys Badminton teams started off their season with a great deal of courageous effort in their matches against Bayview Glen on Wednesday, April 19th. A big congrats to Josh Deng who won a hard fought singles match. While his was CPC’s only win of the day, our teams played hard
Category: Crestwood News
Guidance News
Outward Bound Canada provides programs to a variety of youth in order to cultivate resilience, leadership, connections and compassion through inspiring and challenging journeys of self-discovery in the natural world. They are excited to announce a new program this summer: Cultural Connections. Cultural Connections aims to bring together youth from three of our youth program
Spring Bake Sale Success
Our fantastic volunteers and happy customers made the Spring Bake Sale a record-breaking event. The amazing variety of baked treats created a beautiful display of tasty spring colours. Thank you to Justine Codron and the whole team for making our Spring Bake Sale a huge success.
Science Students Off to Olympics
Please join the staff and students at Crestwood in wishing the following students the best of luck in their participation in the annual Science Olympics hosted by Crescent School on April 29th. The students will be accompanied by Grade 6 Science teacher, Ms. Sara Suckstorff. Grade 4 Daniel Markusson Noah Kassam Brody Goldman Grade 5
Do your athletes know what to eat on competition day?
It goes without saying that fuelling for a competition is incredibly important to an athlete’s success. We’ve prepared a list of food to help optimize their performance. The pre-event meal must be high in carbohydrate (65-70% of total calories consumed). Fat and protein, which take longer to digest, should be consumed in smaller amounts. Breakfast
“Orphans” Black, Check it Out!
Check out Crestwood’s own Cody Black in this unsettling drama from English playwright Dennis Kelly (co-writer Matilda the Musical), ORPHANS, which premiered at the Traverse Theatre Edinburgh in 2009, is a gritty urban tale that questions morality, loyalty, and family while trying to keep quiet the violence and evil that lurks inside everyone. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/the-hottest-tickets-in-town-five-things-to-do-in-toronto/article34691045/
Used Uniform Volunteers
Crestwood Parents, Volunteer are still required for our Used Uniform Sale held April 25th-April 27, 2017. Your participation would be much appreciated. If you are interested, please click on the following web link to sign up. https://www.volunteersignup.org/TMRT8 Thank you, CSPA
Don’t Miss Out! Tickets Selling Fast
Dear Parents Just a reminder that tickets are selling out fast for Crestwood’s day at the Toronto Blue Jays on Saturday, May 13th. Please submit order forms as soon as possible, as the deadline to purchase tickets is Friday April 28th. Don’t miss out on cheering for our Toronto Blue Jays and seeing Crestwood’s name
Crestwood rallies York School
Badminton The senior boys and girls badminton teams traveled downtown yesterday to play against the York School. The squad participated in a series of matches that lasted for a few very competitive hours. All the teams played very well and in the end, both schools were equally matched and tied 6 matches to 6. Next
The “Big” Library
The JK and SK’s had a fun visit to the “BIG” (Don Mills Public) library. We learned about all the different kinds of books they have! Books about people, places and animals. Books in different languages; we even saw a book in Braille! We all had a good time picking books off the shelves to
Parents’ Association News
Our Spring Bake Sale is Friday, April 21st, before school, during lunchtime and after school, so don’t forget your loonies and toonies next Friday. Every day is better with a cupcake!
Guidance News
Overseas and Summer Program Information Sessions Current grade 10 or 11 students interested in learning more about undergraduate studies at Oxford University should take note that Dr. Eleanor Parker of the admissions department at Oxford University will be presenting at University of Toronto Schools (UTS) on Tuesday April 18th at 7- 8:30pm. Interested students should
7th Annual Grandparents/Veterans’ Breakfast
Mr. Scott Masters and the Staff and Students at CPC extend an invitation to you and a family member or caregiver to attend a Thank You Breakfast, to be held in honour of the many Veterans and Survivors and Family and Community Members who have contributed their stories to Crestwood’s Oral History Project. If you haven’t seen it lately, please
Soil…. It’s Too Important to be Treated Like Dirt
Do you know what a “pedologist” studies? The Grade 3’s became pedologists this week and got down and dirty with a variety of soil types. We discovered that soil is composed of earth materials and decaying organisms. We investigated the ability of different types of soil to hold water, as well as the factors that
Sports Update
Track and Field Congratulations to the members of the Varsity Track team that competed in the York University Indoor Meet. The team all performed very well and had a great start to the season. Some highlights of the day include Gr. 9 girl, Zakayla Day-Burrell placing 2nd in the 60m dash with a time of
Crestwood Spring Menu Week 3
Come by and see what the lovely ladies at the Crestwood Cafe are cooking up this week!
Guidance News
Are you looking to help the community or are you just in need of some volunteer hours? Look no further! On Saturday, April 29th, the Don Valley East Residents and Ratepayers (DVERR) is hosting the Brookbanks Park Clean Up. The event will take place from 9:30am to 11:30am and you should meet directly across from
Parents’ Association News
Meet Justine Codron We’d like to introduce you to Justine Codron. You may not have met her in person, but you may have heard good things about her. Along with pitching in at activities throughout the year, Justine runs the Parents’ Association bake sales. With great enthusiasm and creativity, Justine and her team consistently host
Crestwood Prom is around the corner!
The Prom is approaching quickly and tickets are now officially on sale. This year’s Prom is on Friday, May 12th which means you have exactly 21 school days to purchase your tickets !!!! Tickets are available from Mrs. Santomero in room # 201. If you are bringing an “outside” guest you will also need to obtain, and fill out, a “Guest
Crestwood performs at Chess Championship
Last week five top members of the Crestwood Chess Club travelled to St. Michael’s College for a marathon day of chess matches. The teams played four two-hour matches over the course of the day. Our team came into the tournament ranked 8th in our division, and our goal was to perform better than our ranking.
Award-Winning Author/Illustrator Barbara Reid
On Thursday, award-winning author/illustrator Barbara Reid visited with the JK-Grade 2 classes. The children were incredibly excited to meet Barbara and learn about how she creates her incredible plasticine illustrations. We learned that she often gets her inspiration from nature while out on walks with her dog, Ruby, who appears in many of her stories.
It Was an Axing Good Time.
On Wednesday night the CSPA hosted a meet and mingle event for parents and staff. The turn out was phenomenal and we all had a great time. We would like to thank all of those who were able to join us. Thank you for cheering on your fellow axe throwers. Thank you for your laughter
April Art Show – A Labyrinth of Art
All of our students in Grade 3-6 are busy creating a Labyrinth of Art with Ms. Romanenko for Crestwood School’s annual Art Show. We are extremely proud to present this year’s Art Show as it will be one like no other. The Art Room will be transformed with self-portraits, sculptures, and masks which will all
Guidance News
Community Service Hours Deadline A reminder to all Grade 12 students who have not yet handed in all their community service hours to get them into Ms. Hann as soon as possible. Students must have completed 40 hours of community service in order to graduate and receive their Ontario Secondary School Diploma. These must be
Crestwood in Tanzania
Jambo! This past March Break 24 Crestwood Students and 4 teachers traveled to Arusha Tanzania, in partnership with Me to We and Free the Children. Students and teachers spent 10 life-changing days in the Masaai Mara, learning about and working with the Masaai people of Engutukoiti. The week started with a Masaai warrior guided safari.
Parents’ Association News
April P.A. Meeting Please join us for coffee and conversation at our next meeting on Thursday, April 6 at 8:45 a.m. The meeting will be held in the boardroom near the main entrance. Everyone is welcome.
Crestwood Spring Menu Week 2
Come by and see what the lovely ladies at the Crestwood Cafe are cooking up this week!
Artist of the Month – Judy Zeng
Hello! My name is Judy H. Zeng. I am in class 5D and I am 10 years old. My favourite colours are black and white and my favourite classes are Language, Art, P.E., Math and Science. I like drawing, sketching, painting and doing cartoon characters (animates). I come from China and I have been living
Author Ellis Inspires 5&6
On Thursday, March 30, the Grade 5 and 6 classes were visited by internationally acclaimed Canadian author Deborah Ellis. Deborah wrote the international bestseller The Breadwinner, which was inspired by the true story of a young girl who cut off her hair and pretended to be a boy so she could earn money to support her family in
Spring Sports
March/April showers bring May flowers and green fields to host the great spring sports lineup gearing up for this season’s activities. Most teams have held tryouts this week, and team lists will be posted next week. Softball and slowpitch tryouts begin in April on the following dates: U14 Boys Softball – Tuesday April 11th @
