It is hard to believe that our Fall Sports Season is winding up tomorrow Saturday, Oct. 29th. For the first time in many years, Championship Saturday, calls for warm temperatures. However, spectators don’t forget your umbrellas and other appropriate gear because we may be in store for some mixed weather. Congratulations to all athletes who
Category: Crestwood News
U12 Soccer Falls to UCC
Cold, wet, windy and grey. The day could not have been any less inviting for our trip to UCC. But we ventured across the city anyway to play our last game of the season. With 3 players missing the 11 Crestwood players took the field. In a battling first half, Crestwood fell behind 2 –
Grade 9 Take Your Kid To Work Day
On Wednesday, November 2nd, some of our Grade 9 students will be out in the working world for the annual Take Our Kids To Work Day. This is an optional event available to Grade 9 students, and those who choose to participate must complete the permission form and email it back to nicole.gironda@crestwood.on.ca.
3rd Annual Human Rights and Tolerance Symposium
3rd Annual Human Rights and Tolerance Symposium On Thursday, November 10th, Crestwood Preparatory College will host its 3rd Human Rights and Tolerance Symposium. This day-long event will connect like-minded students interested in social justice in the world around them with dynamic, thought-provoking speakers and presenters. The focus of this year’s symposium is responding to the
Guidance News
University Visits Take a look at the list and make a note of dates and times so you can find out more about the universities you are interested in. Please note that all university visits take place in room 102 during senior lunch starting at 12:30pm. Wednesday, November 2 – Rotman Commerce School of Business
Sports Round Up
Volleyball The Jr. Boys Volleyball team travelled to Greenwood to play in a Tri-meet. Their first game was against HTS and after losing the first set 25-6 the Lions came back with a vengeance. With Matthew Nelsons’ amazing saves and Tahron Allen’s hits CPC won the next two sets taking home the win. In the
Book Fair Fun!
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school and you are invited to come and share in this celebration of literacy with us! Mark your calendars so you will not miss our Scholastic Book Fair, being held from Tuesday, November 1st – Thursday, November 3rd from 8:30-4:30 each day. It’s a special event for our entire school community. Our Book Fair gives you
JK Fall Farming
The JK and SK boys and girls had such a fun day at Willowgrove Farm on Wednesday. We picked a pumpkin, made a Crestwood Scarecrow and went on a tractor ride! It was such a great extension to our Pumpkin theme. Did you know that Pumpkins float? And the stem of the pumpkin is called a
X-Country Championship
The CISAA Junior Cross Country Championship took place on Wednesday afternoon at Centennial Park in Etobicoke. Our school took 18 athletes from Grades 3 to 6 to compete at this final event of the season. With the cold temperatures and excitement for the race, Crestwood students were ready to run hard. All of our racers
Girls Bball Clipped by Kingsway College
The U12 Girls Basketball team played their final regular season game yesterday at Glendon against Kingsway College. The teams were very evenly matched and the score stayed close throughout the game. We started to lose focus in the third quarter and fell behind by 8 points. In the fourth, we dug deeper, and came back
Crestwood Celebrates Literacy
The Book Fair begins on Tuesday. Mark your calendars so you will not miss this celebration of literacy with us. It is being held from Tuesday, November 1st – Thursday, November 3rd from 8:30-4:30 each day. It’s a special event for our entire school community. Our Book Fair gives you and your children the opportunity to buy carefully selected, quality books and
Sports Roundup
Soccer The U14 Boys soccer team’s final regular season match against the visiting Bayview Glen School. Despite the foul conditions – and the fact that the soccer ball was like a bar of soap out on the pitch – our boys continued their winning ways downing BVG 3-2. The game was marked by some gutsy defending,
A View from the Crosswalk
I am one of the few teachers who that have the pleasure of starting some of my days on our crosswalk greeting our students and starting their day with a smile. Along with getting to share some morning cheer, I get to begin the day with one of the most important activities we are entrusted with as teachers; ensuring the health and
Community Service Sweep!
This week, Crestwood’s Community Service Team recruited some amazing volunteers to help clean up our playgrounds. We gave out gloves and bags and swarmed both playgrounds, collecting several bags of garbage! Thank you to all the students who helped to keep our playgrounds beautiful for everyone to enjoy! -Ms. Calway
Academic Awards
On Thursday, October 20th Crestwood Preparatory College held its Academic Awards Evening for the 2015-16 school year. Awards were presented to all those who achieved Honour Roll status (overall average of 80% or higher) on the June 2016 Final Report Card. Over 180 students currently in Grades 8 -12 were recognized for their hard work and
Parents’ Association News
Fabbrica Night Thank you Crestwood parents, we are SOLD OUT! We’re looking forward to a great evening! October Bake Sale Calling all parents. The first bake sale is coming this Wednesday, October 26. We need your help with baking and selling. If you can help, please contact JustineCodron@gmail.com.
WE Day
On Wednesday Crestwood students travelled to the Air Canada Center to join 20 000 other students and teachers in celebration of global service and citizenship at WE Day. Activists, celebrities, students and teachers shared stories of experiences and initiatives that were started to make the world a better place. Topics ranged from bullying and stopping
Soccer Festival Fun
On Wednesday October 19th, the U12 Festival soccer team travelled to Villanova College for their tournament. The boys played three outstanding round robin games. They tied one game and suffered two heartbreaking losses. The boys and girls showed incredible teamwork and sportsmanship throughout the entire day. The next tournament will be played in Hamilton next Saturday. Players
Guidance News
Crestwood Volunteers at the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon On Sunday, October 16, a group of 42 Crestwood students travelled to Nathan Philips Square in downtown Toronto to volunteer their time and earn community service hours for their work with the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. The students had a great time interacting with runners and other members
Urban and Rural
On Wednesday the Grade 3’s boarded a bus and headed to Toronto’s city core to explore our urban community from 553.33 meters high up in the sky. As we travelled up the elevator of the CN Tower in a mere 56 seconds, we were on a mission to discover the special features of our city. From
Budding Artists
Dear Parents: After much anticipation, your budding artist’s will be bringing home their masterpieces in the next few weeks! Included with his/her artwork, is your order form to purchase greeting cards, mugs, coasters, compact mirrors, magnets, jigsaw puzzles, placemats, coffee mugs, gift tags, etc. This is an ideal gift with Hannukah and Christmas right around the corner!
U12 Soccer Match vs Montcrest
A long trip down to Cherry Beach after dropping off the Girls Basketball team at Montcrest School left the U12 Traditional team feeling a little lethargic. Missing two of our strong players the boys attempted to adapt to some new positions and a large, fast artificial pitch. After a battling first half Crestwood found themselves
U12 Girls BBall Bounce Back
The U12 Girls Basketball team had a busy week of games! On Monday, the team traveled to Montcrest and, unfortunately, was defeated by a more powerful team, many of whom towered over our players. Special thanks to Coach Conn who was the guest coach for the game! On Tuesday, the team bounced back and played against The
Bringing Order to Gr.6 Math
Today in Miss Suckstorff’s math class students practised comparing and ordering numbers. Students worked together to put 50 large numbers in order from least to greatest and greatest to least. Students completed the task a second time without speaking, using only gestures to get the job done. It was a great exercise in place value,
Fabbrica Social Event
Please register as soon as possible for Fabbrica Night. It’s a great time to get to know the Crestwood community and numbers must be confirmed soon. Hope to see you there!
Sports Roundup
It was a busy and successful week to Crestwood Athletics this week! Read on to see pictures and outcomes for this week’s games: Basketball The Senior Girls Basketball team played their fourth game of the season against Albert College. Playing with a short bench the team united and persevered. With the strong offence play by
Parents’ Association News
Fabbrica Social Last chance to purchase tickets for the Fabbrica Social happening October 27th! Please make sure you go to the office or contact us at cpcpa@crestwood.on.ca and sign up. It’s going to be a great night and we look forward to seeing everyone there.
Guidance News
This upcoming week is filled with university visits galore! Take a look at the list and make a note of dates and times so you can find out more about the universities you are interested in. Please note that all university visits take place in room 102 during senior lunch starting at 12:30pm. Monday, October
Maasai Warriors Speak to Crestwood
On Thursday Crestwood was honoured to host a visit by two of the last Maasai Warriors: Jackson and Wilson. Students had the chance to hear of what life was like in Kenya for these two men and their struggle between wanting to preserve their heritage and culture and their desire to go to school. Students were
Girls Bball Clipped by CDS
The U12 Girls basketball team played a nail biter of a game yesterday against Country Day School! The score was close all game, with so many great plays on both sides of the court. With countless steals and breakaway layups, the girls were working hard trying to keep up with their very skilled opponents. While
