The winter sports schedule is quickly coming to an end with many teams competing in their final tournaments today and this weekend. The U9 basketball team travelled to Hamilton today to compete in their final tournament jamboree. On Saturday the undefeated U12 Girls Volleyball team is off to Havergal while U10, U11 and U12 basketball teams travel […]
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Grade 1 Energized
Today, Friday February 26, 2016, both Grade One classes had a visit from Scientist Fariba. She came to help us learn about Energy. We did many fun and awe-inspiring activities and experiments. We found out all about energy conservation, renewable sources, solar energy, and heat and light energy. We made bracelets using UV beads that change […]
Sports and Clubs Update
End of season games and OFSAA qualifiers. It was an exciting week in sports! Varsity Swimming On Wednesday, the Varsity Swim Team had a fantastic meet at the CISAA Championship at U of T. With over half of the swims being best times, our swimmers proved they were competition in the water. Our swim of […]
Social Media Awareness
On Thursday, students and parents were invited to a presentation on social media safety and awareness, presented by Police Constable McCann. Students were given tips and strategies to ensure they keep their online profiles private, and keep themselves safe. Constable McCann also spoke about the rampant nature of cyberbullying, and how to be a “upstander” and […]
Candygrams
Last week YARRD/Me to We held its annual Candy Gram bonanza, in support of Crestwood’s 3 foster children, Jandry Anthony Tumbaco from Ecuador, Theresa Pale from Burkina Faso, and Gertrude Banda from Mali. Students in the Doc/Film Club produced a compelling film trilogy; The Master List, written by Sabrina Wasserman and filmed by master cinematographer Rohan […]
Oral History Project
The Crestwood Oral History Project is in the midst of its busy season! The CHCs are completing their oral history interviews – all 80+ of them. In the last week, we have had 2 in class visitors, and done one in home visit. Students from Mr. Masters’ class went to visit Kelman Cohen in his […]
Bullying Awareness Week
Next week is Bullying Awareness Week at Crestwood. The Female Peer Leadership Group will be organizing several events throughout the week to bring awareness to bullying in schools. On Wednesday February 24th we will be asking all students to wear as much pink or purple as they can. This will be a visual representation of each student’s stand against […]
Syrian Refugee Clothing Drive
Today’s grub day, spearheaded by Robbie Altshuler, was an initiative to collect clothing for Syrian Refugees living in Toronto. It was a great success, with over twelve jammed-packed garbage bags of clothes to donate. It is wonderful to know that the CPC community is helping families in need. […]
H.O.R.S.E
A few weeks ago the annual Crestwood H.O.R.S.E. basketball trick shot competition returned and is now in full swing. The game of H.O.R.S.E. is an old time favourite trick shot game that anyone; of any skill level can play. Competitors can use almost any shot they can imagine to try to eliminate their opponent. You might […]
Battery Blitz
We will soon be participating in the annual Battery Blitz hosted by the Earth Rangers but we were thinking we could get a head start! In the junior building, we have a battery and phone recycling bin at the entrance to the office and a bin will also be setup in the Atrium. In the […]
Crestwood Community Helps Fight Hunger
The winter holiday season is always a busy time at food banks, and that is usually when most of the donations come rolling in. Many people forget that after the holidays the number of donations usually drops, but the demand for food stays the same (or gets higher). It was because of this that at […]
Badminton Team bring “A Game” to Branksome Hall
Josh surprised our opponents with hairpin drops and hard-hitting overhead shots. He has definitely mastered the game’s primary attacking stroke. Eric, Aron and Raymond foiled their opponents with their version of the “drive”; a low, fast shot over the net. To the amazement of the other team, Saladin used quick wrist-and-forearm rotations, thereby changing an apparently soft shot into […]
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Fractions, Family and Food!
5B has been learning about healthy food choices, the role food plays in exploring our cultures and traditions, as well as fractions. This week, we combined all of our learning into one fun activity. Each student brought in a family recipe from home to share with the class. Everyone shared why their recipe was important […]
Pink Shirt Day
On this coming Wednesday, February 24th, Crestwood will be joining other students across Canada and around the world to show their support for PINK SHIRT DAY! This spirit day for the whole school demonstrates our support the anti-bullying campaign and our pledge to eliminate bullying, not only in Canada, but also worldwide. Instead of just […]
Cafeteria
It may be a short week, but the food is just as good! […]
Grade 12s Visit Google
On Wednesday, the grade 12 computer science class travelled to the Google office in Toronto. The students were greeted with a tasty and nutritious breakfast and given a tour of the entire office. After playing some ping pong, entering the secret room, and enjoying the Toronto art work scattered throughout the office, the students sat down for a Q&A on Google X. […]
Chinese New Year
Last Friday, Crestwood Staff, Students and Parents gathered at the Dragon Pearl restaurant to celebrate Chinese New Year. It was a great evening in which the students showed off their many talents. Here are some pictures of the evening. Can’t wait until next year! […]
Human Body Experts
Class 5B continues to learn all about the human body. This week, we welcomed a scientist into our classroom to teach us even more about the different systems that help our bodies function. We created models of the excretory system, played a board game about the circulatory system, labeled skeletons, and created a model of […]
Model UN
Crestwood was pleased to send a delegation of students to the University of Toronto Model United Nations Assembly (UTMUN) this year. UTMUN is held each February on the campus of the University of Toronto. Crestwood’s delegates this year included Sabrina Wasserman, Bilal Ahmed, Artie Shlykov, Matthew Cohen, Donna Dong, Taylor Frankfort, Georgia Gardner, Justin Lim, […]
Oral History Project at Sunnybrook Hospital
The Crestwood Oral History Project is hard at work this month. World War Two veterans and Holocaust survivors have been visiting with the CHC2D students, helping them to complete their oral history interviews. Last week Mr. Masters and Mr. Hawkins took 17 students to Sunnybrook, where 4 veterans were interviewed. Three of them were RCAF […]
Social Media Awareness Assembly
On Thursday February 18th Crestwood will be having a presentation in the gymnasium for all students regarding Social Media awareness and Internet safety. Police Constable Laurie McCann of the Toronto Police Force will be here to speak to the student body from 9:20-10:20. Officer McCann will begin a conversation about our “digital footprint” which will help our […]
Sports Update
Our winter sports are starting to wrap up! Find out more about past games and upcoming events! U14 Girls Volleyball This week the U14 Girls Volleyball team traveled to TMS for their last game of the season. After a tough loss in the first set, the girls turned it around with ace serves to win […]
Kids Lit Quiz
On Monday, February 1, Crestwood’s Kids Lit Quiz team attended the Toronto competition. After training for 4 months, the students were masters of children’s literary trivia and ready to compete. There were 68 teams of grades 5-8 students in attendance. I’m proud to say that our team came in 17th, which is an incredible accomplishment […]
U12 Basketball Stuns Sterling
The U12 Basketball squad hosted Sterling Hall last week and after a rough start were able to storm back and defeat the SHS Sharks by 9 points. Alp Tusaval was at it again as he used his inside/out game to propel the offense. Joa Enkin did a nice job running the show and distributing the […]
U10 Bball Storm Cyclones
The U10 Basketball team rolled into King City like a group of storm chasers yesterday to tip off against the C.D.S. Cyclones. With an unprecedented level of teamwork and determination, the team took an early 6 -0 lead with baskets from Yusuf L. and Damian M. The Cyclones lived up to their name and stormed right back […]
Walk like an Egyptian
Last week all Grade 4 classes visited the Royal Ontario Museum and took part in a journey back to Ancient Egypt. Our students learned how the Ancient Egyptians had a complex society that spanned thousand of years. They were able to examine the objects they left behind and get a glimpse into the daily lives of […]
Prosserman Heading to Provincials
Grade 5 student Evan Prosserman captured Gold in the “2016 STARSkate Championships” (for Central Ontario (pre-juvenile men (U11)). He skated his personal best with a score of 24.70! This qualifies him to skate next month in the “Skate Ontario Provincial Championships”, held this year in Sudbury, Ontario. Check out his award winning performance – https://youtu.be/0ypj37Y2xlo […]
Multicultural Day
Multicultural Day has been an annual tradition at Crestwood since the school first opened its doors. Every year, students studying Grade 9 Geography are assigned a country to research and become experts on. Working in groups, students research various aspects of their assigned nation’s culture, and also prepare appetizers, entrees and desserts that showcase that […]
Cafeteria
The food for next week looks delicious! […]
Safer Internet Day 2016
This upcoming Tuesday, the world celebrates “Safer Internet Day” 2016. This is a day to promote safer and more responsible use of online technology and mobile phones, especially among children and young people across the world. Cybertip.ca is the Canadian agency responsible for organizing the event in Canada. Parents can follow the link to access brochures and […]