Category: Crestwood News

On Wednesday, June 10, 2015 we will be holding our third annual Swing Into Summer event at the Richmond Hill Golf & Country Club to support the Foundation.  Participants will enjoy a great round of golf and will be invited for a Prime Rib Dinner and silent auction at its conclusion. Individuals can also just join us

Yesterday, Crestwood staff, students and community members were spectators to a fantastic YPI Finals.  Although the competition was tough and the presentations overwhelming with emotions, Maddie Elman and Sydney Steiman and their charity, DANI, were the victors of a $5000 donation from YPI and The Toscan Casale Foundation.  

The junior boys rugby team competed in their first games of the season, Wednesday at Cherry Beach.  Despite the cold weather, the boys came together to play some strong rugby, finishing the day second in our pool and 4th overall.  The highlight of the day was our 30-0 win over RSGC.  Artie Shlykov, Chris Sanders

The 2015 Pascal (Grade 9), Cayley (Grade 10) and Fermat (Grade11) Contests were written by a total of approximately 60,590 students from over 1500 schools. We are delighted to announce the awards for students in our school, who excelled in these contests. Certificates of Distinction – students ranking in the top 25% of all contestants across Canada in each contest.   Medals – the top

A number of Crestwood staff and students will be participating in the Sporting Life 10k on Sunday, May 10th in support of Camp Oochigeas. This is the school’s fifth year having staff and students involved! As well, almost 30 students will be volunteering at the event, handing out water at the 7k water station outside of the

2015-2016 School Supply Bundles are on sale. Additional Information and Order forms can be found on Edsby in the PA section or click here

Crestwood Preparatory College is pleased to offer a number of Ontario high school credit courses this summer. Courses are designed to provide students with an exceptional academic experience. This schedule provides for course completion by mid-July, allowing student’s time during their summer months to work, attend camp, or vacation with family. For more information on

On April 23rd and 24th our very own Crestwood gym will be turned into the enchanted city of Agrabah! Come enter a whole new world of excitement with Aladdin, Jasmine, Abu, and of course the Genie! The show starts at 7pm on April 23 and 9:30am on April 24th. Tickets are just $10 at the door. Come

Congratulations to a number of Crestwood student writers and artists whose works have been included in the sixth edition of InCITE, a publication for students attending independent schools in Ontario! The following students have been published in this year’s anthology: Spencer Arshinoff (writer) Georgia Gardner (writer) Amy Cho (artist) Gabriel Croitoru (artist) Donna Dong (artist) Echo Huang (artist) Malcolm

The latest edition of The Crestword is now available on the school website! This edition features a number of articles including a reflection on the Me to We Trip to Nicaragua from Loren Lettieri and a piece about the value of math from Sydney Swartz. As well, the newspaper features a two-page edition of The Acorn, which

U14 Girls Soccer The U14 Girls soccer team opened the season with their first game Wednesday afternoon against the girls from York School, with a well-earned and well-fought 3-1 victory. Our girls’ work ethic and tenacity in the first half paid off with 2 goals by Angelina Audette, who played her role as a center attacking midfielder

On Wednesday, April 15, Aboriginal speaker, Emilie Corbiere, visited with the Grade 5 and 6 classes to talk to the students about First Nations history, traditions and current state.  She showed the students many interesting artifacts from her own collection that truly brought the information she was sharing to life. The students and teachers all

On Wednesday April 1st, Ms. Reay’s grade 12 visual arts class visited the Ontario Art Gallery and attended the Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit: “Now’s the Time”. Students brought art history lessons to life, as they participated in a docent guided tour of Basquiat’s body of work, during which themes of race, struggle and power shaped lively

Varsity Track and Field The Track and Field team competed at the CISAA Indoor meet. Crestwood is very proud of our athletes efforts and their great results. Special congratulations are extended to Daven Siu, who came in third place in the 60 metre hurdles, and to Derek Boecker, who made it into the finals for

Exams begin for all students on Friday May 29, 2015. A general schedule is available on the website under the documents tab. All students will be receiving a personalized examination schedule in early May. All morning exams begin at 9:00 am and all afternoon exams begin at 1:00 pm. Exams in Grades 7 – 10

On Friday May 8th, 2015 Crestwood Preparatory College will hold its annual prom at the Bayview Golf and Country Club (25 Fairway Heights Drive, Thornhill). All students in Grade 12 are invited to purchase tickets for the event. Tickets are on sale in Mrs. Santomero’s room until Friday May 1st and are $90.00 per person.

Once again the PA will be offering the Supply Bundles, Calculators, French and English Dictionaries (and new this year, Locker Shelves) for the 2015-2016 school year.  More information and order forms will be posted on Edsby and hardcopies can be found in the office over the next little while. Save yourself some time while supporting

Growing Strong is the first newsletter of the Crestwood Scholarship Foundation. This edition features ’14 Valedictorian Thalia Rassis’s reflection on her time at Crestwood, an account of the student fundraising charity challenge, and a message from our headmaster, Mr. Pagano. Also inside is important information about upcoming community events such as the “Swing into Summer”

On Tuesday March 31st, cast and crew members of the Sears Ontario Drama Festival, attended the Toronto North Awards Night at L’Amoreaux. Taking home an Award of Merit for Performance, was Grade 12 student Sam Downey, for his performance as Captain English in “S.S. Ethie.” The show was performed as a part of the Festival

Mr. Scott Masters and the Staff and Students at CPC extend an invitation to you and a family member 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. This year marks the

Crestwood is pleased to note that this month’s issue of Canada’s History has a feature on the Crestwood Oral History Project.  For those of you who might have a subscription, please turn to page 64; if not, please check out the PDF and read about the award-winning work Crestwood students are producing!

Do you have an interest in business? Are you looking to add business experiences to your resume? If so, the business case competition is for you! This competition will provide an opportunity for students to come together to read, analyze, and deliver a presentation on a real world business problem from an Ivey Business School case.

Practice Schedule for next week Junior and Senior Boys rugby Tues. Apr. 7 – 3:15-4:30 Thurs. Apr. 9 – 3:15-4:30 U14 Boys Rugby Wed. Apr. 8 – 3:15-4:30 Fri. Apr. 10 – 3:15-4:30 Varsity Girls Soccer Wed. Apr. 8 – 3:15-4:30 Fri. Apr. 10 – 3:15 – 4:30\ U14 Girls Soccer Wed. Apr. 8 –

Our last Pizza Lunch takes place Friday April 10th.  A big thank you to all who have supported Pizza Lunches by participating and/or volunteering. It is a PA fundraiser which helps to supplement the many initiatives that the Crestwood community takes on each year. Our Interguild is hosting a Parenting Workshop entitled Mindful Parenting on

Over the March Break a group of 15 students and three teachers traveled to sunny Nicaragua to help build a playground for a school located in the El Trapicha community. Eager to begin their work, Crestwood kids quickly settled into their lovely accommodations in Managua. After only a day of getting acquainted off they went

Looking for ways to get involved at CPC? Spring sports tryouts continue next week. Click here for the spring sports schedule.

March is National Nutrition Month and to celebrate we have created an educational health and wellness campaign “Fuel Up with Smart Sugars”. For the month of March posters have been displayed to educate students on types of sugars that are good for you and which ones to limit in their diet. On Wednesday March 25th

The PA Volunteer Drive has officially kicked off and we are looking for some volunteers for the remaining school year and the upcoming school year. Our April PA meeting will be on Thursday April 2nd, directly after school drop off. Join us for some coffee and get caught up on some of the school activities.

The results for the OFSAA swim meet are in and the Skain sisters proved that they are as strong at the Provincial level, as they are at the local one. Maddie Skain, in her first OFSAA appearance, swam a personal best time in the 50 fly, to place 8th overall. Not to be out done, Caiti