On Friday, May 9th 2014 Crestwood held its annual Prom celebration at the Bayview Golf and Country Club. Memories of adventures and experiences both old and new were exchanged throughout the night. We will miss our graduating students as they continue on in their life’s journey, but know they will carry our morals and values with […]
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Grade 7/8 Field Trips
Last week both our grade 7s and grade 8s went on exciting field trips in order to learn more about both the natural environment as well as the political organization and history of our province. Our grade 8s departed for Ottawa on Wednesday, May 7 where they toured the parliament buildings, visited the Canadian war […]
Friends of Crestwood
Last week Crestwood had a great cultural exchange with our friends from Centro Educativo Luminis, Mexico. We look forward to the upcoming experiences with out new friends from Xi’ an, China. […]
Music Night and Festival of the Arts
Thank you to all students and staff who made last night’s Music Night and Festival of the Arts a huge success. A special thank you to Mr. and Mrs. Fong, as well as Mrs. Raey and Ms. Cooper, for contributing to Crestwood’s continued commitment to the creative arts. [nggallery id=48] […]
Grade 7/8 Niagara and Ottawa Trips
A reminder to all parents and students that our grade 8s depart for Ottawa at 7:45 am on Wednesday, May 7th and return at 4:00 pm on Friday, May 9th. A day later, our grade 7s leave for Niagara’s Wolf Lodge, buses departing at 7:00 am on Thursday, May 8th and returning at 4:00 pm on Friday, […]
Music Night and Festival of the Arts
Crestwood’s Annual Music Night and Festival of the Arts run together this Thursday, May 1st from 7-9 pm. We invite all Crestwood friends and family to arrive early to view art work created by Crestwood students before entering the gymnasium to hear Mr. Fong conduct students performing pieces they have been practicing since January. For all students participating in Music Night we […]
The Wizard of Oz
Months of hard work culminated on Thursday, April 24th as Crestwood’s annual stage production was presented to Crestwood friends and family. This year’s production was the classic story The Wizard of Oz. Dorothy (played by Alex Martin ’19) and Toto (Zoe Zucker-Rackoff ’19) venture across enchanted dreamscapes in order to find the infamous Wizard of […]
Festival of the Arts: Sneak Preview
With the Crestwood production of the Wonderful Wizard of Oz complete, Crestwood families now have our annual Festival of the Arts to look forward to! The Festival will run simultaneously with Crestwood’s Music Night on Thursday May 1st from 6:00-8:00 pm. We encourage all Crestwood friends and families to explore artwork from students in grade 7-12 […]
Youth and Philanthropy Initiative
For the past few weeks, Grade 10 Careers students have been participating in the Youth and Philanthropy Initiative, otherwise known as YPI. Students chose and visited the Grassroot charity of their choice. YPI grants a chosen charity $5000 in order to increase awareness of social issues for youth. After classes of preparation, these PowerPoints were […]
Swing Into Summer Golf Gala 2014
Crestwood’s annual Swing Into Summer Golf Gala goes down THIS Wednesday – June 11th, 2014. Registration begins at 11:30 am. Please be at the golf course early to get on the greens first! If you are only participating in the evening dinner, please note that dinner will begin at 5:30 – Give yourself some time to mingle […]
Swing Into Summer Student Videos – Part Three
Swing Into Summer Check out the epic final installment of our student videos showcasing Crestwood’s Annual Swing Into Summer Golf Gala. This event is now less than TWO WEEKS AWAY. Please get your tickets before they are gone! Please click here for all of the information around this year’s festivities. Or here to jump to our registration page. Last […]
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InCITE Nominees at Crestwood
A few months ago Crestwood students were tasked with the challenge of writing personal narratives, with the possibility of representing Crestwood in our submission to the InCITE publication – a writing competition taking place across the CIS. Adjudicated by Toronto writer Katrina Onstad, our grade 7 submission by Georgia Gardner was optioned to participate in […]
Math and the Art of the 3-D Polyhedron
Ms. Lee’s Math students explored the relationship between the number of faces, vertices and edges in 3-D shapes by creating a variety of polyhedrons using toothpicks and marshmallows. At the end of the activity, some groups made “epic” shapes to prove that the relationship still held true for more complex polyhedrons. [nggallery id=42] […]
Grade 11 Drama Original Musical
This week Ms. McCourt’s grade 11 drama class presented their completely original, workshopped musical “Super Messed -Up”, about super hero teens in a high school that have to stop evil from world domination. It included original and tribute songs and dances, as well as amazing acting and fantastic fight choreography all designed by the students. This musical […]
Grade 7 Zentangle Animal Designs
Welcome to the world of the glorified doodle! Ms. Cooper’s grade 7 art students choose an image of their favourite animal and learned how to draw it by breaking it down to simpler shapes. From here, they used fine point markers and used a cross hatching technique to shade in the face of their animal. […]
Georgia Gardner: InCITE Writing Workshop Nominee
Congratualtions to Georgia Gardner ’19, who has been invited to the InCITE writing workshop this weekend for her short story submission. Georgia will workshop her writing with Katrina Onstad this weekend and has a chance to be selected to be published later this year. Way to go Georgia! […]
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Spring Uniform
Polo shirts will be allowed to be worn beginning Monday. Please note that regular uniform rules apply – track pants or non-Crestwood sweaters are not allowed to be worn during school hours. If you are interested in purchasing a Crestwood Preparatory College Polo shirt, the uniform shop will be open at 8:00 am on Monday morning. […]
Grade 11 Inter-Grade Champions
Congratulations to this year’s Grade 11 inter-grade debating champions Jasmin Katz and Justin Memar! Through wit and rigorous logical argumentation Justin and Jasmin successfully defended the resolution that doctors should not have to provide services which they personally disagree with on religious grounds. Great work guys! […]
NYC Music Trip
The Senior Wind Ensemble recently returned from an exciting trip to New York City where they participated in a Music Competition. The group performed beautifully and received a trophy for a First Place ranking and a rating of “Excellent”. Maxime Bernier received an individual trophy as one of the outstanding soloists on clarinet. It was […]
WE CREATE CHANGE
This week Crestwood’s Me To We Club ran the WE CREATE CHANGE initiative in order to raise awareness of child poverty and the need for education. Millions of children around the world do not have the chance to receive a proper education, especially girls. Through this campaign Crestwood is changing the lives of those in poverty. Throughout the […]
2014 Swing Into Summer Student Video
Student Video for Swing Into Summer Check out this student created video showcasing Crestwood’s Annual Swing Into Summer Golf Gala in support of Crestwood’s Scholarship Foundation by filmmakers Christian Kyne ’17 and Alexander Mcleod ’17. Crestwood’s annual Golf Gala will be held at the Richmond Hill Golf Club on Wednesday, June 11 2014. Please click […]
Examination Schedule
Exams begin for all students on Friday May 30, 2014. 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 – […]
Swing Into Summer Golf Gala 2014
Swing Into Summer this year with Crestwood Preparatory College and help contribute to a great cause: Crestwood’s Scholarship Foundation. Crestwood’s annual Golf Gala will be held at the Richmond Hill Golf Club on Wednesday, June 11 2014. Please click here for more information. Last year over 65 students, parents, alumni and staff hit the links for a day of laughter […]
Spring Graduations
Grade 8 Graduation On Wednesday June 18th, 2014 our Grade 8 Graduation will be held in the gymnasium starting at 5:00 pm. Gym doors will open at 4:30 and seating is on a first come basis. The ceremony will last until approximately 6:00 pm and will be followed by light refreshments. Students are to be […]
Grade 12 Prom
On Friday May 9th, 2014 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 2nd and are $90.00 per person. […]
Upcoming Writing Workshop – April 9th
On Wednesday, April 9th, join Mrs. Winograd for the English department’s next workshop in a series aimed to aid student writing. The focus will be Organization, Test-Prep and Test-Taking Strategies, and will cover use of the agenda, frontloading, memory strategies, self-talk method for test preparation, breaking down multi-step test questions, and organizing ideas prior to […]
Page Co-Captain of the Day: Justin Kim
Crestwood student Justin Kim has been recognized as Legislative Page Co-Captain of the Day. Justin, who was selected to participate in the Ontario Provincial Legislative Page program, has been working as a student Page since the beginning of March. Congratulations Justin! Each year approximately 140 young students from across Ontario are selected to participate in the […]
Spring Sports Try-Outs Continue Next Week
The Spring sports season in just around the corner Crestwood! Try-outs continue next week. Co-ed Badminton, Boys Rugby, Girls Soccer and Co-ed Track and Field practices run all week both before and after school. If you are interested in trying out, click here for more information and practice times. […]
Crestwood Grade 8s Fight Poverty
Mrs. Winograd’s grade 8 Roots Geography class has been researching an organization whose mandate is to help eradicate poverty. Upon completion of their research the students will be making their own promotional media clip presenting its values and mission – with the goal of getting people involved in the fight against poverty! […]
Sporting Life 10km
There is still time to register for the Sporting Life 10 km race on Sunday, May, 11th. Training is after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays with Ms. Dickinson. Money raised from this event will send kids with cancer to Camp Oochiegas. This year we will be running to honour the memory of Olivia Wise. If […]