December and January have been busy months for Crestwood’s Eco Team. Over the Holidays and into this Second Term at school, our Eco Team members have been busy collecting used holiday and greeting cards from family, friends and staff. Everyone pitched in, and in the end we collected over 400 cards! These cards will be recycled […]
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University of Waterloo Math Contest
Just a reminder that the University of Waterloo Math Contest is fast approaching for grades 9 – 11. The contest will be held on Thursday, February 20th. The sign-up list is posted on Mrs. Santomero’s classroom door (room # 201) as well as the Math bulletin board across the hall for all interested students. Please re-confirm with your Math […]
Grade 7 Visual Arts
Miss Cooper’s Grade 7s are finishing up their first unit in Art which has focused on Vincent Van Gogh’s impressionism. The students have been working hard to replicate their own version of Van Gogh’s “Starry Night”, transforming Van Gogh’s original masterpiece into “Toronto Starry Nights”. Early next week all student masterworks will be displayed outside […]
Grade 7 Words of Wisdom
Mrs. Pagano’s grade 7 English class recently completed personal essays. For their introduction, however, they created their own wise precept or motto that they believed best reflected their life experiences. The creativity and self-awareness was astounding for their relatively young age. Mrs. Pagano now proudly displays their work for others to see and learn from. […]
Motivational Speaker Will Njoku
In a heartfelt and poignant address to Crestwood students, motivational speaker and athlete Will Njoku shared his experiences with his lifelong struggle with depression. While offering insights into the fundamental principles of his own athletic success, Will ventured off his usual presentation format and admitted to the students his current personal sadness due to the […]
Spirit Week Edition of the Crestword
The events of Spirit Week continue to be celebrated in a special edition of the Crestword, and the first publication of the student newspaper for the 2014 year! Included in this edition are reflections on the week’s events: the staff vs. student basketball game, the performance of the senior girls volleyball team, the Grade 12 […]
2014 Crestwood Semi-Formal
During the evening of Friday, January 24th, senior students from Crestwood gathered at the Montecassino Hotel to “dream in black and white” at this year’s semi-formal event. The beats were pumping and the floor was bumping as those in attendance enjoyed good company, delicious food and non-stop dancing. Special thanks go to the members Student […]
Multicultural Day 2014
On February 7th, Crestwood will celebrate it’s 13th annual Multicultural Day Symposium. It is a day when the Grade 8 and Grade 9 geography students showcase a researched country and display their findings and also includes some fantatsic food for the entire school during period 4 and period 5. Students will be dressed in their […]
Crestwood’s Spirit Week
This year’s spirit week was louder, more colourful and brought more life and excitement to Crestwood’s classrooms than any year previous! Students, you are commended for your heart and school spirit. From crazy hat/hair day, to beating the teachers in our student-teacher basketball game, to wearing your LIV WISE shirts, all of you have shown […]
Course Selection 2014-2015
For those parents who missed the course information workshop, or who are interested in enquiring further into the process of course selection for the 2014-2015 academic year, please note that the Guidance Department would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Both Nicole Bryant and Jeff Mitz are available to answer your enquiries […]
Mental Health Awareness Week
Next week is Mental Health Awareness Week. All week long Crestwood will be making announcements informing students of the very real actuality of the Mental Health crisis in Canada and will be informing students of causes, symptoms and solutions to the many Mental Health problems Canadians face every day. On Wednesday, January 29 Crestwood has […]
Grade 7 Geography Cross-Curricular Integration
Mrs. Winograd’s grade 7 class continues to reach beyond academic boundaries! On Tuesday, students researched and then created awareness posters outlining some of the major problems the world faces due to overpopulation. Throughout this term, Mrs. Winograd’s Geography class will be focused on incorporating media literacy through cross-curricular integration. Keep up the great work grade 7s! […]
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U12 Hockey and Basketball Travel to Montreal
The U12 Hockey and Basketball Teams are delighted to be attending the Lower Canada College Invitational Tournament in Montreal, Jan. 23-25th. Both teams will play at least five games over the three-day event and will be billeted with LCC families Thursday and Friday night. This will be the eighth year that Crestwood has participated in […]
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Course Selection Information Workshop for Grade 9 and 10 Parents
A reminder to parents of grades 9 and 10 students of the Course Selection Information Workshop taking place in the cafeteria Thursday evening (January 23rd) at 7:00pm. The guidance team will provide insight on the postsecondary planning process, and address how parents can best assist their children at home with course selection. Please join us! […]
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Ottawa and Niagara School Trips
A reminder to all parents planning on sending their children to either the Ottawa trip (May 7-9th 2014) or to the Niagara Wolf Lodge trip (May 8-9th, 2014), that permission forms are due ASAP. If you have not received an information package or permission form, both can be found here. […]
Spirit Week
Spirit week begins on Monday, January 20th Crestwood! It’s time to get out of the winter cold and warm up the halls of our school. The following are important dates for the week’s events. Everyone is invited to participate, but please follow the calendar below for specific dates and activities. Remember: The homeroom who shows […]
Spirit Week
Next week is Spirit Week! As announced at this week’s Town Hall Homeroom, Crestwood’s school spirit will be ramping from January 20th through to the 24th. Next week’s events include free a “decade” grub day, a crazy hat/hair day as well as various student/teacher competitions. All Crestwood students are encouraged to show off their true […]
Ottawa and Niagara School Trips
A reminder to all parents planning on sending their children to either the Ottawa trip (May 7-9th 2014) or to the Niagara Wolf Lodge trip (May 8-9th, 2014), that permission forms are due ASAP. If you have not received an information package or permission form, both can be found here. […]
Rwandan Genocide Survivor Visits Crestwood
Emery Rutagonya, Rwandan Genocide survivor, visited Crestwood on Tuesday, January 14th. Emery spoke to Crestwood Civics and Politics classes during periods one and two, and then contributed to Mr. Masters’ Oral History Project period three. Emery was born in Rwanda and studied Sociology at the National University of Rwanda and Peace-building at the University of Toronto. He lost […]
Parent’s Association News
Dear Crestwood Preparatory College Parents: The PA is hosting a meet and greet, spirit raising coffee morning at the Donalda Club on Tuesday, January 28th from 8:30am to 10:00am. We would love to get to know our parent community so if you are available please join us, this is not a recruiting coffee morning, just […]
Parent’s Association News
Our first Bake Sale of the year was on December 10th and was a great success. The sales for the day totalled $353 which we donated to the Liv Wise Fund, well done students, staff and parents. I would like to thank all those who donated baked goods for the sale, I know most of […]
Re-enrolment For 2014-2015
A reminder to all Crestwood parents to send in re-enrolment forms along with the appropriate financial arrangements as soon as possible. Forms can be mailed or handed in to the Front Office. A $300 tuition discount will be applied to accounts for forms received on, or prior to, January 31st, 2014. […]
Crestwood Third Annual Co-Ed Burger-Ball Event: Grades 4-8
On Friday January 17th 2014, all basketball players from Grades 4 through 8 are invited to attend our third Annual Crestwood Co-ed Basketball Event at Crestwood Preparatory College. Competitors will take part in a skills competition starting at 3:30pm followed by an exciting multi-grade exhibition basketball game at approximately 4:45pm. All students who were or […]
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Guidance News: Course Selection 2013-2014
Beginning next week, the guidance department will begin its visits to grades 8 through 11 English classes to speak about course selections for the 2013-2014 school year. The guidance staff will discuss elective options, the importance of community service, and backwards mapping towards postsecondary planning with each grade level. Every student will be taking home […]
Mr. Masters’ Oral History Project Continues in 2014
As you know, Crestwood’s Mr. Scott Masters won the National Award for Excellence in Holocaust Education late in 2013 for an oral history project he developed with Crestwood students. The section on Holocaust Survivors now holds almost 100 testimonies. As a result, Mr. Masters has been asked to take part in a National Film Board Virtual […]
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Crestword Holiday Edition
The holiday edition of the Crestword is here! Please click here for all of the latest news, thoughts and reflections, as well as artwork, from Crestwood students. […]
Holocaust Oral History Visits
Crestwood continues to receive visits from Holocaust survivors in order to enrich student learning regarding this tragic period in history. Denise Hans, as well as Faigie Libman, visited Crestwood grade 8 English classrooms last week, sharing their personal experiences during the Holocaust. Crestwood grade 8 English students are currently reading the award-winning novel The Boy […]
Faigie Libman – Holocaust Survivor
On Thursday, December 12th, Crestwood invited Faigie Libman to come speak to Mrs. Pagano’s grade 8 English class about her experience in the Holocaust. Faigie Libman was born in Kaunas in 1934, an only child. Her mother was a nurse and her father owned a successful bookstore. In 1941, when Germany invaded and bombed Lithuania, more […]
Denise Hans – Holocaust Survivor
Denise Hans visited Mr. De Franco’s Grade 8 English class last week to share her trials and tribulations during the Holocaust. Though she was only 4 years old at the time, she remembers vividly the day the Nazis knocked on her parents door and took away her father, uncle, aunt and cousin. She was to […]
Crestwood Gives!
Crestwood once again participated in our holiday toy and food drive: Crestwood Gives! This year we partnered with The Kawartha Haliburton Children’s Foundation to help 15 families in need during the Holiday season as well as Toronto Sanctuary, an organization that works with youth on the streets of Toronto. Crestwood families and staff opened their […]