Category: Lower School

The Crestwood House Heads gave up a day of summer vacation to make sure that they were prepared to start the year off right and they are succeeding! All of our regular activities are now in full swing and we are doing our best to make positive additions all the time. The House Headquarters is

The year has started off in the most spectacular fashion! Our days have been filled with beautiful weather, lots of learning and a ton of fun! Students have already started earning House Points for their houses in a variety of ways! It’s a very close battle and all 6 houses are trying their best to

Any junior students wishing to participate on the Kid’s Lit Quiz Team please attend a meeting in the library on Monday, Sept. 26th at 12:20. This is excellent opportunity for students with a passion for both books and trivia. If you cannot attend this meeting please come and speak with me and we can figure out

The Junior Choir had its first week of rehearsals and we are already sounding fantastic!  A reminder to those students who have still not returned their permission forms to please do so next week – extra copies can be found on the Junior Choir board on Edsby.  See you all next week! -Ms. Spigott &

Love the Game Love the game. Love the game for the pure joy of accomplishment. Love the game for everything it can teach you about yourself. Love the game for the feeling of belonging to a group endeavoring to do its best. Love the game for the challenge of working harder than you ever have

At Crestwood we are proud of the commitment we have made to Community Service in the past. We are beginning the 2016-2017 school year with our annual Terry Fox Walk/Run, which will take place during the afternoon of THURSDAY, September 29TH, 2016. Students should be in their House t-shirts, Crestwood gym shorts or track pants

As dedicated and passionate professionals in the CISAA athletics, we recognize that sports and physical activity play an important role in your children’s healthy growth and development. To this end we are always striving to improve our athletic programs, and encourage more children to get involved. This year we are pleased to introduce a pilot

Junior Choir season has started!  We had our first meeting on Thursday and are officially going to begin rehearsals next week.  Any interested students in grades 4 to 6 are still welcome to join us.  Practices will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays in the primary music room.  Ms. Kim will meet all junior students after lunch

For the second time in the last four years, Mr. Kevin Greenacre has been awarded the National Yearbook Program of Excellence Award. One of only two Schools in the Province of Ontario to receive the award this year, the National Yearbook Program of Excellence Award recognizes schools who excel in the creation and distribution of

The beginning of the school year is a very busy time for everyone. Thank you for taking the time to attend your child’s Curriculum Night this past week. Attendance for both the Primary and Junior evenings was excellent and we hope it provided an opportunity for you to learn about your child’s daily academic activities as well as meet all subject teachers. We hope

As Athletic Director at Crestwood School, I am very excited for the upcoming 2016-17 sports season. As members of the Canadian Independent Schools Athletic Association (CISAA), we are able to afford your child the opportunity to participate in many team sports in and around the GTA area, as well as 2 tournaments outside Ontario. It

Edsby is available to all students and parents at Crestwood. Our school portal provides updated information on student homework, sports team and group info, school wide news, attendance, etc. Returning parents: Your existing login information is still accurate. New parents: You should have received your login information via Email on Monday, September 12th. Please take a couple

The Crestwood School Parents’ Association would like to officially welcome all parents, students and staff to the 2016/17 school year. We will be hosting our first meeting on Tuesday, September 13th in the Crestwood School library and encourage any/all parents to attend. We have many opportunities for parent volunteers’ and your continued support is vital

It’s a Saturday afternoon August 13th 2016, and you and 15 of your friends are sitting in a private box watching the Blue Jays vs Houston Astros while the sun is shining and hoping the Blue Jays are on their way to another series championship. Stop imagining, START participating in the CRESTWOOD Family Fun Day Silent Auction being held on Tuesday

Grade 7 students and teachers boarded a bus on Monday morning and hit the highway to tour the capital city as a way to celebrate their last days at Crestwood School. We arrived in Ottawa midday after an early lunch in Kingston and the jam-packed tour never stopped until we left on Wednesday. It all

FINAL REMINDER!!!! THE CLOCK IS TICKING!!!!!!  PLEASE SEND IN YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS!!!  Don’t miss your opportunity to participate! Tickets are only $25 each, sell the booklet of four and you will be eligible for the free year’s tuition raffle draw for Crestwood School.  Silent Auction for Blue Jays Executive Box starts at 3:30pm. Bidding ends

USED UNIFORM DONATIONS Dear Crestwood Parents, The CSPA is looking for “gently used” uniform clothing donations. We are collecting them during the Fun Fair on Tuesday June 14, 2016. All clothing donations, and any items not claimed from lost & found, will go into next year’s used uniform sales. Please look closely at what you

It was a hot, long day at York University on Tuesday, May 24th, when we successfully competed in the CISAA U14 Championship track finals. With 825 athletes from 30 schools competing on day 1 of the finals, our Crestwood team excelled both on the track and in the field. Your teamwork, focus and support for one another all season long

WOW! That’s all we can say after the unbelievable effort and response by all of you, the Crestwood community, for the Crestwood Cares supply drive for Pitec elementary school in the Philippines! The small sacrifices made to go out and collect all of the amazing bags, supplies, shoes etc. that were donated will make an

On Thursday, May 26th, the grade 3 classes visited Black Creek Pioneer Village to further investigate Communities in Canada from 1780-1850. Students participated in a highly interactive workshop called “Hands on History” where they explored how to build log cabins, shingle a roof and operate a loom. Immediately following the workshop students had time to

The last session of Monday Clubs is on May 30th. Taekwondo is finished!  Wednesday & Thursday Clubs will have their last sessions on June 8th & June 9th. -Grace Cruz

Fun Fair Volunteers Wanted!! Once again, the CSPA is holding the annual Fun Fair on June 14th, 2016. It is always a fantastic event that everyone looks forward to at the end of the year. In order to run it properly, we urgently require dedicated volunteers to help supervise the inflatable games for 45 minute

REMINDER!!!!  SEND IN YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS!!! Don’t miss your opportunity to participate! Tickets are only $25 each, sell the booklet of four and you will be eligible for the free year’s tuition raffle draw for Crestwood School. Questions?  Please contact Luanne Pearlman at lupearlman@gmail.com or Debbie Ng-Perkell at ngdebbie@rogers.com  Tickets are due back on Monday,

On Tuesday, Crestwood Preparatory College hosted a track meet for the Primary Track and Field Team.  A group of Grade 12 students from the college planned and organized this fantastic event for our Grades 1-3. Our students ran races on a track and participated in field events such as javelin and baseball throw.  This was

The Softball team warmed up for their Final Championship with their last regular season home game against Country Day School on Monday. As on multiple previous occasions, it took Crestwood a few minutes to get started, but when they did start they didn’t stop. The Cubs fielders and outfielders were relentless, getting the 3 outs

Dear Crestwood Families, I am writing to let you know about an incredible event! Run, Walk, Wheel & Roll (RWWR) is an annual event in support of THREE TO BE.  Organized by grade 6 teacher Dani Seligman, RWWR enables children of all ages and ALL abilities to participate in a day of physical activities, entertainment, great food

Attention : Crestwood Lower School Parents! Re: Student Portraits Perfect Portraits photographed your children at Crestwood School on January 13th, 2016. We are offering our on-line shopping service for your convenience. Please be assured that our website is secure and may only be accessed with the password assigned below. **** Using Google Chrome only! **** Enter

Last Friday, the Grade 7s had a fun filled field trip to Fort York in Toronto. Students toured buildings that were still standing from the War of 1812. The first building that we learned about was a magazine.  We learned that there was a small room in the gunpowder magazine where the sergeant would send