Category: Upper School

Swimming Our U14 Swim Team achieved their absolute personal best time during last Thursday’s CISAA championship.  James Gillingham won 4 points for the school with his 50m Freestyle, 3 points by  Amy Cai with her 50m Breaststroke, and Jordan Nikolov and Zachary Black both won 1 point each for their 50m Breaststroke as well.  The highlight of

University of Toronto Date: Monday, February 25 Time: 6pm Location: The Bahen Centre Room: BA 1200

A Good Time was Had by All! Parents and staff enjoyed a fun evening at Trivia Night.  Thank you to all who were able to come out and support the Crestwood Foundation.                

Crestwood’s Social Studies Department is proud to announce that seven students from the Grade 10 history class won awards for their entries into the Royal Canadian Legion Remembrance Day Poem/Poster Contest. They are: No Name – 3rd Place – Senior Essay Caroline Spitzer – 2nd Place senior essay Matthew Laslop – 3rd Place – Intermediate

The Grade 12 Classical Civilizations class was given an ISP that asked students to research and build a Roman style weapon used during the Roman Empire. Students could choose any style as long as it could launch a projectile or in this case a golf ball. After in-depth research, and a written description of the

Congratulations to Grade 11 debaters: Cindy Wang, Miranda Miao, Georgia Gardner and Maggie Ma for taking part in the Crestwood Grade 11 Debate Championship! The resolution was “be it resolved that Sovereignty is an outdated concept”. It was a closely contested debate with strong arguments on both sides, but ultimately Cindy and Miranda’s government won

Crestwood and YARRD (Youth against Racial and Religious Discrimination) celebrated Black History Month this week with an assembly that featured Shaun Boothe.  Shaun is an award-winning hip hop artist who has visited Crestwood a number of times in the past, including at our human rights symposia.  Shaun brought the students a powerful message of hope

Crestwood’s YARRD (Youth against Racial and Religious Discrimination) held its annual Valentine’s Day Candy-Gram Toonie Grub Day.  All week long students have been hard at work preparing for the event, buying, selling, and making Candy-Grams, which were delivered Wednesday in homeroom.  Proceeds will go to support Native Child, maintaining Crestwood’s commitment to reconciliation.

Last Friday, February 9th the Crestwood Community came together to celebrate the Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year. Students, parents and teachers gathered together to eat, celebrate and welcome the “year of the dog”. Student volunteers organized the event, hosted the evening and entertained the crowd with singing, dancing, musical acts and even a yo-yo

Crestwood students participated in UTMUN last weekend, braving the snow and the perils of international diplomacy as they debated and passed resolutions, and staved off or caused grave international conflict!  Congratulations to all the students, with a special mention to Tristan Agensky for his delegate award.                    

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Happy Family Day Weekend!   We wish everyone a very enjoyable Family Day long weekend. Hope to see you at Trivia Night this Thursday, February 22 at Revival. It will be great fun for a great cause. Next pizza lunch is this Friday, February 23.

A Message Released by the Reach Organization Reach has just been named the recipient of a $30,000 donation from TD Securities Underwriting Hope fund, and all because Alexa Gibson fiercely advocated on behalf of the charity! Alexa’s father, Glenn Gibson, works for TD Securities. It all started when Alexa Gibson and her partner, both students

Basketball The U14 Boys’ Basketball team ended their last game of the season this past Monday against Bayview Glen with an impressive 66-48 win.  Well done to the entire team for some great teamwork!  Playoffs begin end of February, please come out and support the Lions as they push to maintain their undefeated record this

Hockey After a two week hiatus, the Varsity Hockey Team took to the ice last night against RSGC.  The team started off sluggish and slow, but were able to turn things around by the end of the second period.  With some spectacular saves by Roy Pejcinovski down the stretch and some explosive offence from Sam

Please see below, a message from New Paramount Studios.

This year’s multicultural day was once again a big success!  The grade 8 and 9 geography students put on a fantastic symposium of food.  They successfully showcased their country’s culture, climate, politics and especially native dress.  We successfully raised enough money to cover our 3 foster kids once again. Thank you to all those who

On Monday, Mr. Jull led a group of Grade 7 and 8 students to the Mattamy Athletic Centre at Ryerson University to participate in the Toronto Regional Heat of the Kids Lit Quiz competition.  This is an international contest where teams of elementary-aged students answer questions from the genres of classical and contemporary children’s literature. 

Applications for the Summer 2018 #YouthAmbassadors Program with Canada are now OPEN! The program brings together students, ages 15 to 18 who will not be graduating June 2018, and adult mentors from across Canada to promote mutual understanding, increase leadership skills, and position youth to make a difference in their communities. The Youth Ambassadors Program

Upcoming Events P.A.  Coffee and Meeting – February 15 at 8:45 am Please join us for coffee and conversation in the boardroom. Everyone is invited to attend and the coffee is really good. Trivia Night – February 22 Come out for a great evening at Revival for Trivia Night in support of The Crestwood Foundation. Pizza Lunch – February

Mr. Scott Masters and students from the Grade 12 History class will be visiting Branch 10 of the Royal Canadian Legion, where they will deliver a talk on “The Asian Perspective in WW2”, using testimony from their oral history interviews.  The talk will take place at 11AM on Saturday, February 24 – a great event for those who want

Ella Lee-O’Rourke (class of ’22), Chiara Codron (class of ’23), Kian Torabi (class of ’22) spent their PA day at this year’s Future Prize 2018 organized by Future Design School. Our Crestwood team named “Kids of Tomorrow!”  spent five hours prior to the contest to survey and interview users and research possible solutions. The group decided

Upcoming Events   Chinese New Year Celebration – February 9 Hope to see you at the Crestwood Chinese New Year Celebration at the Crown Prince Banquet Hall. P.A.  Coffee and Meeting – February 15 at 8:45am Please join us for coffee and conversation in the boardroom. Trivia Night – February 22 Come out for a great evening at

Reminder that course selection is due on Wednesday, February 14th.

Volleyball On Wednesday, the Junior Girls’ Volleyball team traveled to TMS.  In our first meeting, TMS beat us 3-2 so the girls were determined to avenge this loss.  Right from the first point, the ladies were focused and showed the hustle that would be needed for victory.  With amazing net play from both Megan Pearlman

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.  Earlier this week Mr. Masters and Mr. Hawkins took 21 students to Sunnybrook, where 5 veterans were interviewed.  They included army, navy

Edward Li generously donated his fencing prize money this past week to the LivWise Foundation.  Thank you Edward!

We heard our CPC Lions roar this week!!!  The Athletic Council put together another awesome spirit week again this year.  The week was filled with fun theme days, staff vs student challenges, senior CISAA games, and spirit rallies.  Students could be seen walking the halls in pjs, western gear, rainbow colours in support of pride