Winter Festival of the Arts

Thursday evening, the music students in Grades 8-12 performed for family and friends at the Annual Holiday Concert. The Grade 8 class played three festive pieces to kick off the holiday season. … “Dance Celebration”, “A French Noel” and “Glorioso”. Following that, the Junior Jazz Band impressed the audience with their swinging renditions of “Topsy”

Future Design School

The grade 8 class is about to embark upon a unique educational experience. Beginning on Monday, students will be attending sessions throughout the school day, originally introduced to CPC by the Future Design School. This innovative curriculum will teach students the critical skills of ideation, prototyping, design thinking, presentation of ideas, and ultimately, showing how to

Crestwood Gives

Over the past two weeks Crestwood families have been generously donating toys, clothes, books, and other items to support 16 families from both the Durham Children’s Aid Society and the Native Child and Family Services.  As in previous years, our Crestwood community stepped up to the task and we saw over 20 bags of goods

Crestwood Live Streaming

We are now able to stream certain games and events for parents to watch from wherever they are.  Upcoming events are listed below.  Click here to go to our Crestwood Live Streaming Channel and don’t forget to subscribe! Monday December 18 Senior Boys Division I Basketball @ 3:00-4:30pm Junior Boys Division I Basketball @ 4:30-6:00pm

The Debating Championships

The Grade 12 Intragrade Debating Championships came to an exciting conclusion this week with the final debate.  The team of Dana Doubovsky and Navid Sarshar was pitted against the team of Spencer Arshinoff and Megan Werger.  The resolution involved whether or not membership in the British Commonwealth still remains an important element of Canada’s national

CPC’s Senior Robotics Team

Crestwood’s Senior Robotics Team had a busy month. In preparation for their upcoming competition, they constructed a robot soccer field out of plywood. On November 29th, the team will be hosting a shootout challenge during town hall. It will be a face off between two teams led by Logan Lim (class of ’18) and Alex Wang

Guidance News

The Crestwood deadline to complete university and/or college applications is Friday December 1st, 2017. Any questions regarding applications can be directed to Jenn Hann or Jeff Mitz in Guidance. 2018 Summer Programs University of King’s HYP Program What: Humanities for Young People (HYP) When: July 7th- 15th, 2018 Where: University of King’s College Halifax, Nova Scotia Visit hyp.ukings.ca to

Parents’ Association News

Holiday Bake Sale Our Holiday Bake Sale is on Wednesday, December 13th. Yummm! Thank you to our volunteers for making our bake sales such a success.  New volunteers are always welcome for baking, buying or selling.  If you’re interested or you’d like more information, please contact Justine at justinecodron@gmail.com.

Junior Boys’ Prep Basketball Team Wins Father Henry Carr Junior Classic

The Crestwood Junior Prep Boys’ Basketball Team won the Father Henry Carr Junior Classic last weekend with a thrilling 75-69 win over the hosts, Henry Carr, in the championship game. Widely considered the best junior tournament in the City of Toronto, and possibly the country, many of Toronto’s best players have competed in this prestigious

Guidance News

University Visits Tuesday Nov. 21st– Queen’s University Bader Castle International Study Centre Wednesday Nov. 22nd– Ryerson University OUAC Applications All grade 12 students received their Ontario Univeristies Application Centre (OUAC) PINS this past week in the ENG4U classes.  Any students who were absent during the session should stop by the guidance office to pick up

Anti-bullying Week

This week the Female Peer Leadership group put on an anti-bullying week.  The school community participated in several activities throughout the week to bring awareness to the importance of standing up to bullying.  On Wednesday, all students were encouraged to wear pink to symbolize that they stand up to bullying.  Over the lunch hour on Wednesday the several grade

Climbing to the Top in Our PE Classes!

This week Crestwood PE students have the wonderful opportunity in participating in a two week long rock climbing course put on by New Heights Climbing Academy.  The students will have the opportunity to climb rock walls, descend on a the prusik rope and climb up a helicopter ladder.  Everyday, students will test their ability and

Evening P.A. Meeting

We hope you’ll join us for our upcoming evening P.A. meeting on Thursday, November 23 in the boardroom near the main entrance to the school. The meeting will run from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. sharp to fit within the teachers’ dinner break on Parent / Teacher Interview evening. Everyone is welcome and snacks will be available.

Parent Teacher Interviews

Parent Teacher Interviews will take place on November 23rd and 24th.  The ability to book appointments will begin on November 14th at 9:00 am and remain open until November 21st at 3:00 pm. The instructions to book interviews have been included below. Click on the Edbsy icon below to access the instructions.

Today We Remember…

Crestwood staff and students took part in the school’s annual Remembrance Day ceremony on Friday morning. Student speakers, the Crestwood Voices choir, and members of the Crestwood band led a multimedia presentation featuring songs, student artwork, and video highlights from Crestwood’s Oral History Project archives. Organizers Mr. Masters and Mr. Hawkins were particularly thankful that a large

Guidance News

Upcoming University Visits: Tuesday Nov. 14th: Carleton University Wednesday Nov. 15th: Trent University Thursday Nov. 16th:  OCAD University Ontario University Applications On Thursday and Friday, Ms. Hann and Mr. Mitz will be assisting Grade 12 students with their OUAC applications during the Grade 12 English classes. Students should come to class on those days prepared with their