Peer Tutoring Now Available

We are pleased to announce that the Peer Tutoring service is now available for students requiring some assistance with their academic courses.  We have carefully selected several grade 9-12 students with proficient academics to provide this service.  Tutoring is available to students in all grades from 7-12.  Sessions will take place over Zoom to adhere

Anti-Bullying Week

Next week is Anti-bullying week at Crestwood.  We have several initiatives planned for the week to raise awareness for this important issue.  This weekend spend some time finding the following items for the following theme days:   Monday November 16th – Odd Sock Day – Wear your brightest and loudest mismatched socks to show that

Body Percussion

3A and SKA had a lot of laughs experimenting with body percussion or “patching” using stomps, pats, claps and stamps. In these videos they are following a “roadmap” on the smart board. They did a great job for their first time! –Amanda Birchard  

PrinciPALs

  Dear Parents, Happy November! What a beautiful start to the month, starting with this unexpected burst of great weather! We started this week in boots and snow pants, and ended with T-shirts and shorts! Another friendly reminder to make sure your child is coming to school dressed for the weather for their recesses and

Food Drive

Over the course of last week, staff and students at Crestwood brought in donations of canned goods, rice and cooking oil in support of the North York Harvest Food Bank.  This drive was the culmination of the school’s focus on Empathy as our Character Education trait of the month.  The food was delivered to the

Happy HOWL-O-WEEN from 3A

Have we got some SPOOK-tacular jokes for the FANG-tastic Crestwood community!  Can you answer these “BOO-tiful” riddles with your families? Why didn’t the skeleton go to the party? He didn’t have any “body” to go with. What’s a ghost’s favourite meal? Spook-ghetti and I-scream! How do you make a witch itch? Take away the “w”.

Celebrating Halloween Safely

  Dear Parents, Toronto Public Health does not recommend hosting or attending in-person gatherings for Halloween this year. For the safety of individuals, it is recommended that in-person celebrations are limited to those with whom individuals live. As well, because of the higher risks for COVID19 in the modified Stage 2, Ontario Chief Medical Officer

Treaties Recognition Week

  In 2016, Ontario passed legislation declaring the first week of November as Treaties Recognition Week. This annual event honours the importance of treaties and helps students and residents of Ontario learn more about treaty rights and relationships. By learning more about our collective treaty rights and obligations, we can create greater understanding and nurture these relationships. Each

Bucket Toss House Challenge

  Grades 4A and 4B would like to send a big “shout-out” to the House Heads and Mr. Cooper for organizing yet another amazing House Challenge. We quickly discovered that “The Bucket Toss Game” was much harder than it looks. Ping-Pong balls bounce a lot and so they were actually really hard to get in the bucket! In the

A Message from CPC’s School Nurse

To the Crestwood Community, Hello, my name is Ana Bacopulos and I’m the School Nurse at Crestwood Preparatory College. I am very excited to be joining the Crestwood Community and I hope I can provide much needed support during these difficult times. If anyone has any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact

PrinciPALs

  Dear Parents, It was another wonderful week filled with learning, playing and personal growth. We thank you for sending your child(ren) dressed appropriately for the weather. Students managed well outside through some wet weather this week, and we were rewarded with a stunning Friday to end our week.  It was great to see all

Class of 2020 Awards Presentation

Since June 2020 we have been hoping that the restrictions on social gatherings would be eased to the point that we could all gather as a community, either indoors or outdoors, to celebrate the accomplishments of  Crestwood Preparatory College’s Class of 2020.  Unfortunately, rather than the restrictions easing they have again been tightened, and the number of people allowed

CPCs Academic Awards Ceremony

On Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 we celebrated the academic accomplishments of the students for the  2019-20 school year based on their overall average on the June 2020 Final Report Card. Awards were presented to all those who achieved Honour Roll (overall average of 80% -89%) and Honour Roll with Distinction (90% plus) along with the

Annual Food Drive

Next week, from October 26-30, Crestwood will be having its annual food drive to benefit the North York Harvest Food Bank.  We have partnered with this organization for the past eight years to help support its mission to create food spaces and reduce food insecurity in our community. This year, the mission of the food