Meet the Teacher: Tracy Santomero Subject: Mathematics Grades: 10 and 11 Mrs. Santomero grew up in Picton, Ontario and has an amazing husband and daughter. Her daughter, Sophia, is 12 years old and is in the sixth grade. Sophia is a competitive dancer who loves school and her friends. Being a dance mom, Tracy doesn’t […]
Bus and Carpool Information 20/21
If you are interested in more information about Crestwood’s Carpool and Shuttle Bus services for the 2020/2021 school year please contact our main office. Any questions or inquiries may be directed to anny.rannie@crestwood.on.ca. Below is information on both Carpool and Shuttle Bus Services. CARPOOL INFORMATION: We understand that some parents are interested in carpooling. […]
2020 -2021 Booklist
Dear Crestwood Students and Parents: On behalf of Alpha Textbooks Inc. and Crestwood Preparatory College, we would like to tell you about the textbook ordering procedure for the upcoming 2020-21 school year. 1) Your official booklist for 2020-21 will be available on our easy-to-use website www.alphatextbooks.com, or at our store. Due to the changes in […]
Book Exchanges includes 2020-2021 Purchasing Books
Unfortunately, the regularly scheduled Parent Book Exchange on Tuesday, June 16th, 2020, and the Textbook Buyback session with Alpha Textbooks on Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. In order to assist parents with the resale and purchase of textbooks, there are now two possibilities. 1. Alpha Textbooks – You may […]
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Grade 8 & 12 Graduations
Dear CPC Community: I’m not sure how close this comes to a strategy we are all acquainted with by this time- making lemonade from lemons- but there are events that must be recognized, and a graduation is one them. Please, then, join us on June 17th for our Grade Eight virtual graduation. The Grade Twelve […]
Guidance News (June 12)
Advanced Placement (AP): Score Reports June 30 is the deadline for grade 12 students to indicate or change their free score report recipient in ‘My AP’: https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/ Please make sure to indicate through ‘My AP’ the university or college you’d like to receive your free score report If you have any questions or concerns – […]
Award Winning Author – Kathy Kacer
This week the grade 5 and 6 classes had the privilege of attending a virtual author visit with Kathy Kacer. Kathy Kacer is a Canadian award-winning author of over 20 historical fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults. Before the extended break we had been enjoying her books in library class and were really […]
SK Zoomation
We are so excited to host our annual Senior Kindergarten Graduation Ceremony. It will take place Friday June 19th at 9am in our Zoom Room. Can you guess who this Crestwood Alumni is? We will give you a hint. She started Crestwood in JK and finished in grade 12 at Crestwood’s Upper School. She […]
Popsicle Stick Playgrounds
The Grade one students explored various structures they see and use in their daily life. As a culminating activity, these amazing students designed, built and presented their own playgrounds that consisted of at least 4 structures. Their creativity was outstanding using popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, straws, plastic cups, paper cups, egg cartons, tape, glue, […]
House Head Elections Coming Soon!
Next year’s House Head candidates aren’t going to let a little thing like not being in person at school get in the way of our normal elections! Behind the scenes they have been working to bring you a digital election for the ages! After applying for the job, they got right to work creating […]
A Message From Your PrinciPALs…
“Fill Up” with Mrs. Fuller This week we focused on creating our own happy place with images, words, photographs, or drawings. Students shared where their “happy place” would be, and explored how they can recreate that space. We took inspiration from Ellen Schwartz and tried to “memorize the moment” with all our senses, so […]
Nutritious Treats with Maurer
Dear Parents and Students, Thanks to all of you who participated in 4D/E’s Cooking with Ms Maurer this week. A huge thank you to the parents and siblings who joined us too! A great time was had by all of us! It was loads of fun!!! I hope you and your families enjoyed the energy […]
SKB Zoom Room
We had lots of fun in the ZOOM ROOM this week! We love doing math activities! Check out John’s calendar and weather graph! We love to graph in Kindergarten! Hudson was busy with a 3D shapes assignment and single digit addition. Way to go SK! – Julie Fox & Carly Hebscher […]
French Community Workers/Workplaces
The Grade 3 French students have been learning about community workers and workers places. We talked about what their jobs are and why these workers are important. As a final project, students chose 8 workers and workplaces and created their community. They had to label the workplaces and include the workers as well. They […]
Dig Deep For Some Edible, Dirt-Loving FUN!
This week 3B and 3C learned all about the importance of soil. Soil is so much more than what’s under our grass. Each layer of earth is defined by its own “horizon”. These horizons run parallel to the ground and serve up distinct characteristics that aid the layers above and below. When a vertical section […]
Clowning Around in JK
We had a bit of Friday Fun in the JK room today. We are all going to miss the annual Crestwood Fun Fair. It is the best day of the year…so the Fun came to JK ZOOM School 😉 – Melodie Young & Ros Sandler […]
A Word from CPC’s Coach Ro Russell
Greetings Crestwood Community: I’m writing this opening message to you all regarding racism, discrimination, police brutality and Crestwood. Being a black man and basketball coach I have to, like all other black people, experience racism, discrimination, police brutality almost everyday our my life. Our race has had to deal with this elephant in the room, […]
In Solidarity with Black, Students, Parents and Teachers
As we have all watched the events of the past few weeks unfold, namely, the deaths in Black communities in the United States and Canada and the overwhelming sadness and outrage felt across society in response to these events, we are compelled to express our support to the Black community, namely our Black students, parents […]
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SKA Exploring Animals
SKA took a virtual field trip to the farm. Peter N. steered the way through the hay fields on his tractor. We saw pigs, horses and sheep and learned about the different types of farm eggs! We had so much fun and we can’t wait to go to the Zoo next week! – Carolyn […]
Gr.4 Gods
This week in Grade 4 we each took a turn teaching the class about a God from Ancient Greece. We worked hard to put together our own informative slideshow on each of the Gods and presented these to the class. – Aimee Solski […]
Artists of the Week
Congratulations to Lauren Stern and Annika Yang, our artists of the week. Beautiful work girls! Thank you for brightening up our spirits with your artistic talents! – Anya Romanenko […]
Crestwood Choir Swag
Crestwood Choir hoodies have arrived! We’ve rolled out this initiative with the Junior Choir in hopes to encourage a sense of community and artistic identity. The Choir team is looking forward to expanding the initiative next year and we are excited to show them off in person on our first Grub day! Many thanks […]
3A Sock Puppet Show
The students in 3A have been learning about dialogue and quotation marks. We put this skill into practice by writing and performing mini puppet shows. We found old socks and “bits-and-bots” like yarn, buttons, stickers, markers, paper, and other craft supplies. Each student named their sock puppet and created a conversation between themselves and their cute little […]
Salad in a Jar
Dear Parents and Students, Thanks to all of you who participated in 4D/E’s Cooking with Ms. Maurer this week. A huge thank you to the parents and siblings who joined us too! A great time was had by all of us! It was loads of fun!!! I hope your salad in a jar was […]
The Festival of Arts – June 9th
The Festival of the Arts evenings is an amazing way to celebrate Crestwood Art, Music, Drama, and Technology by showcasing CPC student’s abilities as we transform our hallways into a display of talent and creativity. Arts never sleeps, therefore we have decided to take on the initiative to take the Festival of the Arts from […]
Meet the Teacher: Jennifer Williamson
Meet the Teacher: Jennifer Williamson Subject: Geography and History Grades: 7 and 8 Ms. Williamson grew up in Mississauga with her parents, one brother and two sisters. She is married with one son, Landyn, who is 6 years old. In her spare time, Jennifer likes to watch movies and take additional qualification courses. She […]
A Starry Night in Gr 2
This week, 2A and 2B learned all about Vincent Van Gogh and his paintings. The children learned about how he famously only sold one painting while he was alive, but now his paintings are worth millions! More specifically, the children learned about one of his paintings called ‘Starry Night’. The children explored how he used […]
SKA Zoom Room!
Zoom, Zoom Zoom! We are off to the ZOOM ROOM! Bring your paper, pencils and a smile! See you in awhile! If you are here, give a cheer! A thumbs up and a grin! Now we are ready to begin! 10 smart, amazing boys! 2 excited teachers! We are all here in the SKA ZOOM […]
Meet the Teacher: Owen Smith
Meet the Teacher: Owen Smith Subject: Geography, Civics, Careers Grades: 7 – 10 Mr. Smith grew up in Toronto. Both of his parents were teachers. His mother taught English at Riverdale, Monarch Park, Forest Hill and Harbord. She started her career in 1975 and retired in 2006. His dad taught Phys Ed at North […]
Robotics
FIRST Robotics Canada Build It Challenge Series Winners Just because we are social distancing, it didn’t stop our Engineers from continuing to build and compete! FIRST Robotics Canada launched a BUILD IT Series challenge nationwide and students can complete building challenges either by building with any real world items/material, LEGO pieces, or Minecraft. CPC’s very own […]