Happy Birthday Bianca!

  Bianca from 3A celebrated her 9th birthday on Zoom with her class this past Thursday.  Her classmates and teachers all created cards and posters for her.  We sang Happy Birthday and showered her with good wishes on the last of her single digit birthdays.  It was a birthday celebration that no one will ever

Busting Out the Balloons

  2A and 2B continue to work enthusiastically on their Air and Water Unit in Science. This week, the children investigated what will happen when a balloon, a latex glove, or a Ziplock bag is blown up halfway and fully inflated. The children first gave their educated predictions and then watched the experiment unfold for each

News from the Art Room

Please take a look at some work done by students from grades 4 to 6, giving you a preview of the various creative projects. Take a walk along a one-point-perspective street; look through our flip books, enjoy the largest scroll story and some imaginative illustrations. Our artists put their hearts into their creations and we

Meet the Teacher: Steven Vovk

Meet the Teacher:  Steven Vovk Subject:  History, Geograph, Careers and Civics Grades:   7 – 10 Steven Vovk grew up in Hamilton.  He and his wife of 11 years were university sweethearts.  They have a little girl. Steven’s parents are retired world travellers and his brother is a successful author and professor at McMaster. In his

Cooking with Ms Maurer

Yesterday students from 4E put on their chef hats for cooking with Ms Maurer!  The students had an amazing time preparing pizza.  Students made a variety of artisan pizzas, including Pizza ai Funghi! A special thank you to all of the parents that participated and helped our students with prepping the ingredients and using the

Live to Read to Live

  I hope the students are enjoying our remote library classes!  It’s great to see everyone’s eager faces as I read stories, suggest follow up activities and listen to book suggestions from the children. Please check Edsby to see the amazing links I’ve posted that relate to the books that I’m sharing on an ongoing basis. Here are

ATTENTION: Grade 12 Students

Once you have accepted your post-secondary offer, please take a moment to send your counsellor a note that includes the following information about your school: ➤ School: ➤ Program: ➤ Offer Conditions: ➤ Scholarship Name: ➤ Scholarship Amount: For example … ➤ School: Huron, Western University ➤ Program: Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) ➤ Offer

Summer School 2020

Crestwood Preparatory College is pleased to offer a number of Ontario high school credit courses conveniently located in Toronto. Classes will run from June 22, 2020, to July 17, 2020. Given the current situation with COVID -19, we are looking at three options and at this point in time.  Unfortunately, we are unable to commit to which method we would be using

Live Tech Support with Mr. David

Live Tech Support with Mr. David Starting on Thursday, May 14th and every Thursday until June 11th, from 3p until 4p, Mr. David will be hosting a live Zoom meeting for any Crestwood family that has tech questions. Mr. David will be happy to answer any and all questions regarding technology.  To register for any of the

Clubs, Hot Lunch, Trips. etc.

Dear Crestwood Families, I forgot to mention in my last communication to you that Grace is in the process of figuring out how much each family is to be reimbursed for clubs, hot lunch, field trips and the Grade 6 camp trip.  Please be patient as this process takes time. Once I get the information

JK-SK Obstacle Course

  Take the challenge of our Kindergarten Obstacle Course! Crawl under tables. Climb over ottomans. Children need to jump/somersault/crawl/crab walk from one obstacle to another. Put down pillows or couch cushions and the kids need to jump from one to the next. Alternatively, the kids  need to jump over the pillows or cushions! Perform various

Spring Virtual Festival of the Arts

Dear Crestwood Community: 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

Meet the Teacher: Alix Doherty

Meet the Teacher:  Alix Doherty Subject:  French Grades:   7 & 12 Mme. Doherty grew up in France. Her husband is Irish and they have 2 sons.  Her older son, Cillian, is a kindergarten teacher and an album cover designer.  Her younger son, Cathal, is doing his masters in biology and his research is in the

Space Based STEM

Over the last week or so, students of 6C showed creativity and innovation when they tackled Space-themed STEM challenges using materials found in their homes. Some students used marshmallows to recreate constellations while others used oreos to model the phases of the moon. It was a tasty way to learn about our night sky! Others

Zooming in SKB

  Kindergarten learned about the life cycle of a robin!  We also enjoyed individual zoom meetings this week.  We asked SKB, “What is your favourite part of the ZOOM ROOM?”  We LOVE the answers! Raina loves dancing and drawing in the ZOOM ROOM! Simon loves getting everybody together in the ZOOM ROOM! Martin loves Show & Tell in

Youth & Philanthropy Initiative

Since returning from March Break, the Grade 10 Careers’ students have been working hard on their YPI (Youth & Philanthropy Initiative, https://www.goypi.org/) projects. This is an opportunity for students to learn about the numerous community charities in the GTA. Students pick one of these community based charities, complete research on it, and then make a presentation

Congratulations to Jadaia Reid (’20)

Jadaia Reid is the fourth member of the 2020 graduating class to receive an athletic scholarship to an NCAA institution for this coming fall.  Jadaia will be heading off to the University of Delaware to play for the Fightin’ Blue Hens!  The 2020 class is very special because this is the first full graduating class since

Let’s Thank Our Frontline Workers

Let’s Thank Our Frontline Workers, Volunteers Wanted Toronto Frontline workers are putting in endless hours to help deal with the Covid-19 pandemic and we want to say thank you.  Crestwood will be delivering lunch to hospital staff at Sunnybrook Hospital and Baycrest Hospital.  We are looking for students who would like to volunteer some time