An article written by Beatrice Park. This year some grade 7 girls did a secret Santa. At the beginning of December, all the girls decided to do a secret Santa. They put all the people’s names that were interested to join the fun activity into a hat and once someone had their paper, they had […]
CPC Spikes Past Pickering College
Volleyball This past Wednesday, the Senior Girls’ Volleyball team had their season opener at Pickering College. There was nervous energy throughout the game as the girls tried to apply what they have been practicing into a real game situation. Our talent level overcame some early season errors, as we won in pretty convincing fashion with […]
Art Room Wrap
This year the art committee’s enthusiasm and dedication has been keeping them busy without rest! The first backdrop of the year was a great success during the grade 1 production. Congratulations to the very talented art committee! Looking forward to seeing the beautiful programs that are being currently designed for the winter music concert! -Anya […]
Crestwood Gives
Over the past two weeks, Crestwood families have been generously donating toys, clothes, books, and other items to support 11 families from the Durham Children’s Aid Society. As in previous years, our Crestwood community stepped up to the task and we saw over 20 bags of goods sent off to make a special Christmas for 27 children. These items will […]
Guidance News
GLION SUMMER PROGRAM COMPETITION 2019 Students can win a one-week summer experience in Switzerland or the UK! Greetings from Glion Institute of Higher Education! What is your child going to do next summer? Would they maybe like to spend a week, or two, with like-minded young people from all over the world in Switzerland or […]
Small Team, Big Win
The U12 hockey picked up a victory yesterday with a convincing win against the Pickering College Pumas at York Mills Arena. Crestwood used swift skating, crisp passing and an overall team game to dominate the game from puck drop to the final whistle. Goalies Jayin Vohra and George Zhou were solid when called upon. All […]
CONCERT TICKETS!
Concert tickets will be sent home in your child’s bag this evening. The tickets are being processed, so please be aware that if they’re not in there tonight, they will be by Tuesday, December 11th, by the latest. Please contact michele.taub@crestwood.on.ca for any ticket inquiries. […]
Parents’ Association News
Beautiful Holiday Bake Sale The Parents’ Association hosted a very festive holiday bake sale this week. All the baking was beautifully decorated and our fantastic volunteers enjoyed some nice time together, while serving Crestwood students, parents and staff. Thank you to our customers and to all of the volunteers who make our bake sales […]
Holiday Concert Reminders
Please remind all students to bring their instruments and music to school on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. Our Holiday Concert is Wednesday night at 7PM. Please be sure to attend our performance in full dress uniform. —————————————— Concert tickets will be sent home in your child’s bag this evening. The tickets are being processed, so […]
The Beaver Computing Contest
Results are in! Grade 7/8 Beaver Computing Contest by the University of Waterloo Out of 6,715 students in the entire world who competed, our very own Jean-Luc Audet (Grade 8) and Tal Shram (Grade 8) placed in the top 25% and received a certificate of distinction. Particularly, Jean-Luc was one of less than 100 students […]
Fun with Chemistry
The Grade 5 students travelled to the Ontario Science Centre today to explore a variety of science concepts such as matter, forces and structures and the human body. Students had a chance to explore the various exhibits and participated in a workshop titled “Fun with Chemistry”. We also had the opportunity to see an incredible […]
CPC Student and “A Discussion with Andrew Scheer and Kevin O’Leary”
On Monday, November 26th 2018, Alex Korda traveled to Ryerson University to take part in “A Discussion with Andrew Scheer and Kevin O’Leary”. In order to take part in this event, Alex had to submit an application that was reviewed by Ryerson and was selected based on his accomplishments, achievements and strong political views on […]
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The Fourth Little Pig and the Big Bad Blow Dryer!
You all know the story of the Three Little Pigs, right? Well, Grade 3A used their engineering brains to plan and construct a house for the 4th Little Piggy. As we already know, any structure including a house needs a strong and stable base or foundation. But after the foundation, the frame is next most […]
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Out of this World!
It’s space week in Senior Kindergarten! Planets, planets they are great! Do you know that there are 8? Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. Lots of planets lots of stars. Jupiter, Saturn, the big 2, Uranus and Neptune too! Here is our joke of the week: How do you know when the moon is finished dinner? (It’s […]
Winter Festival of the Arts
Please join us at Crestwood’s Winter Festival of the Arts […]
Winter Season Has Begun!
Hockey The Senior Boys’ Hockey Team travelled to Greenwood College School on Wednesday to open the 2018-2019 season. In a game that was highly anticipated, both teams did not disappoint with their play. In a game that saw both teams have a number of scoring opportunities, Greenwood prevailed and was able to squeak out a […]
Puck Drops on U12 Hockey
The U12 Co-Ed Hockey team began their season yesterday by hosting the TFS Tigers at York Mills Arena. The game was tightly contested for the first period with both teams working very hard at both ends. TFS broke through with the first goal before Crestwood bounced back with a nice individual effort by defenceman Sharkey […]
Crestwood Cares About St. Felix – Deadline Extended
Dear Parents In celebration of the upcoming holiday season, Crestwood Cares, with the help of the Crestwood School Community, plans to share some of the warmth and excitement of this time of year with the current residents of St Felix House. In addition, we believe it is important for Crestwood children to help other children. […]
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Gr.6 Grad Tour Info Meeting
Dear Parents: This year our Grade 6 students will be given the opportunity to visit Niagara Falls on June 5th through to June 7th 2019. This 3 day excursion, which will be completely supervised by school staff members, will be a guided motor coach tour and will involve 2 nights of overnight accommodation. Keating by […]
Complimentary PRESTO Cards
Dear Parents/Guardians, The TTC has been working closely with our school to provide complimentary PRESTO cards to all students. The purpose of this initiative is to help students make the transition away from TTC passes and tickets, to the PRESTO fare card as smooth as possible. While children up to 12 years old will continue […]
Holiday of Hope: Gifts Due December 4th
Holiday of Hope is a community initiative we take part in to help the less fortunate in the community during the holiday season. This year we are working with Durham Children’s Aid and supporting 11 families in need. The Durham Children’s Aid Society is responsible for providing child protection services to children under the age […]
CPC Scholars and Academic Contests
November has been a very busy month for members of Crestwood’s Problem Solving Club. On November 8th, 10 students participated in the Canadian Open Mathematics Competition (the COMC). This math contest had students discover and explore mathematics and problem solving with some very challenging and unique problems Also, over the past two weeks, Crestwood’s Grade […]
Parents’ Association News
The Holiday Bake Sale is this Wednesday! Please drop by for a sweet treat. Contributions of nut-free baked or purchased cupcakes, cookies, donuts or squares are always appreciated. If you’d like to contribute, please contact Lisa at lisa.bloom@rogers.com. […]
A Winning Weekend for CPC Basketball
Basketball This past weekend our Lady Lions traveled to Ottawa to take our division rivals, Capital Courts Academy. CCA came out very energetic and aggressive, which put CPC in a hole. But with the spectacular frontcourt play of Aaliyah Edwards, Latasha Lattimore, and Kayla Drummond, we were able to forge a massive comeback which was enough […]
CPC Alumni Gets Drafted!
CPC alumni, Emmanuel Zambazis was drafted in Round 2 Pick: 11 for the YORK9FC in the newly created CPL. Congratulations Emmanuel! […]
Crestwood at the Creative Futures Expo
On Tuesday November 20th, 13 Senior Art students, along with Ms. Belanger, travelled to the Science Center to participate in the Creative Futures Expo sponsored by the Applied Arts Magazine. The Expo provided students with an opportunity to meet young creative professionals, and learn what opportunities exist for those interested in pursuing creative careers. Universities […]
Camouflaged @Kortright
On Monday, the Grade 4 students visited the Kortright Centre. The trip was arranged as the culmination of their unit on Habitats and was a great chance for them to put their knowledge on the subject to the test! The day started with a talk about the different animals that lived at the Kortright centre […]
Fashion Takes Action
The Grade 5 and 6 students participated in an eye opening workshop on Wednesday about the impact the fashion industry is having on our environment and the world abroad. The workshop was organized by the Eco Team, in an effort to help Crestwood students become more educated in how to be responsible consumers of fashion. […]
Gr.3’s Built for Success
On Monday, the Grade 3’s visited the Ontario Science Center. We participated in a Structures Workshop where we learned building basics. In different groups, we investigated the strength and stability of structures. We experimented with compression, tension and load and how these all affect the stability of a structure. We also designed and built bridges, […]
A Big Thank You!
On behalf of the CSPA, We would like to thank everyone for coming out and supporting our first annual Holiday Wine, Cheese & Shopping Sprees Event! It was a day of festivities, excitement and community involvement all benefiting our children. Thank you to all of our generous vendors who donated 20% of all their sales […]