Each year, the CITE (Conference of Independent Teachers of English) holds a writing contest, into which each CIS school can submit an entry. This year, the genre being highlighted was creative non-fiction. In the fall, all Grade 12 students wrote a feature magazine article, and the top assignment, written by Megan Werger (’18), was submitted […]
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This past month, Grade 10 students in the Careers course participated in the YPI competition. YPI otherwise known as Youth Philanthropy Initiative is an interactive highschool program that encourages students to actively create social change in their communities. Students were put into groups where they chose a local grassroot charity to research. With this, each […]
Rugby Thursday afternoon the U14 Rugby team traveled to Country Day for a 4 game tournament against Country Day, Greenwood and Holy Trinity. The U14 team played valiantly as they won their game against Holy Trinity 4 – 1, tied their match with Country Day 2 – 2 and fell short to Greenwood 5 – […]
On Saturday April 28th, nine Crestwood students participated in the Junior Science Olympics at Crescent School. The students competed in engineering challenges like the Marshmallow Tower, Egg Drop, Wall Run, Tin Foil Boats, Bridge Building, Marble Ramp, Laser Maze, and many others. These students worked hard, had fun, showed stellar team work, and demonstrated great sportsmanship. […]
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Examination Schedule Exams begin for all students on Friday, June 1, 2018. A general schedule is available on the website under the documents tab. All students will be receiving a personalized examination schedule in early May. All morning exams begin at 9:00 am and all afternoon exams begin at 1:00 pm. Exams in Grades 7 – 10 are one and a […]
Grade 3 had a great day with Jacqui Burke, artistic director of Jaybird Productions! Through games and fun exercises they were able to gain a deeper understanding of their characters and what it means to truly be a performer. Jacqui brought with her an arsenal of theatre arts activities and techniques to reinforce the essence […]
April 26th marked Crestwood Preparatory College’s annual Spring Concert and Art Show where our Arts community gets the opportunity to display their collective talents. The Visual Arts Department, guided by Ms. Mishka Sawka and Ms.Lisa Belanger, mounted a stunning display of student works which highlighted their burgeoning artistic skills. The gallery of art featured an […]
A Beautiful Bake Sale The Crestwood P.A. hosted a colourful spring bake sale for staff and students this week. Thank you to all the students, staff, parents and volunteers who helped make it a delicious success. A very special thank you goes to Justine Codron, who has been doing a fantastic job managing our […]
Crestwood alumni Zachary Brown (’14) was honoured this past weekend by Stanford University as one of 25 recipients of the J.E. Wallace Sterling Award for Academic Excellence. The award is presented to the top 25 graduating students in the Faculty of Humanities and Science at the prestigious west coast university. Zachary, who has been studying […]
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Please join us at this year’s CPC theatrical production of Treasure Island. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door on the night of the show (cash only). We look forward to seeing you there! […]
Our Grade 11 Biology students spent last week at the Huntsman Marine Science Center in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Located at the mouth of Fundy Bay, the research center has the unique opportunity to study incredibly diverse ecosystems that thrive among the highest and most powerful tides in the world. Here, our young biologists explored […]
Read, read, and more reading…all of our students have been busily reading books and raising funds for the MS Read-A-Thon. Since it’s inception in 1977, students across Canada have read millions of books and raised millions of dollars in support of the MS Society’s work to fund multiple sclerosis research and provide programs and services […]
Soccer A big congrats to the Varsity Girls’ Soccer team on their first very convincing win of the season. Wednesday the ladies traveled to Port Hope to face Trinity College. Despite the rain and cold the lady Lions started out quick with Julia Lee scoring our first two goals. Jahnai Brown followed with 2 of […]
It’s Spring and everything beginning to bloom. On Tuesday, the Grade 3’s went to the Toronto Botanical Gardens to check out the growth and changes that are happening with the plants in our community. We noticed that plants come in all shapes, sizes and colours as we hiked through the Wilket Creek ravine. We spent an […]
All of the Grade 3 student’s became pedologists this week as we investigated the importance and the make up of soil. A pedologist is a soil scientist and boy, did we get our hands dirty with soil and wriggly creatures. We learned that good, rich soil is made up of organic matter and plenty of […]
The Crestwood Ball Hockey League will launch on Tuesday, April 24th at lunch recess. We held a short meeting today to see how many players were interested and ended up with close to twenty boys and girls. Each player is asked to bring in their helmet, stick and gloves in order to protect themselves during […]
The message was loud and clear in this morning’s all school assembly. Each and every one of us can and needs to do more in order to protect and sustain the planet on which we live each day. The grade 5 classes did an excellent job in conveying to their audience that the current issues […]
Congratulations to both Selene Wen and Judy Zeng on being selected as Crestwood School’s Artist of Month. Hello, my name is Judy Zeng. I am 10 years old and I am in 6C. My homeroom teacher is Mrs. Krashinsky. My favourite classes are Language, P.E., Math, Science and Art. I play the piano and clarinet. […]
The Senior Boys’ basketball program had a number of NCAA DI scouts attend the team’s workouts over the last couple of weeks. Several team members received scholarship interests and offers from these visits. Crestwood is presently able to assist student athletes with growing exposure opportunities. Loyola University at Chicago, University of Texas at El Paso, […]
Crestwood will be hosting our annual Athletic Banquet on Thursday May 24th, 2018. The banquet will be a night of celebrating the accomplishments of all our student athletes, as well as lots of eating and dancing. The banquet will take place on the Empress of Canada boat, which will depart from the Toronto harbour at 5:45pm and sail […]
Yesterday afternoon, Scott Master’s was presented with the Dahlgren Award. This award is given by the Sampe Foundation which promotes education and innovation on a global basis. This award recognizes outstanding teachers such as Scott Masters, for inspiring students. Congratulations Mr. Masters! […]
It was an excellent day for Crestwood’s Track and Field team yesterday. The team participated in 50m sprint, 200m dash, hurdles, javelin, high jump, long jump, and more. Congratulations to all the runners at yesterday’s meet, as they truly did their best. The U10 relay team came 2nd place. Congratulations to Grade 4 students, Aidan […]
This past Tuesday, Judy (Stephanie) CPC’s Security Officer, received the 2018 Annual Volunteer Service Award from Premiere Kathleen Wynne. Judy, as well as other volunteers and members of a grass-roots network, Friends of Flemingdon Park, created a forum to bring residents and agencies together to promote collaboration and support initiatives that promote social justice and equity. […]
Crestwood School’s Musical Theatre students have been working extremely hard to put on the BEST GREASE YET! This production is for all Crestwood students, families, and friends so please pass on the word to any and all theatre enthusiasts. We hope you can join us for this “Must See Show” on Thursday, May 17th @ Ryerson […]
This past March, 21 students spent their break at the Chimborazo region in Ecuador. The students were excellent ambassadors of Crestwood, they learned how to shear a sheep for wool, assisted in the construction of the foundation of a new classroom for a local school, and practiced their crafting skill with the local ladies. Through […]
The University of Waterloo Grades 9 – 11 Contest Results The 2018 University of Waterloo Math Contest results for Grade 9 (Pascal), 10 (Cayley), & 11 (Fermat) are finally in. They were written by more than 65,000 students from over 1600 schools all across Canada. The following students all received a Certificate of Distinction for […]
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New York, a city so big, I get lost just trying to figure out where to start! How about 10 hours in? After a lengthy bus ride, Ms. Sawka’s Grade 12 Art class and Mr. Fong’s Grade 11 and 12 Music class, arrived in the Big Apple, New York City. A city that oozed with […]
1) University of Cambridge Event – Wednesday May 9 6:30pm – 8:30pm Undergraduate Information Event, University of Toronto Schools Information Session for students and parents Representatives will give an insight into student life at Cambridge, including information on Colleges, courses and extra-curricular activities as well as outlining the admissions process and what makes a competitive application. Interested […]
Dear families, Next week is Earth Week! The Eco-Team has some great activities planned for Crestwood students throughout the week. Every day, students are encouraged to wear outfits inspired by our beautiful planet. The Eco-Team will also facilitate themed games and activities at recess inspired by important ecological issues. The games will be optional and students who choose to […]
Today, Crestwood students will be receiving their MS Readathon package. Earlier this week we conducted an assembly introducing our students to this important endeavor. Each package explains the process for raising funds. All money will be collected up until Monday, April 30th. We will be conducting a school “Read In” on Tuesday, April 24th where […]