Novice Girl, Lisa Yin (’25) represented Crestwood at OFSAA on Saturday in sub zero conditions. She had a great race against the best in the province. Congratulations Lisa!
CPC Athletic Update (Nov. 11)
This week Crestwood has been running our tryouts for winter sports teams. Things are well underway and the winter season looks promising. Tryouts will continue this upcoming week, students can check dates on the bulletin board outside the PE office. This week also wrapped up our 3-on-3 basketball intramural tournament for our U14s. After 5
Anti-Bullying Week: Nov. 15 to Nov. 19
Next week is Anti-Bullying Week at Crestwood and we will have all sorts of activities taking place to raise awareness about bullying and the impact bullying can have in a school and on kids. This year’s theme is ONE KIND WORD. We will kick off Anti-Bullying week with ‘Odd Sock Day’ which will take place
Remembrance Day (Nov. 11)
Today is November 11 – Remembrance Day. Today we remember all the veterans who have sacrificed for Canada. We also remember Bob Middleton, who passed away last month. Originally from Toronto’s east end, Bob was a proud Canadian who served in the RCAF during the Second World War. Bob grew up in the Beaches neighbourhood
CPC Alumni Update: Owen Rival (’17)
The grade 12 Visual Art class welcomed guest artist and CPC alumni Owen Rival (class of ’17). The class enjoyed a painting demo and spoke one-on-one with Owen, receiving valuable feedback and suggestions about their artwork. We are excited that Owen will be working with the class until the end of the Socially Concious unit.
Remembrance Day
Remembrance Day, we thought we would share some very special news with all of you. When you are outside the school, take a look at the Canadian flag flying in front of the school. The flag that flies over Crestwood today is one with a very important story. Thanks to an amazing gift from 102-year
Guidance News (Nov. 11)
Research & OUAC Applications This is a friendly reminder to all grade 12s to keep working on your post-secondary research and refining your list of schools/programs that you would like to apply to. Below are the upcoming OUAC application seminar dates that will take place in your English classes: November 15 – ENG4U-04 (Mr. Jull)
Breaking Book Fair Sales Records!
Wow! Crestwood students love their books! Our Scholastic Book Fair was a huge success! Our fair sold over $18,000 worth of books between the in person and virtual fairs! Your investment in your reader helped our school to earn valuable Rewards that can be redeemed for new books for our school. Thank you to all families, teachers, and students who participated,
Book Fair Open Until Midnight
The virtual Scholastic book fair is open until midnight tonight! A great opportunity to get some items that may have been overlooked at the fair! Thank you for all of your support and enjoy the new books! https://virtualbookfairs.scholastic.ca/pages/5161129
Way to go, Crestwood!
Thank you so much to the Crestwood Community for generously donating goods and monetary donations to support Share Your Smiles and the Anduhyaun shelter. This week, the community service team packed care packages filled with essential care items and Olivia and Maya will be delivering the packages. The shelter will be passing them out to Indigenous women and
CPC Nurse Update (Nov. 5)
Please visit our COVID updates below in the Echo. Each week we have articles that help keep you informed so that you and your family can stay safe. Keep up the good work!
Grade 11 Environmental Science Class
Our Grade 11 Environmental Science class has been working on an out of this world project. We are part of the award-winning Tomatosphere ™ program that will investigate the effects of space on growing food. Students have designed their own ultimate growing medium and have planted two groups of tomato seeds: untreated ‘control’ tomato seeds, and
Junior Boys Volleyball
Crestwood’s Jr. Boys Volleyball team are the undefeated DII Volleyball champions! On Wednesday, November 3rd, CPC Jr. Boys Volleyball closed off their season with a win against Lakefield College. CPC dominated the game and won it in a best 3 out of 5 sets. This all-star team went undefeated throughout their Division II season, and
CPC Alumni Update: Ty Ellis (’17)
After graduating from Crestwood in 2017 I attended Queen’s University and studied Philosophy. I am currently a Co-creative director of a design and fine garment studio named Fragil. Currently we are working on releasing our first full collection, and hope to continue to expand into the world of design when we relocate from Kingston to
CPC Athletic Update (Nov. 5)
Our Fall Season of Athletics has come to an end and what a season it was!!! Many of our teams finished at the top of their leagues. This past week all of our teams competed in a final seeded game. Here are the results; U14 Girls DI Basketball – win vs HC 59-28; win vs
Senior Boys Volleyball
The Sr. Boys Volleyball team ended their season on Wednesday with a final game against LCS. They fought hard, taking it to the fifth set, but unfortunately could not take the win. Coaches Colwill, Letham and Podlovics would like to congratulate the team on a great season, finishing 2nd in their league!
Guidance News (Nov. 5)
Upcoming Post-Secondary Presentations Held during lunch in Room 227 @ 1:15pm Ryerson University– November 8th Research & OUAC Applications This is a friendly reminder to all grade 12s to keep working on your post-secondary research and refining your list of schools/programs that you would like to apply to. Below are the upcoming OUAC application seminar
Parent Pickup Progress
A couple of small changes to our Parent Pick-up procedures have made a BIG impact. Notes for your consideration: We are now using Ipads to communicate to the teachers when you arrive to collect your child. Zone 1 line-up area remains the same. Zone 2 cars are asked to pass through the back parking lot and
Art Room Rumblings
Last week, the week before Halloween and the entire month of October was super busy in the art room: Ideas, decisions, and creations. All students from Gr4-6 were busy working on decorations for the school, school yard and Haunted House!!! Individuals and groups were creating ghosts, funny and scary skeletons, zombies, black cats, bats,
COVID Vaccinations For Our Children
Dear Parents, With vaccines for children ages 5-11 on the horizon, I thought it would be a good idea for you to hear from two infectious disease specialists. We are fortunate to have two such doctors whose children attend Crestwood School. Dr. Sergio Borgia and Dr. Isaac Bogoch have kindly agreed to hear about any
Parent/Teacher Meeting Bookings
All parent teacher meeting bookings will take place through Edsby. The ability to book your appointments will begin on Tuesday (Nov.9th) morning at 9AM and will remain open until Tuesday, November 16th at 3pm. Parents will receive an automated message in Edsby linking you to the live bookings. Please note that all meetings will
CPC Winter Athletic Tryouts
Our tryouts for the CISAA winter season will begin the week of Nov. 8-9th, with the exception of Hockey tryouts which begin next week. The following teams will be running this winter: U14 Girls DIII Volleyball Junior Girls DIII Volleyball Senior Girls DIB Volleyball U14 Boys DI Basketball U14 Boys DIII Basketball Junior Boys DI
Mr. Rachlis’ Grade 7 Science Class
Recently, the Grade 7 Science students participated in an investigation to predict and then measure the number of water drops that would fit on various Canadian coins. The students used the opportunity to develop their science-process skills including safe conduct and proper use of equipment, while practising making accurate quantitative and qualitative observations.
Guidance Update (Oct. 29)
Upcoming Post-Secondary Presentations Held during lunch in Room 227 @ 1:15pm Trent University – November 3rd Ryerson University– November 8th SHAD Shad Canada is an annual Canadian summer enrichment program for high-achieving grade 10 & 11 students in July SHAD focuses on STEAM: Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts and Mathematics The program is open to
Matter Mania!
This week students in the Grade 5 worked with professional scientists in order to discover more about solids, liquids and gases. The students were visited by a virtual presenter from the organization “Scientists in the School” and used their knowledge of matter to perform chemical experiments in the hopes of identifying a mystery substance. It was
Celebrating October: Jacqueline Reisman (’26) and Chloe Lopez Fitzgerald (’27)
Here is a Poem about October, by Chloe Lopez Fitzgerald in Grade 7. This Painting is done by Jaqueline Reisman in Grade 8. The class was studying Claude Monet’s painting called ” L’etang aux nenuphars”.
COVID-19 Vaccination for Children
October 29, 2021 Dear Parent or Guardian: Re: COVID-19 Vaccination for Children Dr. Eileen de Villa Medical Officer of Health Tel: 416-338-7820 Fax: 416-392-0713 eileen.devilla@toronto.ca toronto.ca/health Toronto Public Health is preparing to vaccinate children between the ages of 5 to 11 once the vaccine is approved for this age group and the Ministry of Health
CPC Used Uniforms
If you are interested in purchasing or donating used Crestwood uniforms, please let us know by emailing us at useduniforms@crestwood.on.ca .
CPC Athletic Update (Oct. 29)
It has been a busy week in Athletics at Crestwood. Check out our game results below: Mon. Oct. 18 Senior Girls DI Basketball vs CDS 3:00 W – 61-31 Mon. Oct. 18 Junior Boys DII Volleyball vs BVG 4:30 W – 25-19; 25-7; 25-15 Mon. Oct. 18 Junior Boys DII Soccer vs CS 4:30 L-
CPC Alumni Update: Jasmin Katz (’15)
Since graduating Crestwood in 2015, I obtained my Bachelor of Science degree from Queen’s University, where I majored in Psychology and minored in Biology. I was quite dedicated to pursuing my ambition of becoming a clinical psychologist. In my fourth year of undergraduate studies, I applied to several Canadian clinical psychology programs. I was accepted