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Food Drive
Next week Crestwood Preparatory College will be running its annual We Scare Hunger Food Drive. Every year for two weeks Crestwood students are asked to bring in non perishable foods which are then donated to the North York Harvest Food Bank. Crestwood has been fantastic in helping the people in our community who are less fortunate. This
School Clubs Info
After school clubs begin on Monday, October 19th. Clubs begin at 3:45 pm and run until 4:45 pm. Please Note, students can be picked up at 4:45 pm from the Club classroom. After that time they will be taken to aftercare. The following clubs are taking place on the days listed below. Monday Homework Club Art
Girls Hoops Fall Short
The U12 girls basketball team played their hearts out Thursday against Montcrest School. Although they battled hard throughout the game they didn’t come out with a win.The offense was led by Noa, Molly and Maya while the defence held strong with a great effort by Leila, Amy and Jordan. The final score was 21-18 for
News from Ms. Hektor
Grade 6 students and parents who would like to find out more about Grade 7 Roots at Crestwood Lower School, please join us at Lower Crestwood on Thursday, October 22 at 7:00 pm in the gym. There you will have an opportunity to learn about our Grade 7 Intermediate Roots programme, and the opportunities available to our Grade 7
Crestwood Hosts SSAF X-Country Finals
Let’s go Crestwood! What an amazing race day at Sunnybrook Park today for our SSAF Finals. Students in our Under 8 boys, Under 10 boys, and Under 12 girls brought home medals and ribbons. This is quite an accomplishment considering that there were over 1000 athletes competing. Students, teachers and parents cheered on our team
Rocha Breakaway Blast Earns Tie
Mateo Rocha fired a breakaway goal past the Toronto French School keeper to complete a comeback by the Crestwood Cougars U13 soccer squad and earn them a 2-2 tie. The TFS squad took an early lead as Crestwood battled to gain comfort on the artificial field and windy conditions. TFS grabbed a two goal lead on
U10 Soccer defeats TYS
Wow, can you say SUCCESS? Crestwood faced The York School and beat them 7-1! This was a great comeback after last week’s game. A hat trick by Beckett, with an assist by Kanmi, a brace by Adam, breakaway goal by William, and Josh flew right past the goalie and scored again! Noah showed some excellent
Senior Scorcher Stuns Sterling
With a full compliment of players the U13 Soccer team arrived at the field eager to atone for their loss the previous week. Crestwood started well and within 20 minutes scored a fantastic goal. A short corner involving Adam P and Aidan T resulted in a cross that was met with a firm header from
Mark your calendar!
Mark your calendars for Crestwood’s School Scholastic Book Fair! October 27-October 29 The Scholastic Book Fair is coming to our school! What better way to promote reading to our students than by supporting this important literary event. We invite your entire family to participate by purchasing the latest and greatest in children’s books. Your support
Sports Update
The Lions have had another great week in sports! Crestwood staff and coaches have been so proud of all of their athletes. Students have done a great job balancing school work and practices, travelling to complete at other schools, welcoming other teams to Crestwood, and maintaining a high level of sportsmanship. For a more detailed
Parents’ Association
Today we hosted the first PA Pizza Day, thank you to all the wonderful parent volunteers. It was a huge success. Next week we have two events coming up, please join us: Thursday October 15thfor the PA meeting at 8:45 in the school staff room. At 10:00 m Adam Anklewicz will be hosting Edsby 101 session for all parents who
Fabbrica
The first parent social is Thursday October 29th at Fabbrica! This is sure to be a fun and exciting event, so don’t miss out! Please purchase your tickets ASAP. If you have any questions or have an item you’d like to donate as a raffle prize, please contact Wendy Lerner at wslerner@rogers.com. Forms and payment can be dropped off
Guidance News
Happy Thanksgiving! We return from the holiday to a packed schedule of university visits. This week during senior lunch the following admissions representatives from the following schools will be at Crestwood: Tuesday October 13th- University of Toronto Wednesday October 14th- Wilfred Laurier University Thursday October 15th- University of Guelph Friday October 16th- Trent University
From We Day to Ecuador
Last year, Crestwood took a group of 16 enthusiastic students to Nicaragua, to help less fortunate children. They travelled during March Break to a remote area in the mountains, where both teachers and students got involved right away. Pouring concrete, helping to lay foundation, and hard work, ensured a great end result. Crestwood will travel during
Birthdays at School
Roary the Lion would like to help celebrate your son or daughters’ birthday and start their day of with a bang. For $5.00 Roary will come to your son or daughters’ homeroom the morning of their birthday and deliver them a birthday card and chocolate bar, and lead the class in singing Happy Birthday. Come by the
September Athletes of the Month
Male – Matthew Yanovski Matthew Yanovski is someone who raises the compete level on the team through his extremely high work ethic. He conveys an admirable knowledge of the game, and works extremely well with his teammates, he is our play maker. Matthew is a very dedicated member of the squad who’s never quit attitude
From Ms. Hektor’s Desk
Gr.7 Trip The Grade 7 Trip to Ottawa has been confirmed. Grade 7 parents, please note that the dates for the trip are: Monday June 6 until Wednesday June 8th, 2016. Gr.5 and 6 to College Letters regarding the Grade 5 and 6 trip to Crestwood College on October 21st were sent home today. Please note that
U9 Soccer Strong
U9 Soccer team travelled to Bayview Glen yesterday. The team exuded athleticism and energy. Crestwood played against three different BVG teams and stayed consistently strong throughout. We tied the first game and Daniel M. was dynamic in net. Tyler S. displayed his incredible skills giving Crestwood some points on the scoreboard. The boys and girls never gave up and
Golf Team Tees Off
The Crestwood Golf team hit the links with former Golden Nut Champion coaches Connors and Cooper at Bathurst Glen yesterday. Despite the chilly weather and a misting rain, the team enjoyed themselves and blasted some great shots. Golfers Cameron V., Richie Z. and Colin W. had sweet swings while Bradley Parker finished with a solid 83 and
U13 Soccer Week in Review
The U13 Co-Ed soccer team got their season started with a tie against Holy Trinity 3-3 on Tuesday at the Glendon Field. The contest was a back and forth affair with several lead changes. Evan Senior got the Cougars started with a one time tally after a great team buildup. The Holy Trinity Tritons fought back
XCountry @ Sunnybrook
On your mark, get set, RUN!!!!! And that’s exactly what our Crestwood Cross Country Team did on Tuesday afternoon this week. We congregated at Sunnybrook to compete in a CISAA Meet hosted by Crestwood. Our students were energized and ready to go. In our Under-9 Girls category, we had 5 Grade 3 girls who placed
Girls Bball Ties Pickering College
The Crestwood Cougars U12 Girls basketball has started the season on a nice roll. They took on Pickering College at Glendon in their second contest and proceeded to shoot the lights out. Pickering was twice their size, so the Cougars decided they would need to take it to the next level while using their speed
Used Uniform Sale Next Week
Don’t miss your chance to save at least 50% off quality uniform items at the Used Uniform Sale on Wednesday, October 14th. 8-10AM and 2:30-4:30PM in the gym. We are once again accepting your donations of “gently used” uniform clothing for use in the sale. Please drop any donations at the main office no later than Tuesday Oct
Gr.1 to Chudleigh’s
Last Friday the Grade Ones braved a cold and windy day and set off to Chudleigh’s. Did the weather stop us from having a fabulous time – never! With our wonderful parent volunteers, we jumped on a haystack, tasted apple cider, saw many farm animals, enjoyed our tractor ride through the orchard, picked the juiciest
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Tour For Humanity
The Tour for Humanity rolled onto the Crestwood School campus on Thursday and spent two full days delivering a relevant and inspiring educational experience for Junior students. The T4H cost $1.2 million to conceive, design and build. It is a 30-seat, wheel-chair accessible, state-of-the-art, technologically advanced mobile education centre that presents information on the
Kenyan Boys Choir
On Monday, September 28th, Crestwood happily welcomed The Kenyan Boys Choir. The boys came in singing and dancing and clapping. Right away, Crestwood felt the fever of their infectious sounds. Crestwood students, teachers and parents were on their feet taking part in the amazing event. The boys performed a very heartfelt tribute to Bob Marley’s
We Day
On Thursday, October 1st, thirty five students had the opportunity to attend We Day Toronto. The day started with inspiring words from Free the Children’s founders, Mark and Craig Keilburger. The day had only begun when we were graced by the amazing sounds of Hedley. The students at Crestwood had the opportunity to hear inspiring
