CRESTWOOD PREPARATORY COLLEGE in partnership with GRASSROOTS ELITE CANADA Crestwood Prep Basketball in the 6 Summer Camp June 27 – July 22, 2016 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Four One Week Sessions Register for one or all 4 weeks! Come learn from some of Toronto’s best coaches, led by Crestwood’s Ro Russell who worked with the
Crestwood Preparatory College named well-known Toronto basketball coach Ro Russell Head Coach of their Senior Boys Basketball program and Coordinator for Basketball. As Basketball Coordinator, Russell will be responsible for overseeing player and program development. Russell will begin coaching the Lions in the fall of 2016 and will look to field a strong, competitive team
On Thursday, May 19th, Crestwood’s Student Government will be organizing a school-wide event to help wrap up and celebrate another successful school year. The Crestwood World Series 2016 will begin with an engaging assembly and the welcoming of a special visitor to our community who has the power to enhance human consciousness and expand your awareness.
Last Friday, the Grade 7s had a fun filled field trip to Fort York in Toronto. Students toured buildings that were still standing from the War of 1812. The first building that we learned about was a magazine. We learned that there was a small room in the gunpowder magazine where the sergeant would send
The spring season is flying by, and our teams are doing great! Click for updates and the schedule! U14 Track and Field On Tuesday, the U14 Track and Field team represented CPC at a meet at Pickering College. Congratulations to Ryan Ross, Sarah Zhang, and Annie Wen who each competed in 11 events! They
Click for an update and pictures from the Ultimate Frisbee Team, as well as for the schedule for Spring Sports! Click here for the Sports Schedule! Ultimate Frisbee On Wednesday, the CPC Lions Ultimate Team travelled to Lamport Stadium to complete in a pre-season tournament. This was a great opportunity to test our skills and
Crestwood celebrated Kindness Week from April 3rd to 8th. Homerooms were encouraged to be creative, and think of ways they could show kindness to their school, friends, community, and world. Kindness Week began in 2013, when The Human Kindness Project partnered with the TDSB and Toronto City Council. Over 3,000 students participated in its first
Renee Fiszman is a child survivor of the Shoah from France. Her father joined the French military at the war’s outset, and this would prove to be a crucial decision for the rest of the family; he was taken as a POW early in the war, and would not rejoin the family until 1945. When
On Saturday, February 27, the U11 Basketball team played in a tournament at the Toronto French School. Our first game was against UCC, whose team was in second overall. The boys knew this was going to be a tough game. Crestwood came out showing strong offense and defence, battling for the lead throughout. With only
Today, Friday February 26, 2016, both Grade One classes had a visit from Scientist Fariba. She came to help us learn about Energy. We did many fun and awe-inspiring activities and experiments. We found out all about energy conservation, renewable sources, solar energy, and heat and light energy. We made bracelets using UV beads that change
What a show! Piano performances, power ballads, guitar solo’s and rubix cubes. The Crestwood School Talent Show had a little bit of everything. Thank you to all of the performers who spent countless hours preparing their acts for a show that was viewed by the entire school population. All acts went off without a hitch
The Grade 6 students had a great few days learning all about electricity during their Scientists in School visit. Students built a human battery, played with static electricity, created circuits to learn how houses and buildings are wired, tested conductors and insulators, explored electromagnets, and used their own energy to power a generator. It was
Dribble. Pass. Shoot! Crestwood U11 played well as a team last night versus Bayview Glen with a final score of 30-10. Half of our baskets were made by Tao Enkin! Great defense by Evan Goldman and strong power forward played by Steven Colas! Go Crestwood Go!
Scientists in Schools visited the grade 7 students on Thursday for an afternoon session about heat, energy, and particles. Students did experiments with candle-powered putt-putt boats, heat lamps, metal particles, and used lots of water, thermometers, and food colouring in the process. A hands-on and educational experience was had by all.
The 5B Class has started our science unit on Matter. In this experiment, we watched a liquid (water) change to a gas (steam). We also watched a solid (Jello powder) change to a liquid when it dissolved into the boiling water. The blue liquid then changed back into a solid in the fridge, and we ended
The Sr. Girls’ Volleyball team opened their season with two nail-biting matches against St. John’s Kilmamock. Unfortunately, despite amazing teamwork, the girls came up just short losing 25-23 and 25-22. However, the girls couldn’t mull over this loss for very long as they had another game right after against The York School. In similar fashion, the matches
On Monday, the U9 soccer team challenged Crescent School in a game that won’t soon be forgotten. Our power players spent the majority of the first half taking shots on goal. Jay had three breakaways and scored the first goal of the game. Our defense guarded the goal, blocking the majority of shots on net.
A hobby is definitely a task that people revel in and all love. grademiners.co.uk While for others, the curiosity is based on a variety of extreme-sports such as snowboarding down icy mountain slopes for a lot of, gathering postage stamps can be a pleasant hobby. Today whatever interest perhaps you are thinking about, it’s not
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
On October 1st and 2nd, Crestwood’s students from Grades 4-7 will be participating in The Tour for Humanity. This is a technologically advanced, state-of-the-art, mobile human rights education centre that educates students about human rights issues and intolerance in an age appropriate manner. Its goal is to initiate discussion and inspire and empower students to
The Senior boys rugby team competed in the CISAA championship at Rosseau Lake. It proved to be a very successful day for this team that could not be beat all season. The boys started off defeating SJK in game 1 by a score of 19-0. We then moved on to defeat Albert College 15-0 in
Well the school year is winding down. Last week we held our Volunteer Appreciation Tea with Mr P. Special thanks goes to our 2014-2015 parent volunteers, Ruba Abboud, Michele Aitken, Karen Anderson, Heather Balter, Deena Cas-Blum, Xing Hing Chen, Rita Collins, Erica Cooke, Lara Cravit, Daniela DiBattista, Marianne Eaves, Claire Edwards, Jacquie Etsey, Heidi Fallows, Megan
The Nicola’s Kids Triathlon is a fun event for kids 3-14 years old. It emphasizes completion not competition. You can race all three segments on your own or form a relay with friends. All for fun and a good cause. The Nicola’s Cup is awarded to the school/group with the most points. When you register,
Fela Schwemer is a Holocaust Survivor from Poland. Fela lost most of her family during the war, as she made her way through a series of camps, where she was used as a slave labourer. Fela is a powerful storyteller, and her memory for the little details – the bobby pin that she desperately wanted
On Wednesday April 1st, Ms. Reay’s grade 12 visual arts class visited the Ontario Art Gallery and attended the Jean-Michel Basquiat exhibit: “Now’s the Time”. Students brought art history lessons to life, as they participated in a docent guided tour of Basquiat’s body of work, during which themes of race, struggle and power shaped lively
The name Tichelman, profile that was high arrested girl killer that was call is easily being a household-name, and not a name that is being coated softly. The main reason? It just happened one night, on an enchanted November evening in Santa Cruz, Florida, over a boat day with 51-year old Google government Hayes.
On Wednesday the Grade One classes had their first visit from the Scientists in the Classroom. This first visit concentrated on the subject of Energy where they spent the day exploring the impact that energy has on our daily lives! It was an information filled day with many experiments: – they investigated thermal energy by
Edward “Ted” Hoare grew up against the backdrop of mid 1930s London. Ted received a scholarship to attend a uniform school, but he wasn’t able to attend due to a lack of financial resources. He eventually got a job and registered for the military at the age of fourteen, and he subsequently joined the Home
Every Thursday Grades JK-3 busily boards the Fun Bus en route to York Mills Arena. These boys and girls with the help of their teachers and many parent volunteers’ lace up their blades and hit the ice for their skating instruction as part of their Physical Education program. The Letskate® and Letspowerskate® programs were designed by Tammy
Al Wallace was born in Toronto in1920 on Brock Avenue (which was off Bloor Street). Al and his family lived on Gladstone Avenue. He went to Dovercourt Public School, which was on Hallam Street, and he graduated in 1938. After this, he went to Central Tech for one year. However, Al was unable to go
