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

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

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

U10 Soccer Squeaks by Sterling Hall

The U10 Soccer squad defeated Sterling Hall yesterday in a tightly contested game. It was a back and forth affair from the first whistle with Spencer MacInnis and Farnood Tajbakhsh backstopping the Cougars with many terrific saves. We took a 1-0 lead as Beckett Sennecke bulged the twine with a nice effort. Sterling Hall replied shortly after

Girls Bball Bounces St. Clement’s

The U12 Girls basketball team started the season on the right note yesterday as they defeated St. Clement’s by a score of 35-11. The offense was led by Maya Shapiro, who made it rain from inside and out. Molly Hektor was equally adept at both ends of the court. First year student Amy Cai controlled the boards and finished

U9 Soccer Victorious

The U9 soccer team played a stellar game yesterday against Sterling Hall. Mikhael popped the first goal of the season for Crestwood with a beautiful effort.  We shared the ball and used quick passes to carry the play. The players hustled and showed great competitive spirit from the start to the last whistle. Adam and Mikhail made several outstanding saves against

School Uniforms

Just a little note regarding Crestwood School uniform purchasing. You can purchase whatever you need by dropping by Crestwood Preparatory College any Monday from 2:30 to 4:30PM. Or you can order online at www.paragonblu.ca and pick up here at Crestwood School. ALSO Please add to your calendar the Used Uniform Sale at Crestwood School on Wednesday,

Fall Artisans

The Art students in grades 5, 6 and 7 will be celebrating this fall season by creating scarecrows to decorate the school. This project is eco-friendly and we need your help in supplying some of the materials. In order to build out creations we could use some of the following. The pictures below are just

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Cooper’s Choir Camp

The Junior Choir and the Art Committee are very excited this year as we are doing a combined retreat at Camp Tawingo from Oct 16-18, 2015. Further information will be sent home next week with details of this annual trip. It is a fun and educational weekend away, full of music and art and a great

An A”Moozing” Visit

On Monday, the Grade 3’s had an a”MOO”zing visit from The Dairy Farmers of Ontario.  Our instructor taught us what it’s like to live in a rural community and how farming has turned into a “high tech” business.  We had the opportunity to discuss how the milk gets to urban centers; we explored a dairy

The Tour for Humanity

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

Used Uniform Sale

The Crestwood School Parents’ Association is pleased to announce that they will be hosting a Used Uniform Sale held in the Crestwood School gym on Wednesday, October 14th from 8:00 am – 10:00 am and then from 3:00 pm until 4:30 pm. On display will be various uniform items in an assortment of sizes.  The Crestwood

Welcome Ms. Xanthi Phardis

Salut, my name is Mlle Phardis and I am teaching grade 4 and 5 French this year at Crestwood School. At the junior level I am focusing on increasing student’s ability to communicate in French by building on their ability to speak, write, listen, and read in a second (or even third) language. I motivate

Welcome Ms. Sara Suckstorff

My name is Sara Suckstorff, the new grade 6 and 7 math and science teacher.  I recently moved to Toronto from Charlotte, North Carolina.  I taught grade 6 math and science for seven years at an International Baccalaureate middle school in Charlotte.  Before that, I was born and raised in Michigan and attended the University

Sport Tryout Info

It has been a successful week of tryouts for all of our fall teams. We will continue next week. The following teams will take to the field and/or gym on Monday, September 21st. U13, 12 and 10 soccer teams as well as the U12 girls basketball team at 3:40pm for their second try out. The X-country team practice will

Edsby Rollout

A big welcome to all parents who took the time to accept their invite and setup their profile for the 2015/16 school year. Thank you to those parents who dropped by to speak to me in order to get their Edsby logins straightened away. The number of students and parents actively using the Edsby system is certainly encouraging. If you

Edsby Alert

Crestwood School’s student learning system, Edsby, is set to launch tomorrow. Edsby is a window to your child’s day-to-day activities at Crestwood School; providing up to date school news, daily homework, class, team and group calendars as well as much more. All parents who are new to our school or parents who were unable to activate their

Sports Tryouts Tomorrow

The 2015/16 Crestwood School Athletic season kicks off tomorrow with tryouts for the U10, U12 and U13 Soccer Teams taking place from 3:45-4:45PM at the Glendon field. The U12 Girls Basketball tryouts will jump off tomorrow as well. Tryouts will take place after school from 3:45-4:45PM. The Junior (Gr.4-7) X-Country Team will also get started

Crestwood Curriculum Nights

Crestwood School Curriculum Nights will run on Wednesday for JK-2 and on Thursday for Grades 3-7.  These annual events provide an opportunity to meet all of your child’s teachers, learn about the day-to-day routines as well as the specific academic expectations. It is a night not be missed by new and experienced Crestwood School parents

Roaming the ROM with Gr.5

On Friday, May 22nd the Grade 5 students at Crestwood School travelled to the Royal Ontario Museum. They examined artifacts, were told several legends and myths and were able to inspect mummies. To begin with, I will discuss some artifacts found in Room 6. There were many stations, so you couldn’t get around to all, but

Grade 3 Pioneering

As an extension to our unit on Pioneers this term, the Grade 3’s visited Black Creek Pioneer Village on May 28th appropriately dressed in pioneer clothing! We participated in two hands-on programs.  The first workshop was called Many Hands. We explored the lifestyles of the pioneers by using the tools, methods and recipes, which were commonplace on a

Library Book Lookout!

Please check your homes, cottages, cars etc for Crestwood library books and return them right away!  Many children have multiple books out, including birthday books, that need to be collected.  Please contact Lara Bafaro at lara.bafaro@ohp.crestwood.on.ca if you would like to know specific titles that your child has out.  If your child has lost a