Racism

Skin Colour Is Never A Crime, But Racism Is These days, we keep seeing disappointing news reports about violent events that happened in North America because of racism against Asians. Crestwood Preparatory College disagrees with any racial hatred and commits to ethnic equality at all levels. Here we want to appeal to every Crestwood student

Anti-Asian Racism

The Crestwood community grieves the senseless loss of eight lives in Atlanta, Georgia, six of whom were women of Asian descent. Our heart goes out to all the victims and their families. This heinous crime represents only one instance amidst a surge of Anti-Asian violence since the beginning of the pandemic, which disproportionately affects women.

Cheers to Friends!

  Top of the mornin’ to Crestwood School from SKB! The wee laddies and lassies had a fun filled St Patrick’s Day!  We enjoyed lucky charms, a leprechaun hunt, and a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow!  Everything was green in our classroom. Green shamrocks, green glitter, green food colouring, green grapes,

PrinciPALs

  Dear Parents, The second week of March has certainly been a wonderful one! The weather was on our side bringing us warm, spring-like temperatures which certainly lifted our spirits. We have some wonderful news to report …..  All the students and staff that have been tested thus far are NEGATIVE! That means that all

Summer School

Crestwood Preparatory College is pleased to offer a number of Ontario high school credit courses. Courses are designed to provide students with an exceptional academic experience in the early summer. This schedule allows course completion by mid-July allowing students time during their summer months to work, attend camp, or a vacation with family. CPC’s School’s

“Take A Break” Care Packages

As we move into a long weekend we want to remind all students to take a break to care for their mental health and wellbeing! Over the past week members of Crestwood Cares and the Jr. Prefects have been distributing “You Deserve a Break” bags to students every morning. The bag included snacks and activities

American Math Contest

Please wish Sophia Gu and Shaan Lin good luck today as they write the American Invitational Mathematics Exam!  They qualified for this exam by placing in the top 5% of participants on the American Math Contest last month.

International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women.  Today gives us an opportunity to reflect on the progress made towards achieving gender equality and celebrate the acts of courage and determination by individuals who have played an extraordinary role in advancing gender equality in their communities. 

Leprechaun Trap

3A was faced with a STEM challenge this week.  Our goal was to build a trap that would catch a sneaky little leprechaun in our classroom.  We imagined what our traps would do, planned out what they would like, created our designs and then thought about improvements that we could make to our traps.  Teeny

CPC Volunteer Hours

Are you in need of community service hours and looking for a way to brighten the day of someone? Sending Sunshine is a not-for-profit that is trying to reduce the negative effects of social isolation among seniors by providing them with handwritten cards.  With the pandemic, the opportunities for volunteering are limited.  With Sending Sunshine

Gr.6 Spacescapes

  The grade 6 science classes spent the week making models of our solar system. Students designed scale representations that dealt with multiple celestial relationships, including: the locations of terrestrial planets, gas giants, and dwarf planets; the relative positions of the sun, earth, and moon during both solar and lunar eclipses; and the appearance of

CPC InCITE Writing Competition Finalist!

Dear students: Thank you all so much for participating in this year’s InCITE Writing Competition! Thank you for creating such fascinating, wonderful stories and poems, and for sharing your work with us. It is our great pleasure to announce this year’s finalists: Gr. 7-8 stream: RJ McDerment for his short story, “Runner” Runner – by RJ McDerment

Royal Canada Legion Remembrance Contest

Every November, Crestwood history students are encouraged to participate in the Royal Canadian Legion’s annual Remembrance Day contest. The contest, with categories for visual art, poetry and prose writing, asks students across the country to reflect on the overall theme of remembrance, and apply their creative talents to that theme. We were very happy to

CPC Oral History Project (Mar. 5)

Over the past two weekends the Crestwood Oral History Project has continued its Sunday sessions, introducing students to members of the wartime generation.  On Sunday, February 21 and again Sunday, February 28, we did zoom sessions with Holocaust survivors in Israel, and each time Mr. Masters and Mr. Hawkins welcomed approximately 20 students to listen