Guidance News (Dec. 4)

Post-Secondary Applications The Guidance department would like to remind all grade 12s to take the time this weekend to make any last minute changes to their post-secondary applications and submit by Monday December 7, 2020. This is a reminder that December 7 is Crestwood’s in-house deadline. Students may still choose submit their applications until the

PrinciPALs

  Dear Parents, Monday was probably the most beautiful day this week!  As we drove down the hill we could see all the trees covered in fresh snow and it was like driving in a winter wonderland. The students were so excited to go out for recess where they enjoyed building snowmen, snow forts, making

What’s the Matter?

The grade 5 classes enjoyed a virtual Scientist in the School this week. They explored states of matter and physical and chemical changes through experimentation. They especially loved creating a chemical change using red cabbage powder, vitamin C, baking soda, epsom salts and water! The students had a wonderful time and really showed off their

CPC’s Virtual Festival of Arts & Technology

The Festival of the Arts evenings is an amazing way to celebrate Crestwood Art, Music, Drama, and Technology by showcasing CPC student’s abilities.  Traditionally, we transform our hallways into displays of talent and creativity. However, the Arts never sleep. Therefore, we have decided to take the Festival of the Arts from the classrooms and halls of Crestwood to your home in our Virtual Festival of the Arts. If you

CPC Webinar: Building Community Resilience in a Time of Chaos

This is a reminder that next week the Guidance department is pleased to invite you to the upcoming webinar: “Building Community Resilience in a Time of Chaos“, presented by clinical Social Work/Therapist, Tim Sitt. Due to the global pandemic, students are experiencing significant struggles related to their mental health. The upcoming webinar will provide tools

Holiday of Hope

Thank you to so many of you that have made generous donations to our Holiday of Hope already.  As we shift to online learning for the next week we understand that dropping off donations is more difficult.  We have been in contact with the Children’s Aid Society and they have given us an extension until

Guidance News (Nov. 20th)

What’s Next? All grade 12s now have access to their post-secondary applications (Ontario, Canada, US and abroad). It is important that they take the time to populate, review and submit these applications over the next few weeks. The major dates and deadlines are listed below: Ontario Universities • December 7, 2020 (Crestwood Deadline) • January

“I feel like I’m going to barf…Love, My Anxiety”

  Dear Parents, Crestwood is very pleased to announce that Ms. Emma Fogel (MSW,RSW) is back to share her expertise with Crestwood families. Topic: “I feel like I’m going to barf…Love, My Anxiety” This presentation will focus on how to best manage feelings of stress, worry and anxiety. This webinar is intended to help normalize the

CPC’s Jay Lu (’20) on CBC Radio

Crestwood Preparatory College is very of our very own Grade 11 student, Jay Lu.  Jay was interviewed on CBC radio’s Metro Morning show on Wednesday.  Please listen to Jay and WW2 veteran Bert Shinwell chat with Ismaila Alfa here:  https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-39-metro-morning/clip/15808113-keep-remembering-a-wwii-vet-high-school-student-talk.

Guidance News (Nov. 12th)

UBC & McGill Application Seminar The Guidance department will be hosting an online seminar for those students who are interested in applying to UBC and McGill University on Monday November 16 at senior lunch Both Ms. Somerville and Ms. De Cata will walk students through the step-by-step application process via zoom On Monday November 16,

Meet the Teacher:  Anthony Mariano

Meet the Teacher:  Anthony Mariano Subject:  Music Grades:   7 – 12 Mr. Mariano was  born in Montreal and spent his formative years in Houston, before moving to Toronto for most of his elementary years and all of high school. He moved to Montreal to attend McGill and has returned to Toronto since. Anthony is a

Crestwood Gives

Crestwood Gives Next week we’ll be kicking off our Crestwood Gives initiative.  There are so many people in need of our help, this year more than ever.  The Crestwood community has always been amazingly supportive of these initiatives and we strongly believe that it is important to teach our students about the importance of helping

PrinciPALs

  Dear Parents, While it was a short week with students in school enjoying the glorious warm weather, we still managed to squeeze in some important events! Thank you to the admin team of the CSPA for hosting the first ZOOM CSPA meeting this past Tuesday. We were so pleased by the exceptional turnout, and

Peer Tutoring Now Available

We are pleased to announce that the Peer Tutoring service is now available for students requiring some assistance with their academic courses.  We have carefully selected several grade 9-12 students with proficient academics to provide this service.  Tutoring is available to students in all grades from 7-12.  Sessions will take place over Zoom to adhere

Anti-Bullying Week

Next week is Anti-bullying week at Crestwood.  We have several initiatives planned for the week to raise awareness for this important issue.  This weekend spend some time finding the following items for the following theme days:   Monday November 16th – Odd Sock Day – Wear your brightest and loudest mismatched socks to show that