Category: Crestwood News

CPC’s Romad Dean is expected to continue his star climb for the Crestwood Hoops basketball programme this upcoming season as he makes strides towards diversifying his skillset… continue reading

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

  Please take a few moments to review the updated daily student screening requirements as recommended by Toronto Public Health. Thank you for your cooperation.

Meet the Teacher:  Chuck Podlovics Subject:  Science and Biology Grades:   10, 11, 12 Mr. Podlovics was born in Hungary and lived there until the age of 9.  His family moved to Canada in 1984 (If you do the math correctly, then you will now be able to figure out how old he is).  He and

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

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

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

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

It’s only been two months since Phillipina has joined the Crestwood Prep women’s basketball program, but in that time she has been nothing short of spectacular.  In that short time she was able to garner scholarship offers from several of the NCAA’s top 25 programs.  The support of our coaching staff and the guidance of her

Meet the Teacher:  Lisa Belanger Subject:  Visual Arts, ESL & Classical Civilization Grades:   7 – 12 Ms. Belanger grew up in a very loving home in Scarborough. She has one older brother and continues to be very close to her family.  She went to Wexford School of the Arts, which is located not far from Crestwood.

This is a final call for the Yearbook Cover Contest! The Yearbook Committee is inviting all CPC Students to enter their artwork in our Yearbook Cover Contest. The top two winning submissions will be displayed on the front and back cover of the 2020-2021 Yearbook, and the remaining finalists will have their work appear throughout

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

Crestwood Gives – Holiday of Hope There is only one week left of our Holiday of Hope initiative.   So far the donations have been slow but we are hopeful that next week we will see a lot more gifts coming in.  There are so many people in need of our help, this year more than ever.  The

On Thursday November 19th, grade 12 students in Mr. Hawkins Challenge and Change in Society class, along with members of the Youth Against Racial and Religious Discrimination club were lucky to be visited (via Zoom) by Mr. Farley Flex. In addition to being a major name in Canadian entertainment, Mr. Flex is an anti-racism educator

This week it was great to see so many CPC students and staff getting involved in Anti-Bullying activities going on throughout the week.  We kicked off the week with Odd Sock Day. Odd Sock Day was started in England a few years ago to send the message that we are all unique in our own

Meet the Teacher:  Nicole Reinsma Subject:  English and Drama Grades:   7 – 10 Ms. Reinsma grew up in the countryside of Bowmanville, Ontario.  Her father works for a tech company, but Nicole took after her mother, who is also a grade 7/8 teacher. She is thankful that she is close to her two brothers; so

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.

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 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 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

Like Canadians from coast-to-coast, Crestwood observed Remembrance Day this past Wednesday.  It is a time when we come together as a community to remember the sacrifices that previous generations have made in building this country.  This year, we adapted and held our ceremony virtually, and it was shown as a film to teachers and students,

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

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

The reviews for our Crestwood spirit wear clothing have been fantastic.  So we have decided to open the school store for a one week flash sale on our most popular items.  The Crestwood track pants are now available in 4 different colours, and the Champion wear is available as well.  Please see the attached flyer