Category: Crestwood News

3A and SKA had a lot of laughs experimenting with body percussion or “patching” using stomps, pats, claps and stamps. In these videos they are following a “roadmap” on the smart board. They did a great job for their first time! –Amanda Birchard  

  When we think about our school we quickly point to the students and teaching staff but we have many other people who work behind the scenes to support our community. We will attempt to shine a light on these important individuals in the next couple of weeks. We start with our Crestwood School food

Report Cards have been completed and have been mailed out.  Information regarding the Parent-Teacher Conferences and instructions on how to book a time-slot is included with the reports. All interview bookings will take place through Edsby (https://crestwood.edsby.com/).  The ability to book appointments will be open on Tuesday, November 17th, 2020 at 9 am and will

  Hello! My name is Zoe Metz. I am the new Grade 6 teacher at Crestwood School. I live in the west end of Toronto with my two young children and husband. In my spare time, I enjoy being outdoors, trying out new recipes, reading, and having fun with my family. I have taught in private

  Hello Crestwood Parents! The Crestwood School Parents’ Association will be hosting our first CSPA General Meeting! The meeting will be on November 10th at 10am via Zoom. We hope this later time will enable everyone to make it to a computer after the morning rush and settle in with a coffee. Hopefully this will

Over the course of last week, staff and students at Crestwood brought in donations of canned goods, rice and cooking oil in support of the North York Harvest Food Bank.  This drive was the culmination of the school’s focus on Empathy as our Character Education trait of the month.  The food was delivered to the

Meet the Teacher:  Briana Doble Subject:  English Grades:   7 & 8 Ms. Doble grew up in Scarborough and lives in Toronto with herpartner and her cat. Her parents are happily retired and spend as much time as possible at their cottage. Her younger sister is also a teacher and is currently teaching in London, England.

Meet the Teacher:  Nicole Sapir Subject:  History Grades:   7 & 8 Ms. Sapir grew up in Thornhill and went to school in Kingston and Toronto. She is the youngest of three children and has an older sister and brother.  Nicole’s family is Jewish. Her father is from Georgia and her mother is from Ukraine.  Both

  Grades 4A and 4B would like to send a big “shout-out” to the House Heads and Mr. Cooper for organizing yet another amazing House Challenge. We quickly discovered that “The Bucket Toss Game” was much harder than it looks. Ping-Pong balls bounce a lot and so they were actually really hard to get in the bucket! In the

  In science this week, 4A has been learning about the importance of food chains and food webs within an ecosystem. As a culmination to these lessons, the class went outside and created a food web using the plants and animals in our local habitat.  The students discovered a range of producers, consumers and even

To the Crestwood Community, Hello, my name is Ana Bacopulos and I’m the School Nurse at Crestwood Preparatory College. I am very excited to be joining the Crestwood Community and I hope I can provide much needed support during these difficult times. If anyone has any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact

Since June 2020 we have been hoping that the restrictions on social gatherings would be eased to the point that we could all gather as a community, either indoors or outdoors, to celebrate the accomplishments of  Crestwood Preparatory College’s Class of 2020.  Unfortunately, rather than the restrictions easing they have again been tightened, and the number of people allowed

On Thursday, October 22nd, 2020 we celebrated the academic accomplishments of the students for the  2019-20 school year based on their overall average on the June 2020 Final Report Card. Awards were presented to all those who achieved Honour Roll (overall average of 80% -89%) and Honour Roll with Distinction (90% plus) along with the

Next week, from October 26-30, Crestwood will be having its annual food drive to benefit the North York Harvest Food Bank.  We have partnered with this organization for the past eight years to help support its mission to create food spaces and reduce food insecurity in our community. This year, the mission of the food

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Over the course of the 2020-21 school year, we have had students switching back and forth between fully online and in-person learning. In order to best support the health and safety of our school community, we ask that any student wishing to move fully online or remain online at this point in time, to re-declare their

RE:  PA Zoom Meeting – October 22nd   Please join us on Thursday, October 22 at 9:30 for the first Parents’ Association meeting of the 2020/2021 school year. Connect with parents of the Crestwood community and get updates on plans and possibilities for this unusual time. Join Zoom Meeting: https://zoom.us/j/4203676310 Meeting ID: 420 367 6310

October is Empathy Month here at Crestwood.  The word “empathy” means to understand the way that someone else is feeling.  Over the remainder of the month, students will be presented with empathy-related “thoughts of the day”, quotations and ways to get them away from just thinking about themselves and really engaging with other people in

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone and I wish you all the best this long weekend. This is just a friendly reminder to be mindful of social gatherings on the weekend. We are all seeing the daily increase in COVID-19 cases in Ontario and not following the guidelines could highly impact these numbers moving forward. Please remember