Category: Crestwood News

  For the past few weeks, students in Mme Gurney’s grade one and two French classes have been working diligently on two major year-end projects. The grade one students were asked to create their dream city filled with different places they found around them. Amazing projects came to life, both in 2-D and 3-D forms, as cities

This is an essay by Faith Joseph, grade 12 student.  Faith Joseph (class of 2020) reflects on the need for change, the fight against racism, and the importance of finding the bathroom in a new school. It was probably the second week of grade 6. I was starting at a new school, in a whole

Anjali Juneja earned an honourable mention in the Gr. 11-12 stream of this year’s CITE Spring Poetry Contest for her poem entitled, “The Mirror to my Soul.” _The Mirror to My Soul_

Students who rented a musical instrument for the school year are reminded to return their instrument on Monday, June 15th to Thursday, June 18th between the hours of 9:00 and 12:00 pm.  Please buzz the main office upon arrival and place your instrument on the table just inside the main doors.

The Festival of the Arts & Technology was an incredible display of the talents  Crestwood Art, Music, Drama, and Technology students showcasing CPC student’s talent and creativity. The event went live on Tuesday, June 9th but if you missed it you can check it out at http://vfa.crestwood.on.ca/

  4B dressed up as their favourite characters from their favourite books and presented fun, exciting and engaging Book Talks. We had a blast and have so many awesome book recommendations for summertime reading! -Miss Amar    

Meet the Teacher:  Tracy Santomero Subject:  Mathematics Grades:   10 and 11   Mrs. Santomero grew up in Picton, Ontario and has an amazing husband and daughter.  Her daughter, Sophia, is 12 years old and is in the sixth grade.  Sophia is a competitive dancer who loves school and her friends. Being a dance mom, Tracy doesn’t

If you are interested in more information about Crestwood’s Carpool and Shuttle Bus services for the 2020/2021 school year please contact our main office.  Any questions or inquiries may be directed to anny.rannie@ohp.crestwood.on.ca.  Below is information on both Carpool and Shuttle Bus Services.   CARPOOL INFORMATION:  We understand that some parents are interested in carpooling.

Dear Crestwood Students and Parents: On behalf of Alpha Textbooks Inc. and Crestwood Preparatory College, we would like to tell you about the textbook ordering procedure for the upcoming 2020-21 school year. 1) Your official booklist for 2020-21 will be available on our easy-to-use website www.alphatextbooks.com, or at our store. Due to the changes in

Unfortunately, the regularly scheduled Parent Book Exchange on Tuesday, June 16th, 2020, and the Textbook Buyback session with Alpha Textbooks on Wednesday, June 17th, 2020 have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.  In order to assist parents with the resale and purchase of textbooks, there are now two possibilities.  1. Alpha Textbooks – You may

Dear CPC Community: I’m not sure how close this comes to a strategy we are all acquainted with by this time- making lemonade from lemons- but there are events that must be recognized, and a graduation is one them.  Please, then, join us on June 17th for our Grade Eight virtual graduation. The Grade Twelve

Advanced Placement (AP): Score Reports June 30 is the deadline for grade 12 students to indicate or change their free score report recipient in ‘My AP’: https://apstudents.collegeboard.org/ Please make sure to indicate through ‘My AP’ the university or college you’d like to receive your free score report If you have any questions or concerns –

  This week the grade 5 and 6 classes had the privilege of attending a virtual author visit with Kathy Kacer.  Kathy Kacer is a Canadian award-winning author of over 20 historical fiction and nonfiction books for children and young adults.  Before the extended break we had been enjoying her books in library class and were really

  The Grade one students explored various structures they see and use in their daily life.  As a culminating activity, these amazing students designed, built and presented their own playgrounds that consisted of at least 4 structures.  Their creativity was outstanding using popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, straws, plastic cups, paper cups, egg cartons, tape, glue,

We had lots of fun in the ZOOM ROOM this week! We love doing math activities! Check out John’s calendar and weather graph!  We love to graph in Kindergarten! Hudson was busy with a 3D shapes assignment and single digit addition.  Way to go SK! – Julie Fox & Carly Hebscher  

  The Grade 3 French students have been learning about community workers and workers places. We talked about what their jobs are and why these workers are important. As a final project, students chose 8 workers and workplaces and created their community. They had to label the workplaces and include the workers as well. They

We had a bit of Friday Fun in the JK room today. We are all going to miss the annual Crestwood Fun Fair. It is the best day of the year…so the Fun came to JK ZOOM School 😉 – Melodie Young & Ros Sandler

Greetings Crestwood Community: I’m writing this opening message to you all regarding racism, discrimination, police brutality and Crestwood.  Being a black man and basketball coach I have to, like all other black people,  experience racism, discrimination, police brutality almost everyday our my life. Our race has had to deal with this elephant in the room,

As we have all watched the events of the past few weeks unfold, namely, the deaths in Black communities in the United States and Canada and the overwhelming sadness and outrage felt across society in response to these events, we are compelled to express our support to the Black community, namely our Black students, parents

  Congratulations to Lauren Stern and Annika Yang, our artists of the week. Beautiful work girls! Thank you for brightening up our spirits with your artistic talents! – Anya Romanenko  

  Crestwood Choir hoodies have arrived! We’ve rolled out this initiative with the Junior Choir in hopes to encourage a sense of community and artistic identity. The Choir team is looking forward to expanding the initiative next year and we are excited to show them off in person on our first Grub day! Many thanks

The Festival of the Arts evenings is an amazing way to celebrate Crestwood Art, Music, Drama, and Technology by showcasing CPC student’s abilities as we transform our hallways into a display of talent and creativity. Arts never sleeps, therefore we have decided to take on the initiative to take the Festival of the Arts from

Meet the Teacher:  Jennifer Williamson Subject:  Geography and History Grades:   7 and 8    Ms. Williamson grew up in Mississauga with her parents, one brother and two sisters.  She is married with one son, Landyn, who is 6 years old. In her spare time, Jennifer likes to watch movies and take additional qualification courses.  She

Zoom, Zoom Zoom! We are off to the ZOOM ROOM! Bring your paper, pencils and a smile! See you in awhile! If you are here, give a cheer! A thumbs up and a grin! Now we are ready to begin! 10 smart, amazing boys! 2 excited teachers! We are all here in the SKA ZOOM

Meet the Teacher:  Owen Smith Subject:  Geography, Civics, Careers Grades:   7 – 10    Mr. Smith grew up in Toronto. Both of his parents were teachers.  His mother taught English at Riverdale, Monarch Park, Forest Hill and Harbord.  She started her career in 1975 and retired in 2006.  His dad taught Phys Ed at North

FIRST Robotics Canada Build It Challenge Series Winners Just because we are social distancing, it didn’t stop our Engineers from continuing to build and compete! FIRST Robotics Canada launched a BUILD IT Series challenge nationwide and students can complete building challenges either by building with any real world items/material, LEGO pieces, or Minecraft. CPC’s very own