On Thursday, September 12th, Crestwood welcomed guest speaker, Anastasia from the Youth Wellness Network to speak to students about mental health and well-being. The three big topics discussed were: Self-awareness: how being more aware of yourself leads to the ability to change the things in our life that we want to improve on Self-esteem/self-love: how
Category: Crestwood News
Autumn Food Drive
Dear Parents: Crestwood Cares, (Crestwood School’s Community Service Committee), would like to begin the 2019/2020 school year with a positive endeavor to help our local community. With your assistance, Crestwood will begin a food drive to assist those in need in the Don Mills area. We will be collecting non-perishable food items to contribute
Grade 9 Alive Documents
We are very excited about this opportunity for the students. Please fill out the following documents and return them to your homeroom teachers: 2019 ALIVE Parent Guardian Acknowledgement of Risk Waiver and Indemnity 2019 ALIVE Medical Form Below is a packing list to assist you with your preparation for the trip: 2019 ALIVE Spring_Fall Packing
Grade 7 Alive Documents
We are very excited about this opportunity for our students. Please take a moment and fill out the following documents and return them to your homeroom teachers: 2019 ALIVE Parent Guardian Acknowledgement of Risk Waiver and Indemnity 2019 ALIVE Medical Form Below is a packing list to assist you with your preparation for the trip:
Online Permission Forms
In an effort to reduce the amount of paper used and to streamline the approval process of our permission and approval forms, we have gone to an Online Approval system called Permission Click. By clicking on the icon below you will now be able to complete all the beginning of year forms in one place
“Crack the Teenage Code” – Parent Presentation
If you are the parent of a teenager, then you already know that what you really have is an adult human being who has no idea how to be an adult human being! The Parent Presentation on Thursday, September 5th, talked about a book that can help change all that. In Cracking the Teen Code,
Guidance News
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Grade 7 & 9 ALIVE Trip
ALIVE Outdoors Inc. is a Toronto based experiential education company founded in 2000. Over the past 19 years, ALIVE Outdoors has provided intentional outdoor experiential education programs for over 40,000 students from Ontario and international independent schools. Our customized programs provide a supportive environment where students are encouraged to step out of their comfort zone.
Curriculum Night: A Message from Mr. Pagano
Curriculum Night Starts Off a New School Year ! About three hundred parents celebrated the start of a new school year last night by attending our Curriculum Night. They enjoyed refreshments at both end of the event thanks to our Parents’ Association, and , more importantly , got to meet the teachers of their sons
New Date for Parent & Staff Social: October 3rd
Please note the date for the Social has changed to Thursday, October 3. The date listed on the school calendar is incorrect. Looking forward to a great night. Hope to see you there! Used Uniform Sale The back-to-school Used Uniform Sale was a great success! Thank you for all of your support. Funds raised by the Parents’
Crestwood Cafe: Week 2
Come join us for lunch to enjoy a delicious menu cooked up by CPC’s lovely cafeteria staff!!
New Family FAQ
What is the CSPA & a CSPA meeting? Crestwood School Parents Association is a group of volunteer parents that help run different school initiatives. Fundraisers, welcome back BBQ, pizza lunch etc. All parents are welcome to join and volunteer as much or as little as they have time for. CSPA meetings are held once a
Parent Presentation September 5th
CRACKING THE TEENAGE CODE – CREATING CONSCIOUS COMMUNICATION IN THE FAMILY Please join us on September 5th, 2019 for a parent workshop on communicating with your teen. This workshop will take place in the Learning Common’s from 5:30-6:30pm before curriculum night begins at 7:00pm. In this presentation, we share tools and strategies on how to
Fall Sports Tryouts 2019
Fall Tryouts are starting on Wednesday! Below is a list of all of the upcoming dates: U14 is for grades 7 and 8 U14 Boys Soccer Thurs. Sept. 5 – 3:30-4:30pm U14 Girls Basketball Mon. Sept. 9 – 3:30-4:30pm U14 Boys Volleyball Mon. Sept. 9 – 7:00-8:00 am U14 Cross Country Tues. Sept. 10 –
Aaliyah Edwards (’20) Makes Senior Women’s National Basketball Team
Congratulations to Crestwood’s Aaliyah Edwards (’20) who as a 16-year-old has been named to the Senior Women’s National team and will join the team later this month for a five-game European exhibition tour. Canada will be playing in Belgium (June 14-16) and Great Britain (June 18-19). Edwards is the youngest of 12
Family Fun Day Festivities
What a year! What a day! What a family fun day! This event was a terrific celebration of our 2018/19 school year. Many thanks to our many volunteers and especially to our sponsors because without you this day would not be possible. Thank you, thank you, thank you! Paul & Dhurata Marku “McCarthy’s Southside Grill”
Global Issues Conference
Last week, an important meeting of the minds took place in the cafeteria. Grade 6 “delegates” represented selected NGOs at our Global Issues Conference. Their informative displays shared NGO mandates and connections to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN’s Millennium Goals. Each delegate had $100 (in “Crestwood currency”) to donate at the end of
Missing Library Books
Many children still have Crestwood library books signed out. Parents please help them find all of their books and send them back into school on Monday morning. Thank you -Lara Bafaro
Gr.4 Students Conquering Cancer
Crestwood Cares is very proud of our school’s tradition of community service. Whether it be the Terry Fox Run, food drives, holiday gift drives, the MS Readathon or Jump Rope For Heart, our students, supported by their parents, take part in all of our charitable initiatives throughout the school year with generosity and enthusiasm. Community Service
Canadian Pediatric Society Releases Statement on Screen Time
Digital media are integrated into the everyday lives of children and adolescents, with potential benefits and risks for learning, mental and physical health, and for social life. This statement examines the cognitive, psychosocial, and physical effects of digital media on school-aged children and adolescents, with a focus on family routines, context, and activities. Evidence-based guidance
Back in Time
As an extension to our unit on Early Settlers in Upper Canada this term, the Grade 3’s visited Black Creek Pioneer Village on Tuesday, June 4th. The students all came dressed in time period clothing ready to experience life as it was in the 1800’s. During the day, we participated in a hands-on program. The workshop
LOST BUT NOT FOUND
We have an inordinate amount of lost clothing items in our lost and found boxes throughout the school. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to return these lost uniform items to their owners, as the items do not have name tags sewn into them. In addition to the uniform items are many new name brand clothes
Back to School – Gr.3-6
Dear Parents/Guardians: Your teachers at Crestwood School are excited to offer the opportunity to purchase your school supplies through School Start for the 2019/2020 school year. This process will save you both time and money. There are a few simple steps to ensure your child will receive standardized brand name products (specified by each teacher). Your school
Book Bank Delivery – Thank You!
Today, the Grade 6 Book Bank Crew loaded up Crestwood’s donations of gently used books to prepare for their delivery to the Children’s Book Bank. We filled the trunk and backseat! Thanks to all the families who donated; your generosity helps the Children’s Book Bank to fulfill their mission to provide books to and promote
The Power of Water!
The Grade 2 classes had a fantastic day at the Kortright Centre on Wednesday, 15th May! They had the opportunity to examine air and water in the natural environment. Students developed an appreciation of the size and power of the water cycle; the importance of water in our lives and the environment; and the value
Used Uniform Success
Thank you to the entire Crestwood community for supporting yet another Used Uniform Sale success story. We continue to receive excellent pieces of clothing enabling us to recycle these items back into our community while at the same time raising some money for future school endeavours. Thanks again.
Crestwood Welcomes Authors
Two award winning Canadian authors are visiting Crestwood School this coming week. Cary Fagan will be visiting the grades 3/4 classes on Wednesday, May 22 and Eric Walters will be visiting the grades 5/6 classes on Thursday, May 23. Cary Fagan will be selling books for between $10-$15 and will have the following titles available: Mort
Social Media Expert – Paul Davis
Social Media expert Paul Davis is coming to Crestwood School (hosted by the Crestwood School Parents’ Association) on Tuesday June 4th @9:15am. All parents are welcome. If you are interested in learning more about social media/image sharing/ cyber bullying/ smartphones/ privacy/ digital trails etc. and would like to reserve a spot, please contact Joysfuterman@yahoo.com by Friday May 31st.
Art WORK!
Congratulations to all students and teachers who did so much to make our beautiful art show such a success!! The art room has not been resting since, as the Art Committee has just finished the stage set for the grade 3 musical; Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory! The props for Matilda, this years school play,
Author Phyllis Bordo to visit JK-2
On Monday, May 13 the JK to Grade 2s are having an author visit with Phyllis Bordo. Her book, Lilly Esther Conquers the Worries, addresses the issues of anxiety and worrying in children. For more information about the book: https://mascotbooks.com/mascot-marketplace/buy-books/childrens/picture-books/lilly-esther-conquers-worries/ If you would like to purchase a copy of the book, please send in $15 with your child.
