On Wednesday the Grade 3’s boarded a bus and headed to Toronto’s city core to explore our urban community from 553.33 meters high up in the sky. As we travelled up the elevator of the CN Tower in a mere 56 seconds, we were on a mission to discover the special features of our city. From
Category: Crestwood News
Budding Artists
Dear Parents: After much anticipation, your budding artist’s will be bringing home their masterpieces in the next few weeks! Included with his/her artwork, is your order form to purchase greeting cards, mugs, coasters, compact mirrors, magnets, jigsaw puzzles, placemats, coffee mugs, gift tags, etc. This is an ideal gift with Hannukah and Christmas right around the corner!
U12 Soccer Match vs Montcrest
A long trip down to Cherry Beach after dropping off the Girls Basketball team at Montcrest School left the U12 Traditional team feeling a little lethargic. Missing two of our strong players the boys attempted to adapt to some new positions and a large, fast artificial pitch. After a battling first half Crestwood found themselves
U12 Girls BBall Bounce Back
The U12 Girls Basketball team had a busy week of games! On Monday, the team traveled to Montcrest and, unfortunately, was defeated by a more powerful team, many of whom towered over our players. Special thanks to Coach Conn who was the guest coach for the game! On Tuesday, the team bounced back and played against The
Bringing Order to Gr.6 Math
Today in Miss Suckstorff’s math class students practised comparing and ordering numbers. Students worked together to put 50 large numbers in order from least to greatest and greatest to least. Students completed the task a second time without speaking, using only gestures to get the job done. It was a great exercise in place value,
Fabbrica Social Event
Please register as soon as possible for Fabbrica Night. It’s a great time to get to know the Crestwood community and numbers must be confirmed soon. Hope to see you there!
Sports Roundup
It was a busy and successful week to Crestwood Athletics this week! Read on to see pictures and outcomes for this week’s games: Basketball The Senior Girls Basketball team played their fourth game of the season against Albert College. Playing with a short bench the team united and persevered. With the strong offence play by
Parents’ Association News
Fabbrica Social Last chance to purchase tickets for the Fabbrica Social happening October 27th! Please make sure you go to the office or contact us at cpcpa@ohp.crestwood.on.ca and sign up. It’s going to be a great night and we look forward to seeing everyone there.
Guidance News
This upcoming week is filled with university visits galore! Take a look at the list and make a note of dates and times so you can find out more about the universities you are interested in. Please note that all university visits take place in room 102 during senior lunch starting at 12:30pm. Monday, October
Maasai Warriors Speak to Crestwood
On Thursday Crestwood was honoured to host a visit by two of the last Maasai Warriors: Jackson and Wilson. Students had the chance to hear of what life was like in Kenya for these two men and their struggle between wanting to preserve their heritage and culture and their desire to go to school. Students were
Girls Bball Clipped by CDS
The U12 Girls basketball team played a nail biter of a game yesterday against Country Day School! The score was close all game, with so many great plays on both sides of the court. With countless steals and breakaway layups, the girls were working hard trying to keep up with their very skilled opponents. While
U12 Soccer Stops Sterling
Another game and another victory for the Traditional U12 Soccer team. Our small squad of 12 players made the short trip up to Glendon to face a strong Sterling Hall team. Crestwood started brightly with a succession of chances that were carved out by some good link up play. Our two outside backs, Adam J
X Country to Crescent
The Grades 3-6 Cross Country Team walked up to Crescent yesterday for a friendly meet between the two schools. Our students all raced with enthusiasm and excellent stamina. Legs were pumping and hearts were racing along the beautiful, fall-coloured hills of the course. We are so proud of all of our runners. Special mention goes
Gr.1 Apple Pickin’
Recently, the Grade Ones set off for Chudleigh’s Apple Farm with very unsettled weather looming. When our happy Grade Ones arrived, so did the beautiful, sunny weather! A day outdoors with a tractor ride, apple picking, learning how to make apple cider as well as tasting it, and a petting zoo, couldn’t have been better
Got Milk!
Daisy, the Holstein Cow, visited the Grade 3 classes on Tuesday to talk about the connection between urban and rural communities. Here are some quick “A-MOO-zing” facts that we learned: DID YOU KNOW… Most Canadian dairy farms are family owned. Dairy cows give an average of 27 litres of milk per day and they are milked twice
Security at Crestwood
Please take a moment to read this update from Headmaster Pagano about school security: I spent a few minutes talking to our students about school security during Town Hall on Wednesday. I explained the importance of only using one door for entry, and not compromising building security by using any the many other exterior doors for
Sports Roundup
It was a busy and successful week to Crestwood Athletics this week! Read on to see pictures and outcomes for this week’s games: Cross Country The U14 cross country team had a great race at the Sunnybrook Cross Country meet. The team ran well with many personal bests. Special mention to Kyra Grossman who came
Blue Jay Day
Students and Staff put on their best Blue Jay regalia on Thursday to celebrate the Jay’s wild card victory and wish them well in their first play-off series. The day was full of enthusiasm. The promise of victory beckons!
Parents’ Association News
PA Meeting Our next Parents’ Association Meeting will be held on Thursday, October 13th in the Staff Room – upstairs near the lockers. We welcome all parents who are interested in hearing what’s going on this month at the school. Also, there will be a visit from 2 Masai warriors to the school at 9:40
Guidance News
This upcoming week is filled with university visits galore! Take a look at the list and make a note of dates and times so you can find out more about the universities you are interested in. Please note that all university visits take place in room 102 during senior lunch starting at 12:30pm. Tuesday,
Crestwood Clubs
Crestwood School Club Information has been sent home with all students today. Please make sure you return the club forms on Tuesday, October 11th. Club confirmation letters will be sent home on or before Friday, October 14th. Thanks -Grace Cruz
Zoo for Grade 2
On Thursday, October 6th the Grade Two classes travelled to the Toronto Zoo to participate in a workshop on Animal Classification. We were lucky to have a beautiful, sunny fall day for our trip! We spent the day learning about all of the diverse and unique animals that call the Toronto Zoo home. We had fun discovering and
U12 Soccer Storm Cyclones
After waiting 40 minutes for our opposition to arrive, the Crestwood U12 Traditional team were keen to get the game started and pressed CDS back into their defensive half from the kickoff. A succession of overlapping runs and crosses came close to opening the scoring. The pressure soon paid dividends as Beckett scored his first
The Habitat That We Call Home
This year in Grade 4 Social Studies students are learning about habitats. Keeping this in mind, today was an especially exciting day! Today we discovered that we don’t need to look very far in order to begin our studies. In fact, we became acutely aware that the beautiful location of our very own school was
U9 Soccer Travels to TFS
On Friday, September 30th the U9 soccer team had a great showing at the TFS invitational. We played a total of 8 games, tying 4 and losing the other 4 by only 1 goal each game. All teammates showed great sportsmanship and enthusiasm in all of the games. We practice again on Tuesday and play The Country Day
Art Committee Kicks Off
The Art Committee has commenced and we are already working hard on sets for the grade one and three plays. A warm welcome to our new members! We are very excited for all of the amazing projects that we will be creating throughout the year. Thank you for your initiative, dedication and hard work. -Ms. Romanenko
Sports Roundup
It was a busy and successful week to Crestwood Athletics this week! Read on to see pictures and outcomes for this weeks games: Cross Country A big congratulations to the Varsity Cross Country team’s first meet at the Colt Classic. Everyone raced with heart and were great supporters for their team mates! Look out
Terry Fox Day was a Success!
Over the past 2 weeks Crestwood Students have been collecting donations for the Terry Fox Foundation, and today we saw the culmination of everyone’s fundraising efforts. Today was an extremely successful day for all Crestwood students participating in the Terry Fox National School Run Day. Following an assembly in the gym, all CPC students when
Butch Carter visits Crestwood
Crestwood was pleased to have Coach Butch Carter, former coach of the Toronto Raptors, visit with Headmaster Vince Pagano and Basketball Coach Ro Russell last week. Coach Carter played in the NBA for six years, including time playing for the LA Lakers, Indiana Pacers and New York Knicks, and his coaching efforts with the Raptors in
Welcoming the Sun, Yoga Poses, Mindfulness and Story Telling
This week Grade 3A took part in the first of an 8 week sensory yoga programme, lead by Specialist Lee Davis. Lee is an Occupational and Yoga therapist, dedicated to the benefits of learning through movement. Her interactive classes help children develop listening skills, self-esteem, social skills, and the list goes on. This week our students
