Category: Lower School

It was a hot, long day at York University on Tuesday, May 24th, when we successfully competed in the CISAA U14 Championship track finals. With 825 athletes from 30 schools competing on day 1 of the finals, our Crestwood team excelled both on the track and in the field. Your teamwork, focus and support for one another all season long

WOW! That’s all we can say after the unbelievable effort and response by all of you, the Crestwood community, for the Crestwood Cares supply drive for Pitec elementary school in the Philippines! The small sacrifices made to go out and collect all of the amazing bags, supplies, shoes etc. that were donated will make an

On Thursday, May 26th, the grade 3 classes visited Black Creek Pioneer Village to further investigate Communities in Canada from 1780-1850. Students participated in a highly interactive workshop called “Hands on History” where they explored how to build log cabins, shingle a roof and operate a loom. Immediately following the workshop students had time to

The last session of Monday Clubs is on May 30th. Taekwondo is finished!  Wednesday & Thursday Clubs will have their last sessions on June 8th & June 9th. -Grace Cruz

Fun Fair Volunteers Wanted!! Once again, the CSPA is holding the annual Fun Fair on June 14th, 2016. It is always a fantastic event that everyone looks forward to at the end of the year. In order to run it properly, we urgently require dedicated volunteers to help supervise the inflatable games for 45 minute

REMINDER!!!!  SEND IN YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS!!! Don’t miss your opportunity to participate! Tickets are only $25 each, sell the booklet of four and you will be eligible for the free year’s tuition raffle draw for Crestwood School. Questions?  Please contact Luanne Pearlman at lupearlman@gmail.com or Debbie Ng-Perkell at ngdebbie@rogers.com  Tickets are due back on Monday,

On Tuesday, Crestwood Preparatory College hosted a track meet for the Primary Track and Field Team.  A group of Grade 12 students from the college planned and organized this fantastic event for our Grades 1-3. Our students ran races on a track and participated in field events such as javelin and baseball throw.  This was

The Softball team warmed up for their Final Championship with their last regular season home game against Country Day School on Monday. As on multiple previous occasions, it took Crestwood a few minutes to get started, but when they did start they didn’t stop. The Cubs fielders and outfielders were relentless, getting the 3 outs

Dear Crestwood Families, I am writing to let you know about an incredible event! Run, Walk, Wheel & Roll (RWWR) is an annual event in support of THREE TO BE.  Organized by grade 6 teacher Dani Seligman, RWWR enables children of all ages and ALL abilities to participate in a day of physical activities, entertainment, great food

Attention : Crestwood Lower School Parents! Re: Student Portraits Perfect Portraits photographed your children at Crestwood School on January 13th, 2016. We are offering our on-line shopping service for your convenience. Please be assured that our website is secure and may only be accessed with the password assigned below. **** Using Google Chrome only! **** Enter

Last Friday, the Grade 7s had a fun filled field trip to Fort York in Toronto. Students toured buildings that were still standing from the War of 1812. The first building that we learned about was a magazine.  We learned that there was a small room in the gunpowder magazine where the sergeant would send

The Grade 4’s visited Medieval Times on Friday of last week. We first explored the front entrance and then entered the stadium where we were served a frosty beverage. Then the action got started. We saw horses doing tricks, knights battling for supremacy, kingdoms attacking one another, as well as the official games.  It was

This week the Junior Kindergarten to Grade 2 classes had a visit with Canadian author Sangeeta Bhadra.  She is nominated for a Blue Spruce award for her book Sam’s Pet Temper, which addresses temper tantrums in a humorous, yet constructive manner.  Sangeeta told the children that she was inspired to be an author when Robert Munsch

This week the U12 softball team began a two game winning streak against Holy Trinity School (HTS) on Monday and Pickering College on Wednesday. Led by Crestwood’s very own dynamic coaching duo of Mr.Cooper and Mr.Greenacre, the team picked up their very first two victories of the season. HTS put up a good fight in

Crestwood School is fundraising with Mabel’s Labels! Camp season is just around the corner. Whether for sleep away or day camp, Mabel’s Labels has all your kids’ stuff – covered. Their camp label packs are jam-packed with UV resistant and waterproof labels, so they’ll withstand lakes, ponds, sun and all the other fun this summer

C.S.P.A. Used Uniform Sale Two days only (in the gym) TUESDAY MAY 17th 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM & 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM WEDNESDAY MAY 18th 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM & 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM SAVE at least 50% and pay NO TAX. Cash or cheque (made payable to C.S.P.A.) only. NO

The 2B students had Scientists in the School on Tuesday morning. We explored the three states of matter and used a thermometer to investigate the conditions necessary to produce a change in state. What do an orange and a hockey puck have in common? Which is more buoyant and how can we change that? We studied how different states of matter interact while investigating solubility and we were challenged to produce

Crestwood sends a big congratulations to all of the Crescent Science Olympics participants last weekend: Quinn, Farnood, and Spencer in grade 4, Lindsay, Molly, and Raymond in grade 5, and Tamara, David, and Jordan N. in grade 6.  The students showed amazing team work and science skills through intense challenges involving lasers, anatomy, forensics, electricity,

Dean Rabie delivers reading and writing assistive technology programmes to students in York Region and the Toronto District School board. Last year Dean provided our faculty with professional development in “Google Read and Write”.  After “piloting” the programme in our Roots classes, we immediately recognized the significant impact this tool had on the learning of

On Wednesday, May 4th and Thursday, May 5th the U12 Crestwood Badminton team competed in Round 2 of the SSAF tournament. Congratulations to Josh Deng who brought his A-game on Wednesday and placed 4th overall. The competition was stiff and Josh demonstrated excellent skills, effort, and sportsmanship. Coach Green could not have been more impressed. Megan Laslop

This week award-winning author Liam O’Donnell visited with the Grades 3 and 4 classes.   He showed us how writers and illustrators team up to turn ideas into full colour graphic novels. Drawing on his newest mystery series, Tank & Fizz, Liam shared a hands-on look at the scripts and sketches writers and illustrators create before moving

The Grade 7’s are hard at work building bridges during their Structures science unit.  Using their knowledge of forces, form, and function, students have been challenged to build the lightest yet strongest bridge possible.  They may only use 100 Popsicle sticks and one container of glue.  Soon we will “test” these bridges by loading them

C.S.P.A. USED UNIFORM SALE MAY 17th – MAY 18th, 2016 Just a reminder that Friday May 13th is your last chance to drop off any “gently used” clothing at the main office. Please do not drop off any donations after this week. Please make our sorting job easier by not sending in clothing that is

The FUN starts here! The Family Fun Day Raffle is a fun raising activity to support programs that directly benefit the Crestwood School community, including the Welcome Back BBQ, Family Fun Day, Scientist in the School program, iPads for the classrooms, Smart Board replacement and the Winter Carnival. Last year, the raffle raised over $20,000,

Dear Parents, We would like to thank the following families and organizations for their generous donations towards our fun fair raffle: Adud family: Furniture from Arrow Furniture  Dr. Jordan Bender-Aurora Periodontal Centre: Sonicare Electric Toothbrush 
  Goldstein Family: Kitchen Aid Immersion Blender 
  Neil Lu & Family: Gift cards from LCBO & Toys R Us

On Monday, April 25, First Nations speaker Emilie Corbiere visited with our Grade 3 and 5 students to complement what they are learning in Social Studies class.  She brought in museum quality artifacts including eagle feathers, various skins, porcupine quill boxes and jewellery, beadwork, 70 year old snowshoes, a traditional jingle dress, dream catchers, drums,

The SSAF U12 boys’ ball hockey tournament took place on Tuesday with 20 schools across the GTA taking part. Crestwood finished with a 3-0 record in round robin play and allowed only one goal. The boys then went on to defeat the All Canadian Hockey School in the quarterfinal and Aurora Montessori in the semi before

On Tuesday April 12th, the Grade One classes participated in another wonderful workshop about “structures” through Scientists in the School. They worked in teams as “engineers” discovering the concepts needed to build strong structures. The children explored the role of fasteners with different materials using real tools. They examined a variety of natural and man-made

The Crestwood School Badminton Team participated in two separate tournaments this past week. On Wednesday Josh Deng, Grace Geng, and Eric Zhang competed in Round 1 of the SSAF Elementary Badminton Tournament. Grace and Eric partnered to take on Bond Academy and North Toronto Prep in the Mixed Doubles category. While Grace and Eric demonstrated

The Grade 3s spent Earth Day at Evergreen Brickworks. We hiked the trails to learn about plants and seeds.   We were able to pick some seeds and plants that were growing and we tasted dill, chives, sumach, and even some edible flowers. In groups, we planted some mystery seeds in little cups that we