Category: Upper School

Crestwood is having a Chinese New Year celebration on Friday, February 9th at the Crown Prince Banquet from 5:00-7:30 pm. It is a great evening of dining and entertainment. Everyone is invited! Tickets are $45 for dinner and wonderful performances.

On January 18th 2018, Edward Li travelled to Quebec city to compete in the 2018 Canada Cup East. In this tournament he fenced in the Men’s Foil Junior Teams, which is an event where a maximum of four people on a team compete with other teams and try to reach for the top. There were

Basketball The Junior Boys’ CISAA basketball team picked up a huge win over St. Mike’s 79-72 on Wednesday afternoon. The boys led 48-25 at halftime, but St. Mike’s would not go away in the 2nd half, closing the lead to 1 point with less than 3 minutes to play. The Lions regained their composure though,

Information regarding the Parent-teacher Interviews and instructions on how to book a time-slot were included with the report cards. All interview bookings are taking place through Edsby. The ability to book appointments will remain open until Tuesday, January 30th at 3 pm.  If you are having difficulties logging into Edsby please contact Mr. Matthew David at

Students in Grade 12 Chemistry completed their Organic Chemistry unit by making a common medication used to treat pain, fever and inflammation called acetylsalicylic acid, more commonly known as Aspirin. Over the course of three days, students completed a traditional organic chemistry lab where they were responsible for synthesizing (creating) aspirin by performing an esterification

Please welcome Chef Julian Castano to our Crestwood Food Service team. Chef Julian started his culinary career at the age of 17, with the help of his family, while still at home in Columbia.  Those lessons learned within his family restaurant gave him the foundation to transport his talent to Canada 8 years ago. We

Swimming It was an early start to the Wednesday.  We hadn’t had a chance to get our practice on.  The water was cold.  So cold.  Then things started to change when Zach Brown zapped through his 50m Freestyle and dropped 5 seconds from his personal best time.  Even after an uncertain start, Amy Cai placed

On Friday, we had the pleasure of having Anne Michaels visit at Crestwood for our CPC poetry readings.  Anne Michaels is Toronto’s current Poet Laureate.  Ms. Michaels is a decorated novelist and poet, a winner of the Orange Prize for Fiction, the Toronto Book Award, a two-time finalist for the Giller Prize, the Griffin Poetry

Please join us for our next Parents’ Association meeting on Thursday, February 15 at 8:45am in the boardroom. Coffee, tea and muffins will be served.  Also, don’t forget to buy your tickets for Trivia Night on February 22.  It’s going to be a great evening.

The Crestwood Oral History Project has been hard at work in the last two months.  We have visited Sunnybrook and Baycrest and many seniors have come to see us.  Crestwood students will be working on these stories for their major WW2 assignments, soon to be posted at https://ohp.crestwood.on.ca/ohp/!                   

On Tuesday, January 16th Crestwood Grade 11-12 students visited the ROM, where they had a chance to see the Greek/Roman and Chinese galleries, and to see the special Viking exhibit – a great experiential learning opportunity and lots of fun!                                    

Semi Formal is almost here.  Get ready for a fun night of dancing in a Winter Wonderland.  Also a reminder that no jeans, hats or running shoes are to be worn at this semi formal event.

I AM A GIRL!!! Inspiring day at Crestwood empowering our female students to be strong, confident women and helping our male students understand issues relating to gender equality. We began the day with a bake sale in which males were made to pay more than females for baked goods. This sparked outrage and discussion about

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Great Spirit! Our Parents’ Association loves the Crestwood spirit.  We look forward to enjoying the momentum of this month’s Spirit Week activities starting on January 22nd. Yay Crestwood!

Course Selection Course selection for the 2018-2019 academic year began Monday January 22nd.  Ms. Hann will be visiting English classes for grades 8 through 11 to review graduation requirements and the selection process. Students in grades 7 and 8 will be given a course selection form by guidance that must be returned to Ms. Hann by Wednesday

Spirit Week is finally here! It will be starting on Monday from January 22nd-26th.  It’s time to grab your favourite pair of pyjamas, shine your cowboy boots, and practice your dodgeball skills because it’s going to be a fun week!  

Basketball Thursday night our Senior Prep Girls took on a very strong Central Tech team.  This was a very back and forth give which had several lead changes throughout the first three quarters.  In the fourth quarter CPC buckled down defensively which allowed them to finish with a 7 point victory.  The final score was

Midterm Report Cards have been completed and mailed out. Information regarding the Parent-teacher Interviews and instructions on how to book a time-slot are 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, January 23rd at 9 am and will be open until Tuesday, January

Crestwood Preparatory College is pleased to offer a number of Ontario high school credit courses conveniently located in Toronto. Courses are designed to provide students with an exceptional academic experience in the early summer. This schedule allows course completion by mid-July allowing students time during their summer months to work, attend camp, or vacation with

Please join us for our first P.A. meeting of 2018 on Thursday, January 11 at 8:45 in the boardroom near the main entrance. Coffee, tea and snacks will be served.  All are welcome.

The Winter Sports Schedule can be found on the Crestwood main website.  To view the schedule for upcoming winter practices and games click here.

Happy Holidays! We wish all Crestwood families a refreshing and happy holiday and a fantastic 2018.   Enjoy!

This past week at Crestwood all the grade 8 students participated in the Future Design Program.  Here the students learned the art of innovation, determination and design.  The students were given the question of “How might we help Crestwood students get to and from  school efficiently, safely and on time”.  The students excitedly began working

The latest edition of The Crestword can now be viewed for your holiday reading pleasure.  This will be the last edition of the 2017 year and we will bring you more to come for 2018!

The Main Office will be open during the winter break with revised hours.  The holiday office hours will start Friday, December 21st, 2018 and will be from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. The school will also be closed on the following dates: Monday, December 24th Tuesday, December 25th Wednesday, December 26th Monday, December 31st Tuesday,

The Crestwood Cafe will reopen on Monday, January 7th 2018.

Basketball The Crestwood Junior CISAA Boys’ Basketball team overcame a 19 point halftime deficit to defeat Crescent 66-56 on last Monday afternoon. Crescent went on a 25-6 run during the 2nd quarter to lead by a score of 35-16 at halftime. The Lions would not back down though, and pushed the pace in the second

Last weekend the Senior Boys and Senior Girls Prep basketball teams headed to Washington for 4 days.  Both teams played some excellent basketball but it was the girls who stole the show.  The senior girls won all three teams, including the number ranked team in Canada.  It was an excellent opportunity for our student-athletes to

A Sweet Bake Sale   Thanks to our fantastic volunteers and hungry customers, our holiday bake sale was a sweet success.  A special thank you goes to Justine Codron for her hard work and creativity in managing our bake sales.