Category: Upper School

Basketball The Crestwood Junior Boys’ basketball team won the 64 team Kawartha Classic over the past weekend, winning 5 games over the course of two days. The boys got off to a hot start last Friday with wins over Crestwood Secondary School out of Peterborough and Maxwell Heights. On Saturday, the Lions defeated WC Kennedy

On Thursday, February 7, 2019, the CPC English Department hosted the final round of the third annual “Poetry in Voice” Competition. Last term, all Grade 9 students participated in a class-wide poetry recitation competition; students selected a poem to analyze, annotate, memorize and, finally, recite in front of the class. This week, the Grade 9

On Friday, Crestwood once again celebrated it’s yearly “Multicultural Day”.  All of the students in Grade 9 Geography took over the gym and transformed it into a cavalcade of flavours and colours.  Each group of students represented a different nation from around the world. The groups decorated their stands with colorful displays and shared food and

As a part of our character education for February – Acceptance – Wednesday, February 27th will be pink shirt day, a day about standing up to bullying!  Students will be able to order pink shirt day t-shirts, which cost $12 and come in youth and adult sizes.  If you would like to order one please

Basketball The U14 Boys Basketball team played in a exciting game vs St. Michael’s College. The boys came out with a bang, that was generated by great full court pressure that led to easy transition opportunities.  The St. Michael’s Boys went on a mini run of their own but our boys were able to weather

REMINDER: Course Selection due for 2019/2020 Academic Year Students in grades 9, 10 and 11 will complete course selection online using the website www.careercruising.com. Students must then print off their course selection sheets directly from their career cruising account and submit the parent signed course selection sheet to Ms. Hann or Mr. Mitz in the

  January’s character education theme was compassion, so it was very meaningful to end the month with Mental Health Awareness Week. The stressors of school and an overwhelming schedule can put pressure on mental health so it is important to have a community that provides a support system on which to lean. Students are learning

Come and celebrate Chinese New Year with us! Join us for good food, drinks and performances from CPC’s students.  Tickets can be purchased online at the Crestwood Store.

Curling The U-14 Curling team, led by skip Ally Sone, picked up their first win of the season Wednesday playing against Bayview Glen at the Donalda C.C..  In the fourth end, Ally was facing three Bayview counters with her first shot, but calmly drew to the four foot to lie shot.  After the Bayview skip

PA Meeting – February 14 Please join us for our next PA meeting on Thursday, February 14 in the boardroom.  Coffee and muffins will be available at 8:30 a.m. and the meeting will start at 8:45 a.m.  Everyone is welcome!

We heard our CPC Lions roar this week!!!  The Athletic Council put together another awesome spirit week again this year.  The week was filled with fun theme days, staff vs student challenges, senior CISAA games, and a great spirit rally to end the week.  Students could be seen walking the halls in PJ’s, Beach gear, Crestwood Spiritwear, LivWise gear, 70’s/80’s/90’s and futuristic wear

 Course Selection for 2019/2020 Academic Year Students in grades 9, 10 and 11 will complete course selection online using the website www.careercruising.com. Students must then print off their course selection sheets directly from their career cruising account and submit the parent signed course selection sheet to Ms. Hann or Mr. Mitz in the guidance office by Wednesday February 14th. Students

Monday, Crestwood’s Kids Lit Quiz team competed in the Toronto Regional Heat at Allenby Public School against 45 other teams for one of two spots in the national championship this weekend.  Following a full year of training, the team showed off its literary loquacity and more than doubled the score earned by last year’s team,

Spirit Week Treats The PA had a great time during Spirit Week.  A fantastic team of volunteers handed out donuts on Wednesday and popcorn on Thursday to students and staff attending the games.  It was nice to see everyone enjoying themselves.  A special thank you goes to Julie Dergal who did an outstanding job managing

Hockey Thursday, the U14 Hockey team faced off against UCC. Trailing 3-0 after the first, CPC was able to close it to 3-1 after the second period. Sean Doherty made it a one-goal game but UCC restored their 4-2 lead with just over 6 minutes left. With 2 minutes left, CPC on the power play

Spirit Week is here!  The Parents’ Association will be giving out treats to students and staff before the games on Wednesday and Thursday.  Watch for a familiar favourite, as well as a new surprise for this year.  

Come join us for lunch to enjoy a delicious menu cooked up by CPC’s lovely cafeteria staff!

Come join us for lunch to enjoy a delicious menu cooked up by CPC’s lovely cafeteria staff!

Come join us for lunch to enjoy a delicious menu cooked up by CPC’s lovely cafeteria staff!

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

Swimming The swim team had an excellent meet last Wednesday at the Markham Pan Am Centre. 62% of all races swum were personal best times, which is amazing at this point in the season. Swimmers that swam a perfect day were Martin Chang, Maggie Funnell, Matthew Laslop, Thomas Li, Jack Magan, Will Magan, Megan Pearlman,

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 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 a vacation with family. 2019 Summer School Course Offerings: Advanced Functions

Spirit Week is finally here! It will be starting on Monday from January 21st-25th.  It’s time to grab your favourite pair of pyjamas, break out your hawaiian shirts, and practice your dodgeball skills because it’s going to be a fun week!

1) Upcoming Dates: Thursday Jan. 24th- Grade 9/10 Parent Information Night re: Course Selection for Grade 10 and 11. Monday Jan. 28th- Full Disclosure date- last day for any grade 11 or 12 student to drop a course without it showing on their transcript Friday Feb. 1st- Anticipated date for Grade 12 marks to be

In November, members of the problem-solving club participated in the Canadian Intermediate and Senior Math contest.  The following students achieved a score in the top 25% of contests for the Intermediate contest: Eric Bi, Arjun Anand, Danny He, Helen Liu, Tony Wu, Sophia Gu, and Aries Wang. The following students achieved a score in the top 25%

Volleyball On Wednesday, the Senior Girls’ Volleyball team travelled to Albert College to play against both Albert College and Bayview Glen.  Although the girls showed some rust in their play after the winter break, they were still good enough to win both games 2-0.  Three games into the season, the girls remain undefeated.  We will

Please join us for a fun and entertaining night of trivia at Crestwood! Tickets may be purchased online at the Crestwood Store.

Welcome back everyone.  It’s going to be a great year! Our next pizza lunch is coming up on Friday, January 18th. Please stay tuned for upcoming PA activities.

Midterm Report Cards have been completed and mailed out. Information regarding the Parent-Teacher conferences, that will take place on January 31st and February 1, is included with the reports. All bookings will take place through Edsby (https://crestwood.edsby.com/). The ability to book appointments will be open on Tuesday, January 22nd at 9 am and will be open until Tuesday,

Please view the upcoming sports’ schedule below