“I feel like I’m going to barf…Love, My Anxiety”

  Dear Parents, Crestwood is very pleased to announce that Ms. Emma Fogel (MSW,RSW) is back to share her expertise with Crestwood families. Topic: “I feel like I’m going to barf…Love, My Anxiety” This presentation will focus on how to best manage feelings of stress, worry and anxiety. This webinar is intended to help normalize the

CPC’s Jay Lu (’20) on CBC Radio

Crestwood Preparatory College is very of our very own Grade 11 student, Jay Lu.  Jay was interviewed on CBC radio’s Metro Morning show on Wednesday.  Please listen to Jay and WW2 veteran Bert Shinwell chat with Ismaila Alfa here:  https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-39-metro-morning/clip/15808113-keep-remembering-a-wwii-vet-high-school-student-talk.

Guidance News (Nov. 12th)

UBC & McGill Application Seminar The Guidance department will be hosting an online seminar for those students who are interested in applying to UBC and McGill University on Monday November 16 at senior lunch Both Ms. Somerville and Ms. De Cata will walk students through the step-by-step application process via zoom On Monday November 16,

Meet the Teacher:  Anthony Mariano

Meet the Teacher:  Anthony Mariano Subject:  Music Grades:   7 – 12 Mr. Mariano was  born in Montreal and spent his formative years in Houston, before moving to Toronto for most of his elementary years and all of high school. He moved to Montreal to attend McGill and has returned to Toronto since. Anthony is a

Crestwood Gives

Crestwood Gives Next week we’ll be kicking off our Crestwood Gives initiative.  There are so many people in need of our help, this year more than ever.  The Crestwood community has always been amazingly supportive of these initiatives and we strongly believe that it is important to teach our students about the importance of helping

PrinciPALs

  Dear Parents, While it was a short week with students in school enjoying the glorious warm weather, we still managed to squeeze in some important events! Thank you to the admin team of the CSPA for hosting the first ZOOM CSPA meeting this past Tuesday. We were so pleased by the exceptional turnout, and

Peer Tutoring Now Available

We are pleased to announce that the Peer Tutoring service is now available for students requiring some assistance with their academic courses.  We have carefully selected several grade 9-12 students with proficient academics to provide this service.  Tutoring is available to students in all grades from 7-12.  Sessions will take place over Zoom to adhere

Anti-Bullying Week

Next week is Anti-bullying week at Crestwood.  We have several initiatives planned for the week to raise awareness for this important issue.  This weekend spend some time finding the following items for the following theme days:   Monday November 16th – Odd Sock Day – Wear your brightest and loudest mismatched socks to show that

Body Percussion

3A and SKA had a lot of laughs experimenting with body percussion or “patching” using stomps, pats, claps and stamps. In these videos they are following a “roadmap” on the smart board. They did a great job for their first time! –Amanda Birchard  

PrinciPALs

  Dear Parents, Happy November! What a beautiful start to the month, starting with this unexpected burst of great weather! We started this week in boots and snow pants, and ended with T-shirts and shorts! Another friendly reminder to make sure your child is coming to school dressed for the weather for their recesses and

Food Drive

Over the course of last week, staff and students at Crestwood brought in donations of canned goods, rice and cooking oil in support of the North York Harvest Food Bank.  This drive was the culmination of the school’s focus on Empathy as our Character Education trait of the month.  The food was delivered to the

Happy HOWL-O-WEEN from 3A

Have we got some SPOOK-tacular jokes for the FANG-tastic Crestwood community!  Can you answer these “BOO-tiful” riddles with your families? Why didn’t the skeleton go to the party? He didn’t have any “body” to go with. What’s a ghost’s favourite meal? Spook-ghetti and I-scream! How do you make a witch itch? Take away the “w”.

Celebrating Halloween Safely

  Dear Parents, Toronto Public Health does not recommend hosting or attending in-person gatherings for Halloween this year. For the safety of individuals, it is recommended that in-person celebrations are limited to those with whom individuals live. As well, because of the higher risks for COVID19 in the modified Stage 2, Ontario Chief Medical Officer

Treaties Recognition Week

  In 2016, Ontario passed legislation declaring the first week of November as Treaties Recognition Week. This annual event honours the importance of treaties and helps students and residents of Ontario learn more about treaty rights and relationships. By learning more about our collective treaty rights and obligations, we can create greater understanding and nurture these relationships. Each

Bucket Toss House Challenge

  Grades 4A and 4B would like to send a big “shout-out” to the House Heads and Mr. Cooper for organizing yet another amazing House Challenge. We quickly discovered that “The Bucket Toss Game” was much harder than it looks. Ping-Pong balls bounce a lot and so they were actually really hard to get in the bucket! In the