Please join us at Crestwood’s Winter Festival of the Arts
Winter Season Has Begun!
Hockey The Senior Boys’ Hockey Team travelled to Greenwood College School on Wednesday to open the 2018-2019 season. In a game that was highly anticipated, both teams did not disappoint with their play. In a game that saw both teams have a number of scoring opportunities, Greenwood prevailed and was able to squeak out a
Puck Drops on U12 Hockey
The U12 Co-Ed Hockey team began their season yesterday by hosting the TFS Tigers at York Mills Arena. The game was tightly contested for the first period with both teams working very hard at both ends. TFS broke through with the first goal before Crestwood bounced back with a nice individual effort by defenceman Sharkey
Crestwood Cares About St. Felix – Deadline Extended
Dear Parents In celebration of the upcoming holiday season, Crestwood Cares, with the help of the Crestwood School Community, plans to share some of the warmth and excitement of this time of year with the current residents of St Felix House. In addition, we believe it is important for Crestwood children to help other children.
Gr.6 Grad Tour Info Meeting
Dear Parents: This year our Grade 6 students will be given the opportunity to visit Niagara Falls on June 5th through to June 7th 2019. This 3 day excursion, which will be completely supervised by school staff members, will be a guided motor coach tour and will involve 2 nights of overnight accommodation. Keating by
Complimentary PRESTO Cards
Dear Parents/Guardians, The TTC has been working closely with our school to provide complimentary PRESTO cards to all students. The purpose of this initiative is to help students make the transition away from TTC passes and tickets, to the PRESTO fare card as smooth as possible. While children up to 12 years old will continue
Holiday of Hope: Gifts Due December 4th
Holiday of Hope is a community initiative we take part in to help the less fortunate in the community during the holiday season. This year we are working with Durham Children’s Aid and supporting 11 families in need. The Durham Children’s Aid Society is responsible for providing child protection services to children under the age
CPC Scholars and Academic Contests
November has been a very busy month for members of Crestwood’s Problem Solving Club. On November 8th, 10 students participated in the Canadian Open Mathematics Competition (the COMC). This math contest had students discover and explore mathematics and problem solving with some very challenging and unique problems Also, over the past two weeks, Crestwood’s Grade
Parents’ Association News
The Holiday Bake Sale is this Wednesday! Please drop by for a sweet treat. Contributions of nut-free baked or purchased cupcakes, cookies, donuts or squares are always appreciated. If you’d like to contribute, please contact Lisa at lisa.bloom@rogers.com.
A Winning Weekend for CPC Basketball
Basketball This past weekend our Lady Lions traveled to Ottawa to take our division rivals, Capital Courts Academy. CCA came out very energetic and aggressive, which put CPC in a hole. But with the spectacular frontcourt play of Aaliyah Edwards, Latasha Lattimore, and Kayla Drummond, we were able to forge a massive comeback which was enough
CPC Alumni Gets Drafted!
CPC alumni, Emmanuel Zambazis was drafted in Round 2 Pick: 11 for the YORK9FC in the newly created CPL. Congratulations Emmanuel!
Crestwood at the Creative Futures Expo
On Tuesday November 20th, 13 Senior Art students, along with Ms. Belanger, travelled to the Science Center to participate in the Creative Futures Expo sponsored by the Applied Arts Magazine. The Expo provided students with an opportunity to meet young creative professionals, and learn what opportunities exist for those interested in pursuing creative careers. Universities
Camouflaged @Kortright
On Monday, the Grade 4 students visited the Kortright Centre. The trip was arranged as the culmination of their unit on Habitats and was a great chance for them to put their knowledge on the subject to the test! The day started with a talk about the different animals that lived at the Kortright centre
Fashion Takes Action
The Grade 5 and 6 students participated in an eye opening workshop on Wednesday about the impact the fashion industry is having on our environment and the world abroad. The workshop was organized by the Eco Team, in an effort to help Crestwood students become more educated in how to be responsible consumers of fashion.
Gr.3’s Built for Success
On Monday, the Grade 3’s visited the Ontario Science Center. We participated in a Structures Workshop where we learned building basics. In different groups, we investigated the strength and stability of structures. We experimented with compression, tension and load and how these all affect the stability of a structure. We also designed and built bridges,
A Big Thank You!
On behalf of the CSPA, We would like to thank everyone for coming out and supporting our first annual Holiday Wine, Cheese & Shopping Sprees Event! It was a day of festivities, excitement and community involvement all benefiting our children. Thank you to all of our generous vendors who donated 20% of all their sales
Engineers in the Making!
Grade 3A has been busy learning all about the engineering process. Did you know that a structure’s stability determines how balanced and strong its base is? We investigated this theory by creating towers of cards and designing towers of our own. We learned that all structures need a wide, deep base. Our towers of cards
Parent Teacher Conferences
Our Parent Teacher Conferences will take place on Thursday, November 22nd. Please consider other parents and arrive and end your interviews on time. If you need more time with a particular teacher, arrange a separate meeting or phone call. The smooth running of our event relies on all parents and teachers keeping to the timetable. Thank you
Anti-Bullying Week
This week has been anti-bullying week at Crestwood Preparatory College and the female peer leadership group put on several activities to bring awareness to this topic. Daily announcements, bulletin boards, townhall videos and social media posts have spread messages of kindness and about the importance of standing up against bullying. Our Grade 7-9 students participated
Student Athletes Committing to University
Jahcobi Neath On Thursday, Crestwood was honoured to be a part of Jahcobi Neath’s University signing. Jahcobi joined us at Crestwood in 2016 and has spent the last 3 years captaining our Senior Boys’ Prep team, as well as working hard on his studies. Jahcobi is an All-Canadian and was a silver medalist last summer
Guidance News
University Visits Wednesday, November 21st – Ryerson University ~ Faculty of Engineering
A Day to Remember…
November 11th is one of the most important days on the Crestwood calendar as it marks Remembrance Day. This is a day that all Canadians honour, where we pause and think about and thank the many veterans that have sacrificed for Canada during times of war. Because of the ongoing Oral History Project, Crestwood students have
CPC’s Mr. Masters Receives Teaching Award
Last weekend Scott Masters was awarded Alpha Education’s “Catalyst for Change” Teaching Award. Alpha Education is an organization that seeks to raise awareness about the Pacific Theatre of World War Two, in an effort to promote social justice in the region. In the summer of 2017, Mr. Masters won a grant and was able to
“Skip It” Support
Crestwood students “skipped” their hearts out again this year for Neema International! 120 students chose to skip a treat or privilege, instead donating the treat’s value to this organization that provides a home and education to many Tanzanian students whose families are unable to care for them. Altogether, 120 students “skipped it” and raised a
Gr.3 Solid and Strong
This week the grade 3 classes hosted Scientists in the Schools. The students expanded their knowledge of strong and stable structures with a ton of hands-on activities. We built towers, bridges and more! It was an excellent opportunity to build a solid foundation in science! Thank you to our parent volunteers! -Ms. Patton
Gr.5 Assemble @Legislature
The Grade 5 students had the pleasure of traveling to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario this week, to support their Social Studies curriculum about Canadian Government. Students had the opportunity to participate in a role play, experiencing the democratic process of creating new laws. We also had the chance to stand right on the chamber
Hands-On @Harbourfront
On Wednesday, November 7, the Grade 6 classes headed to Harbourfront Centre for a hands-on printmaking session. Inspired by Indigenous printmakers, students looked to their personal environments for inspiration, then moved through the sketching, transfer, etching, and printing processes to create a series of linoleum prints. Their final pieces are stunning! This workshop was the
Parent Teacher Conferences
Wow! We registered over 300 bookings today. If you have yet to login and schedule a meeting you have plenty of time. In order to book your Parent Teacher conference you must be able to access your Crestwood Edsby Account. An invitation was sent out to all parents at the beginning of the school year from
Book Fair Bonanza
The CSPA would like to thank the parent volunteers Hayley Wine and Alison Waldenberg who assisted Ms. Bafaro in coordinating our recent Scholastic Book Fair. This was our most successful fair to date and we know many children came home excited to dive into their new books. All of our Teachers created “wish-lists” to expand
Exploring Habitats!
This week, children in classes’ 4C and 4D had a lesson on habitats from the Scientists in the School! During an extremely engaging and hands-on lesson the children had the opportunity to explore one particular habitat as part of a group. Amongst many activities, they had the challenge of investigating animal furs and skulls, creating food
