What a beautiful day for a track meet for the Grade 3’s. We all walked up to TFS for a friendly meet against Crescent, Bayview Glen, The York School and TFS. Our grade 3 athletes rotated through 9 stations of track and field events. Running events included hurdles, relay races, long distance and sprints. Crestwood
Chess Club Tournament Comes To A Thrilling Finish!
After a well-fought match on both sides, Victor Strogonov took advantage of a two pawn advantage in the end game to checkmate Arjun Anand and claim the title of Crestwood Chess Club Tournament champion to go along with his position at the top of the ladder after the regular season. The Club now prepares to
The Roary’s
This year’s prefect-run “end-of-year event,” will be a Crestwood Awards Show called, “The Roary’s!” Students and teachers have placed their votes and had the opportunity to nominate individuals for a Roary! The awards show will take place on Thursday May 17. Will you be nominated for a Roary? Get excited for a fun day of
CPC Reigns Victorious Over Trafalgar
Soccer On Monday the Varsity Girls’ Soccer team traveled to Trafalgar castle where they continued their winning ways. Right from the start the girls played hard immediately demanding control of the ball. Ella and Jahnai began by putting Crestwood on the board with goals while the team showed their skill and patience. In the end Crestwood
Musical is a Must See
Crestwood School’s Musical Theatre students have been working extremely hard to put on the BEST GREASE YET! This production is for all Crestwood students, families, and friends so please pass on the word to any and all theatre enthusiasts. We hope you can join us for this “Must See Show” on Thursday, May 17th @ Ryerson
Keep Track of this Team
Crestwood’s junior track team traveled to the Pan Am Stadium at York University on Wednesday to participate in their second meet of the season. Even though we didn’t have all our team members, it was a gorgeous day to compete. All athletes showed their best effort at each of the events and we are very
Grade 2 Rocks The House!
2A and 2B have been working tirelessly to put together their musical, Making The Band. Their hard work truly paid off as they brought the house down with classics like Twist and Shout and Livin’ On a Prayer. Making The Band is a musical that begins in a mechanic’s garage and ends with a killer garage band. The students
What a Medieval Time!
The Grade four classes travelled back in time to the Middle Ages on Wednesday. There they learned about the Code of Chivalry, feasted on poultry, mash and ale (Pepsi) and took in all of the sights, sounds and smells of Medieval culture. During the jousting tournament, Crestwood’s black and white knight valiantly competed but was
“Bee’ the Change
On Tuesday, the Eco-Team had a guest speaker from our very own school community: Ms. Davies! Not only is she a fantastic music teacher, she is a beekeeper! She taught our team about the big job of little pollinators! We explored the importance of pollinators for plants, animals and humans! We discussed threats they encounter
Farming for Energy in Gr.5
The Grade 5 students had an incredible opportunity this morning to hear from Dave Hayles, the operations coordinator at Grand Valley Wind Farms, about the process of constructing, operating and managing a wind farm. Students enjoyed seeing pictures of the construction process and were amazed to hear the amount of time, effort and money that
A Sensational Performance!
On Tuesday, May 1st Crestwood’s production of Treasure Island debuted! The play was a huge success. The cast was mostly comprised of Crestwood’s younger students, but they did not disappoint. After six months of preparation the cast rose to the occasion of the performances and put on a very entertaining show. The play was a slapstick inspired take
Congratulations to You!
Congrats to our Crestwood community on your excellent turnout for our Curriculum Share/Art Auction evenings. Between both nights were able to raise close to $7000 by auctioning off class art pieces. All monies will be used to pay for our new Junior playground as well as upgrades to our current Primary play area. Your support
3A and 3B Visit Apple
On Tuesday, Grade 3A and 3B were greeted warmly by the staff at the Eaton Centre Apple Store. Our instructors provided us with a lesson on Keynote Presentations and how we can use this tool to create interactive stories. We used I-Pads to type in some funny, wacky weather stories and then added both animations
Successful Sale!
A huge thank you to all parents who came out to support our Used Uniform Sale this week, it was a huge success. Special thanks to Linda Fata-Glover for having run the uniform sale for us this year and her team of parent volunteers!!! We are looking forward to next year when Somayeh Walton will
Guidance News
Volunteer Opportunities Saturday May 5th– Brookbanks Park Clean Up 9:30-11:30pm Meet at the entrance to park (Fenside and Brookbanks, across from CPC). Wear suitable clothing, rubber boots, work gloves. Bottled water, rubber gloves and garbage bags will be provided. Saturday May 5th– Scotiabank ProAm Hockey Tournament for Alzheimers -Various shifts on the Saturday http://www.baycrestproam.ca/participate/volunteer/ Saturday May
Parents’ Association News
Used Uniform Sale The Crestwood Parents’ Association will be holding a Used Uniform Sale on Tuesday May 29th from 3:30 to 5:30pm. While the sale is primarily geared towards new students, all parents are welcome to come and shop. The sale will take place in the school cafeteria. In the meantime, we are looking for donations of
Grade 12 Student Has Work Published In CIS Literary Journal
Each year, the CITE (Conference of Independent Teachers of English) holds a writing contest, into which each CIS school can submit an entry. This year, the genre being highlighted was creative non-fiction. In the fall, all Grade 12 students wrote a feature magazine article, and the top assignment, written by Megan Werger (’18), was submitted
YPI Project Earns $5000 for Charity
This past month, Grade 10 students in the Careers course participated in the YPI competition. YPI otherwise known as Youth Philanthropy Initiative is an interactive highschool program that encourages students to actively create social change in their communities. Students were put into groups where they chose a local grassroot charity to research. With this, each
CPC Rugby Blitzes Through Holy Trinity
Rugby Thursday afternoon the U14 Rugby team traveled to Country Day for a 4 game tournament against Country Day, Greenwood and Holy Trinity. The U14 team played valiantly as they won their game against Holy Trinity 4 – 1, tied their match with Country Day 2 – 2 and fell short to Greenwood 5 –
Olympic Effort by Suckstorff’s Science Squad
On Saturday April 28th, nine Crestwood students participated in the Junior Science Olympics at Crescent School. The students competed in engineering challenges like the Marshmallow Tower, Egg Drop, Wall Run, Tin Foil Boats, Bridge Building, Marble Ramp, Laser Maze, and many others. These students worked hard, had fun, showed stellar team work, and demonstrated great sportsmanship.
2018 End of Year Events
Examination Schedule Exams begin for all students on Friday, June 1, 2018. A general schedule is available on the website under the documents tab. All students will be receiving a personalized examination schedule in early May. All morning exams begin at 9:00 am and all afternoon exams begin at 1:00 pm. Exams in Grades 7 – 10 are one and a
Musical Theatre Fun!
Grade 3 had a great day with Jacqui Burke, artistic director of Jaybird Productions! Through games and fun exercises they were able to gain a deeper understanding of their characters and what it means to truly be a performer. Jacqui brought with her an arsenal of theatre arts activities and techniques to reinforce the essence
Spring Festival of the Arts
April 26th marked Crestwood Preparatory College’s annual Spring Concert and Art Show where our Arts community gets the opportunity to display their collective talents. The Visual Arts Department, guided by Ms. Mishka Sawka and Ms.Lisa Belanger, mounted a stunning display of student works which highlighted their burgeoning artistic skills. The gallery of art featured an
Parents’ Association News
A Beautiful Bake Sale The Crestwood P.A. hosted a colourful spring bake sale for staff and students this week. Thank you to all the students, staff, parents and volunteers who helped make it a delicious success. A very special thank you goes to Justine Codron, who has been doing a fantastic job managing our
Zach Brown ’14 Graduates in Top 1% of Class at Stanford
Crestwood alumni Zachary Brown (’14) was honoured this past weekend by Stanford University as one of 25 recipients of the J.E. Wallace Sterling Award for Academic Excellence. The award is presented to the top 25 graduating students in the Faculty of Humanities and Science at the prestigious west coast university. Zachary, who has been studying
Treasure Island
Please join us at this year’s CPC theatrical production of Treasure Island. Tickets will be available for purchase at the door on the night of the show (cash only). We look forward to seeing you there!
The Grade 11 Biology Trip
Our Grade 11 Biology students spent last week at the Huntsman Marine Science Center in St. Andrews, New Brunswick. Located at the mouth of Fundy Bay, the research center has the unique opportunity to study incredibly diverse ecosystems that thrive among the highest and most powerful tides in the world. Here, our young biologists explored
Multiple Sclerosis Support
Read, read, and more reading…all of our students have been busily reading books and raising funds for the MS Read-A-Thon. Since it’s inception in 1977, students across Canada have read millions of books and raised millions of dollars in support of the MS Society’s work to fund multiple sclerosis research and provide programs and services
CPC is Victorious Over Trinity College!
Soccer A big congrats to the Varsity Girls’ Soccer team on their first very convincing win of the season. Wednesday the ladies traveled to Port Hope to face Trinity College. Despite the rain and cold the lady Lions started out quick with Julia Lee scoring our first two goals. Jahnai Brown followed with 2 of
Toronto is Blooming!
It’s Spring and everything beginning to bloom. On Tuesday, the Grade 3’s went to the Toronto Botanical Gardens to check out the growth and changes that are happening with the plants in our community. We noticed that plants come in all shapes, sizes and colours as we hiked through the Wilket Creek ravine. We spent an
