Fun Fair Volunteers Wanted!! Once again, the CSPA is holding the annual Fun Fair on June 14th, 2016. It is always a fantastic event that everyone looks forward to at the end of the year. In order to run it properly, we urgently require dedicated volunteers to help supervise the inflatable games for 45 minute
Raffle Reminder
REMINDER!!!! SEND IN YOUR RAFFLE TICKETS!!! Don’t miss your opportunity to participate! Tickets are only $25 each, sell the booklet of four and you will be eligible for the free year’s tuition raffle draw for Crestwood School. Questions? Please contact Luanne Pearlman at lupearlman@gmail.com or Debbie Ng-Perkell at ngdebbie@rogers.com Tickets are due back on Monday,
Prep Hosts Primary Track Team
On Tuesday, Crestwood Preparatory College hosted a track meet for the Primary Track and Field Team. A group of Grade 12 students from the college planned and organized this fantastic event for our Grades 1-3. Our students ran races on a track and participated in field events such as javelin and baseball throw. This was
Crestwood World Series
Click for great photos from this event! This afternoon, the Student Government (along with Mr. Rachlis and Mr. Scott) organized a school-wide event to help wrap up and celebrate another successful school year. It began with an assembly where some of our CPC students were hypnotized! Some of our students were more susceptible to this than
Grade 12 Prom
Click for great pictures from Prom! Last Friday, Grade 12 students headed to the Bayview Golf and Country Club for their Prom. It was a wonderful evening, filled with great food, fun awards, dancing, beautiful young ladies, and handsome young gentleman. The Grade 12s were great ambassadors of Crestwood, and an amazing time was had
Used Uniform Donations and Sale
The Crestwood Parent Association will be holding a Used Uniform Sale on Tuesday, May 31st from 3:30-5:00pm. While this 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 gently used, clean
Message from the PA
Hello Crestwood Community! What a year – I can’t believe its flown by so quickly. To everyone who helped out with the PA, Community events, allowing your kids to help, bought baking – thank you for your support. And to all the fantastic volunteers on the PA Committee, I can’t thank you enough for all
Sports Update
Click for pictures and the Sports Schedule! U14 Girls Soccer The U14 soccer girls closed out their season Wednesday afternoon against Trafalgar Castle. Undaunted by the 6-1 scoreline in Trafalgar’s favor, the girls played some inspired soccer and had fun doing so. Their lone goal came courtesy of Ella Rival who slotted a shot by
U12 Softball Storm Cyclones
The Softball team warmed up for their Final Championship with their last regular season home game against Country Day School on Monday. As on multiple previous occasions, it took Crestwood a few minutes to get started, but when they did start they didn’t stop. The Cubs fielders and outfielders were relentless, getting the 3 outs
Run, Walk, Wheel & Roll
Dear Crestwood Families, I am writing to let you know about an incredible event! Run, Walk, Wheel & Roll (RWWR) is an annual event in support of THREE TO BE. Organized by grade 6 teacher Dani Seligman, RWWR enables children of all ages and ALL abilities to participate in a day of physical activities, entertainment, great food
Perfect Portraits Instructions
Attention : Crestwood Lower School Parents! Re: Student Portraits Perfect Portraits photographed your children at Crestwood School on January 13th, 2016. We are offering our on-line shopping service for your convenience. Please be assured that our website is secure and may only be accessed with the password assigned below. **** Using Google Chrome only! **** Enter
Sporting Life 10K
CPC participated in the Sporting Life 10K Run, which was a success! The annual run raised $2.1 million dollars this year. This ensures that every Ontario child with cancer has the opportunity to experience the magic of Camp Oochigeas. A big thank you to all the volunteers and runners who woke up extra early on
Athletic Banquet
This year’s Athletic Banquet will be held on Thursday, May 26th on the Enterprise 2000. This is a great evening spent celebrating the accomplishments of all our Crestwood teams and athletes. Athletic Banquet tickets should have been picked up this week in the Phys. Ed office. If you have not yet picked up your tickets, please do
Crestwood World Series
On Thursday, May 19th, Crestwood’s Student Government will be organizing a school-wide event to help wrap up and celebrate another successful school year. The Crestwood World Series 2016 will begin with an engaging assembly and the welcoming of a special visitor to our community who has the power to enhance human consciousness and expand your awareness.
Sports Update
Lots of exciting games have been going on this week! Click for updates and the schedule! Senior Boys Rugby The Senior Boys Rugby Team travelled to Albert College on Wednesday for a beautiful day of Rugby Seven’s. Our first match against Albert College was a close one but, CPC came up just short with a
Veterans/Grandparents’ Breakfast
Crestwood Preparatory College held its 6th Annual Veterans and Grandparents Breakfast on May 10, 2016. Many World War Two Veterans and Holocaust Survivors and Crestwood grandparents, who have participated in our Oral History Project attended, to be thanked and entertained by the students and staff at Crestwood – another very successful event!
Crestwood Junior School Fun Fair: Volunteer Opportunity
Attention Grade 9, 10, 11 and 12 students. Crestwood Junior School is looking for CPC volunteers to assist with their annual fun fair. The Fun Fair is being held on Tuesday June 14th from 3:30pm to 7pm. This is a great opportunity to earn some community service hours as well as celebrate the beginning of summer vacation.
Gr.7 tour Fort York
Last Friday, the Grade 7s had a fun filled field trip to Fort York in Toronto. Students toured buildings that were still standing from the War of 1812. The first building that we learned about was a magazine. We learned that there was a small room in the gunpowder magazine where the sergeant would send
Gr.4’s to Medieval Times
The Grade 4’s visited Medieval Times on Friday of last week. We first explored the front entrance and then entered the stadium where we were served a frosty beverage. Then the action got started. We saw horses doing tricks, knights battling for supremacy, kingdoms attacking one another, as well as the official games. It was
Sangeeta Bhadra Visits JK-2
This week the Junior Kindergarten to Grade 2 classes had a visit with Canadian author Sangeeta Bhadra. She is nominated for a Blue Spruce award for her book Sam’s Pet Temper, which addresses temper tantrums in a humorous, yet constructive manner. Sangeeta told the children that she was inspired to be an author when Robert Munsch
Co-ed Softball Dominant
This week the U12 softball team began a two game winning streak against Holy Trinity School (HTS) on Monday and Pickering College on Wednesday. Led by Crestwood’s very own dynamic coaching duo of Mr.Cooper and Mr.Greenacre, the team picked up their very first two victories of the season. HTS put up a good fight in
Mabel’s Labels
Crestwood School is fundraising with Mabel’s Labels! Camp season is just around the corner. Whether for sleep away or day camp, Mabel’s Labels has all your kids’ stuff – covered. Their camp label packs are jam-packed with UV resistant and waterproof labels, so they’ll withstand lakes, ponds, sun and all the other fun this summer
Uniform Sale – Two Days Only
C.S.P.A. Used Uniform Sale Two days only (in the gym) TUESDAY MAY 17th 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM & 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM WEDNESDAY MAY 18th 8:00 AM – 10:00 AM & 2:30 PM – 4:00 PM SAVE at least 50% and pay NO TAX. Cash or cheque (made payable to C.S.P.A.) only. NO
2B Matters
The 2B students had Scientists in the School on Tuesday morning. We explored the three states of matter and used a thermometer to investigate the conditions necessary to produce a change in state. What do an orange and a hockey puck have in common? Which is more buoyant and how can we change that? We studied how different states of matter interact while investigating solubility and we were challenged to produce
Crestwood Captures Gold at Science Olympics
Crestwood sends a big congratulations to all of the Crescent Science Olympics participants last weekend: Quinn, Farnood, and Spencer in grade 4, Lindsay, Molly, and Raymond in grade 5, and Tamara, David, and Jordan N. in grade 6. The students showed amazing team work and science skills through intense challenges involving lasers, anatomy, forensics, electricity,
Meet Dean Rabie
Dean Rabie delivers reading and writing assistive technology programmes to students in York Region and the Toronto District School board. Last year Dean provided our faculty with professional development in “Google Read and Write”. After “piloting” the programme in our Roots classes, we immediately recognized the significant impact this tool had on the learning of
Bugsy Malone
10 crew members, 9 sound and light technicians, 22 cast members, 1 director, 6 months, and the support of all Crestwood teachers and students…this is Bugsy Malone! See great pictures from the event and a message from Ms. McCourt. Welcome to the Roaring 1920’s! A time of Jazz, Speakeasies, Dancers, Gangsters, and, of course, Bugsy
YPI
Learn more about the Youth Philanthropy Initiative, as Spencer Arshinoff, Greg Papernick, and Joseph Eisentraut share their thoughts. The experience of doing a project for the Youth Philanthropy Initiative, or YPI, was a very enlightening one for us as we learned a variety of new things that you can’t learn in a classroom. When we
Sports Update
The spring season is flying by, and our teams are doing great! Click for updates and the schedule! U14 Track and Field On Tuesday, the U14 Track and Field team represented CPC at a meet at Pickering College. Congratulations to Ryan Ross, Sarah Zhang, and Annie Wen who each competed in 11 events! They
We Create Change
Next week, Crestwood will participate in We Create Change. This initiative is our Global Fundraiser, run through Me to We. During March Break, many of our Crestwood students travelled to Ecuador through Me to We to help build a school in a rural neighborhood. CPC students were able to see firsthand just how much change a small
