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 […]
Month: May 2018
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 – […]