Principal’s Message from Ms. Laliberte As we welcome in Spring and the warmer weather, the students and staff at Crestview have

been busy with many exciting events and learning opportunities. The school is humming with

activity most days, and student learning and well-being continues to be a priority in both

classrooms and extracurricular activities.

During the month of April, TDSB schools are all participating in a Census process. At

Crestview, we sent home Parent Census Surveys with all students. We encourage you to fill

in these forms and return them to school by the end of the month, as they will serve to give us

valuable information about what we are doing well and what further improvements we can

make at Crestview and on a system level. Crestview’s Grade 4-6 students are also participat-

ing in the Census, and in so doing will provide us with confidential information on their expe-

riences, both in and outside of school. This is the first time students in this age group have

been asked to complete a Census, and we are excited that the data collected will represent the

voices of students at our school.

The next few months are also going to be very busy, with EQAO, and a number of special ac-

tivities such as Bookfair, Play Day and a Talent Show. While we eagerly anticipate end of

year activities and the coming of summer, we encourage parents and students to continue to

focus on the important learning that happens every day and to keep in regular contact with

teachers and school via planners, meetings and websites.

Victoria Day Holiday: May 22, 2017

School Council Meeting: Thursday, May 25th, 2017 - 6:30 P.M.

PA Day: June 9, 2017

Student’s Last Day of School: June 29, 2017

Principal: Lisa Laliberte Superintendent: Audley Salmon

Office Administrator: Carole Britten Trustee: Ken Lister

Head Caretaker: Seng Chhuy Council Chairs: Gayathri Samaroo

& Jonathan Weill

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Respect Me, Respect You,

Respect the World in Front of You

Unleashing Learning:

A Vision For Learning In

TDSB

On Friday, April 21st, Ms. Brit-

ten, along with two of her stu-

dents, attended a conference at

the ROM called “Unleashing

Learning.” The focus of the con-

ference was to showcase and

highlight the many innovative

teaching practices in TDSB schools. Ms. Britten’s students were fortu-

nate to have the opportunity to share their digital media projects, us-

ing Claymation, with the Director for

the TDSB, Dr. John Malloy as well as

our Superintendent, Mr. Audley Salm-

on. Congratulations to Ms. Britten and

her students on a fantastic job repre-

senting Crestview!

"I thought that this was a tremendous experience. Not only

did we get to do a really cool project at school, we also got to

meet the Director of Education! We answered questions from

other teachers about the project we did, and everyone was so

enthusiastic and kind. It was also really cool to see what other schools are doing with their students." (Sep)

"This experience was really fun, I got to create a story and characters and make them come to life with the magic

of iMovie. No only did I get to create a cool project, I also got to practice my public speaking skills by answering

other teacher's questions about how we made our project. I also got to walk around and see what other technology

is out there. It was a super fun day!" (Maya)

“Students learn best when

they are able to follow their

passion and operate within the

constraints of a bounded

environment.”

Thomas and Brown

A New Century of Learning, 2011

STEM LEARNING AT CRESTVIEW!

Over the past month, some of the Kindergarten students have enjoyed

watching the live video stream dceaglecam.eagles.org. Mr. President and The First Lady (the names of the eagles) have made their nest high in a Tulip Poplar tree amongst the Azalea Collection at the U.S. National Arbo-retum, which is operated by the United States Department of Agriculture. "The First Lady" laid her first egg on February 19th, 2017, and laid her second egg on February 23rd. Thirty-eight days after being laid. The first egg hatched on March 29, 2017 and the second egg hatched the next day on March 30. Since the eggs have hatched, the Kindergartens have docu-mented and observed

how the adult eagles care for their young, by keep-ing them safe and warm in the nest and bringing food (fish, ducks, squir-rels, moles) to feed to the baby eagles. Over the course of the past few weeks, the students have observed the eaglets opening their eyes, stretching their wings, moving

around the nest, being fed by their parents, and even engaging in sibling rivalry. The students will continue to watching these baby eagles grow and hopefully see them learn to fly before the school year is complete.

Parent Council Update: EQAO EVENING

On April 6th, an enthusiastic group of Grade 3 and 6 parents joined our Council Chairs, Ms. Britten, Mrs. Patten and Ms. Fischer to learn about the upcoming EQAO assessment. The in-teractive presentation gave parents a chance to do some practice ques-tions, examine how test results are used and to find out how teachers and parents can work together to prepare students for the assessment. Parents are welcome to join us for our next Parent Council event and meeting on May 25th, when we will learn about how to support stu-dent’s health and well-being at home and at school.

http://dceaglecam.eagles.org

ARE YOU MOVING?

If you are moving during the

summer, or if you have moved

already, please notify the office. Child’s Name:____________________________________________Grade:______

New Address:______________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________

PLEASE RETURN THIS FORM TO THE OFFICE. Thank you!

FAVOURITE BOOK OR MOVIE CHARACTER SPIRIT DaY

Galati Trip

On February 28th, Crestview students and

staff went on a walking excursion to Galati Mar-

ket Fresh to take part in Pancake Tuesday. Af-

ter an invigorating walk to the store, students

were served 2 warm and freshly made pancakes

with syrup, and were given a carton of choco-

late milk to take back to school. Crestview was

one of 4 area schools who participated in the

celebration, and we were very appreciative to

be joined by many parent volunteers, who

helped serve the students. Trustee Ken Lister

and City Councillor Shelley Carroll also made an

appearance and commented on the wonderful

way the event built community in the area.

Many thanks to Ms. Holtzman, who organized

this trip for the entire school!

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Light It Up Blue!!

World Autism Awareness Day was adopted by the United Nations in 2007 to

shine a bright light on autism as a growing global health priority. Every year on

World Autism Awareness Day, Autism Speaks celebrates its international “Light

It Up Blue” campaign to raise awareness and fundraise. This year, World Au-

tism Day was celebrated around the world on April 2nd.

Crestview celebrated World Autism

Awareness Day during the last week of

March, culminating in a special cele-

bration assembly on March 31st. Stu-

dents and Staff learned about autism

through art activities, discussions,

books and video presentations. On Fri-

day, we all came together, dressed in

blue and with blue glowing bracelets,

in a grand finale to #lightitupblue in

honour of this important cause.

We’d like to give a special thanks to Ms. Sa-

karya, Mr. Winnick and Ms. Freelan for their

work at Crestview to build

awareness and under-

standing of autism.

Dance-A-Thon On Friday, March 24th, Crestview held a very successful and popular

Dance-A-Thon fundraising event. The students and staff enjoyed a won-

derful opportunity to dance, listen to music and enjoy the special effects

and lights in the gym. Crestview students demonstrated great coopera-

tion in forming conga lines and cheering for each other’s dance moves!

Thanks to the generosity of our

school community, our

Dance-A-Thon event raised $6273

for the school.

WAY TO GO, CRESTVIEW!

Tribal Vision

Performance

Thanks to the fundraising efforts of our community,

students have been treated to some wonderful per-

formances at school this year. Recently, Crestview

students were ‘edu-tained’ with a high energy danc-

ing and singing performance offering an engaging

look at First Nations

culture, complete with

multimedia. In addition

to the live singing and

dancing, Visions of Tur-

tle Island included video and image presentations to

help explain the dances and to illustrate the cultural

experience of First Nations people in Canada. The

message of interconnectedness was embodied in the fi-

nale with a demonstration of the traditional Hoop

Dance. The show was very inter-

active, providing historical and

cultural information in the con-

text of the exciting show.

School Cleanup Day April 21st

livegreentoronto.ca

Crestview joined

the fun and helped

keep Toronto clean

and green.