- Crescent School (Toronto)
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Location Toronto, Ontario, Canada Information Headmaster Mr. Geoff Roberts Endowment $5,400,000[1] Campus 30 acres Established 1913 Homepage http://www.crescentschool.org Crescent School is an independent elementary and secondary boys school in Toronto, Canada. Established in 1913 by John William James, the school was situated in several locations in its early years. In 1933, Susan Denton Massey, the aunt of Governor General Vincent Massey, gifted land to the school, making its expansion possible.[2] Today, Crescent School is located in midtown Toronto, between Lawrence Park and the Bridle Path, operating under the Advanced Placement program with a reputation as a leader in boys education.[3]
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Athletics
Crescent teams include basketball, hockey, baseball, track and field, rugby, volleyball, badminton, tennis, swimming, soccer, skiing, table tennis, snowboarding, cross country and Ultimate Frisbee. A recent addition to the school's facilities is two artificial turf playing fields. The school has a longstanding record of success in both CISAA [5] and OFSAA [6].
In the 1920s and 1930s, the Crescent School held athletic events with other private and independent schools in the Greater Toronto Area. These events were often reported on in the Globe & Mail newspaper; the soccer match between the Crescent School and Appleby College held on November 30, 1937 ended in a tie.[4] During this interwar era, the School held an annual boxing tournament with, "...Parents, Old Boys and friends of the School..." invited to attend.[5] In addition to boxing, soccer, and cricket, the School also held a "annual aquatic gala" where prizes were given to the best boys.[6]
Co-curricular programs
Robotics
Since 2000, Crescent has been involved with the FIRST Robotics Competition FIRST Robotics [7] [8], an international competition in which professionals and high school students are teamed together to solve an engineering design problem in an intense yet cooperative way. In 2003, the Crescent FIRST Robotics Team won the regional Chairman's Award in recognition of the contribution it has made to the field of Robotics. In 2011, Crescents's Team 610, placed second in both the Waterloo and Greater Toronto Area and placed fifth at the World Championship in St. Louis. Crescent has also participated in another competition, RoboFest.
Outreach
Crescent's Outreach initiative emphasizes local, national and international opportunities that take an experiential learning and community service approach. Crescent School has many growing outreach projects in Toronto and around the world. In Toronto, Upper and Middle School students can participate in a tutoring program where they tutor students at two at-risk Toronto elementary schools. In order to graduate from the School, students must complete forty hours of volunteer service and are issued a Volunteer Service Handbook to assist them in completing their volunteer work.[7]
Other local projects students work on range from planting trees, collecting food for food banks and making quilts for disaster victims. Internationally, Crescent's students can opt to travel to areas in need to help dig wells, build libraries and tutor children in English. During the 2010/2011 school year, students had the opportunity to participate in outreach projects going to South Africa, Costa Rica, Tanzania, Ghana, India and Nepal.
Admission
- Grade 3: 40 new students are accepted
- Grade 4: 4 new students are accepted
- Grade 7: 36 new students are accepted
- Grade 9: 12-15 new students are accepted
As of 2011, tuition fees are $27,275 per year, which covers the cost of most academic activities.[8]
University placement
Graduates of the Crescent School attend universities in Canada, with many students pursuing higher education in the United States and the United Kingdom. From 2004-2009, the most popular Canadian university destinations for graduates in Canada were the University of Western Ontario (23 in 2009), Queen's University (21 in 2009) and the University of Toronto (8 in 2009). Outside Ontario, graduates have studied at Harvard University, Princeton University, University of Edinburgh, Oxford University, and many others.[9] Since 1999, Queen's University has attracted the largest share of graduates.[10]
Notable alumni
- Brigadier Ian Strachan Johnston (1919), one of the most decorated Canadians of the Second World War
- George Hees (1922), Member of Canadian Parliament
- Lieutenant Colonel Trumbull Warren (1924), aide-de-camp to Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery
- Peter O'Brian (1928), served for two years as aide-de-camp to Queen Elizabeth II
- Neil Lumsden (1971), professional football player
- Rob Coleman (1983), Animation Director, Industrial Light and Magic
- Christophe Beck (1987), Emmy Award winning composer
- Evan Solomon (1987), Writer, author and television personality
- Brad Crombie (1988), gold medal at the Commonwealth Games and an alternate for Canada at the 1996 Olympic Games
- David Harlock (1989), NHL and Olympic hockey player
- Kevin Abrams, (1989) Assistant General Manager of Super Bowl Champion New York Giants football team.
- Chilly Gonzales,Grammy-nominated Canadian musician.
- Rob Godfrey (1990) Chair Ontario SPCA and former Sr. VP Toronto Blue Jays baseball club
References
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- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ The Globe & Mail. December 2, 1937, Page 14
- ^ The Globe & Mail. June 1, 1934, Page 10
- ^ The Globe & Mail. June 16, 1937, Page 19
- ^ Crescent Volunteer and Service Opportunities
- ^ [4]
- ^ Crescent School University Placement
- ^ Crescent School University Destinations
- Cowley, Peter and Shahabi-Azad, Shahrokh "Report Card on Ontario's Secondary Schools : 2001 Edition ", The Fraser Institute, 2001
- Frank P Wood Estate
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Coordinates: 43°43′57″N 79°22′45″W / 43.732499°N 79.379218°W
Categories:- Beaux-Arts architecture in Canada
- Boys' schools in Canada
- Educational institutions established in 1913
- Private schools in Toronto
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