| Crescent School | |
| Veritate Stamus Et Crescimus | |
| 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]
Contents |
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]
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.
As of 2011, tuition fees are $36,275 per year, which covers the cost of most academic activities.[8]
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]