School Attendance Zone
From the intersection of Autoroute 13 and Boulevard Notre-Dame to 92e Avenue;
92e Avenue to Boulevard Samson;
Boulevard Samson to Autoroute 13;
Autoroute 13 to the point of departure.
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The map describing the attendance zone for this school is intended to provide a general overview of the territory this school serves. Parents must contact the school in question in order to confirm admissibility to the requested school.
Philosophy
Mission
Helping Every Child Shine: Our focus is to prepare them to successfully meet the challenges in our diverse society.
Vision
Promote lifelong learning; To place the child at the center of his/her learning and to nourish his /her growth and potential.
The student is the center of his/her learning. Teachers, parents and adults around him/her nourish his/her physical, intellectual and emotional needs.
General Information
External Environment
Crestview elementary school is an English elementary school in the Sir Wilfrid School Board. Crestview Elementary school is located in Chomedey, Laval in a suburban community, thirty kilometers north of downtown Montreal.
Crestview was built in 1962; the building is situated on a 200,000 square foot lot fronted by mature maple trees. Our schoolyard features a soccer field, basketball courts as well as playground equipment. Crestview services the entire Laval region along and some students from the Lanaudiere and Laurentides areas. Twenty-two vans transport students with special needs from various regions with one school bus that transports the students from the Chomedey area
Internal Environment
Crestview Elementary School has a student body of approximately 190 students from pre- kindergarten to Grade 6. Crestview Elementary school is a dual track school housing both special education classes and mainstream classes. Sixty percent of our students have a difficulty code resulting in a weighted population of approximately 400 students. Crestview’s student population and diverse needs make it a unique school in the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Crestview caters to students with various exceptionalities such as autism spectrum disorders, as well as several low ratio Special Education Classes catering to range of exceptionalities from ASD, learning disorders, emotional and behavioral disorders and ADHD. In recent years, the needs of students have shifted and includes students with a range of mental health issues who are waiting to be serviced by the public health system or who do not have adequate support or resources at home to cope with the issues.
The school is made up of approximately 80 staff members. The school houses 12 specialized classes created by the school board’s Pedagogical Department. These regional classes take in youngsters from various areas on our Board. The specialized classes are for students who have moderate intellectual impairments, autism/pervasive developmental disorders, motor delays, neurophysiologic disorders or syndromes. Some are nonverbal, not toileted, and some have eating/ feeding difficulties. Some early cycle classes may include a student ratio of 2 to 1.
Crestview embraces a balanced literacy approach in English to help students develop their reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. Crestview’s programs of study offer an English and French program:
| Prekindergarten and kindergarten | 50% English and 50% French program |
| Cycle one | 64% English and 36 % French program |
| Cycles two and three | 60% English and 40% French Program |
Social Emotional Learning is a priority at Crestview and Zones of Regulation program is used many self-regulation programs used to teach social emotional competencies.
In addition, movement break stations are set up around the school to offer students the opportunities to self-regulate. Furthermore, “brain breaks” (classroom based physical activity programs) are encouraged to allow students the opportunity to move and increase their ability to focus throughout the day.
The school is equipped with a Rainbow Center which includes a Sensory Room, an Emotions Room and a Conflict Resolution Room and a quiet area to complete assignments. Flexible seating is offered in that area with couches, exercise balls and sensory equipment. The room is viewed as a therapeutic space that contains sensory equipment and is run by two full time special education technicians. The Rainbow Center is embraced school wide; it is the foundation for our positive behavior intervention plan. In addition, we have an Occupational Therapy Room that is used by our special education classes on a daily basis. Teachers create and follow a daily schedule to accommodate the various sensory diets the students might have.
We have a student body of 200 ranging from Pre kindergarten/ Kindergarten to Grade 6. Our building is situated on a 200 000 square foot lot fronted by mature maples. Our schoolyard features a soccer field, basketball courts, playground equipment and a paved area with many schoolyard games painted on the asphalt.
Parent Participation
Home and School and Governing Board
The Crestview Governing Board and Home and School meet once a month during the school year. These are “open” meetings. Our volunteers and committees provide support to our students and are instrumental in achieving our educational goals.
Services
Professionals
We offer the services of a psychologist, a social worker, a nurse, a speech-language pathologist, and an occupational therapist, these services are shared with other schools in our school board. They are hired though the school board and offer consultation sessions. Wednesday mornings are reserved for professional learning community meetings, students have a late start on Wednesday. Students start at 9:15AM every Wednesday.
After School Programs and Daycare
Crestview offers a school-based day care service from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
A monthly Calendar of events is provided to parents with special events organized throughout the year.
Various after school programs such as karate, basketball, French, tennis is offered on a semester basis.
Events and activities
Throughout the year, students at Crestview participate in activities such as the Terry Fox Run, Jump Rope for Heart, school wide themed activities and school wide assemblies, holiday food drives etc.…
Extracurricular activities are offered by the teaching staff during the lunch hour Programs include, Lego Club,
We also have a co-curricular swim program with Du Sablon Community Center.
Teachers and Home and School organize, Family days, Movie nights, Family Fun Fest, Holiday activities, Winter Carnival days etc… All these activities bring our community together, connect families as we celebrate the diversity of our school population.
Field trips include visits to the, the Bee Farm, Biodôme, Botanical Gardens, Cabane à Sucre, an apple orchard, the Nutcracker, and several different museums.