Upfront / Crescent News

CRESCENT THEN Crescent runners compete with students from peer schools in a fall 2002 cross-country race at Boyd Conservation Area in Vaughan.

Crescent Wins First Place at OFSAA Golf Championship

Matthew Javier ’24, Eric Zhao ’25, Tyler Bunker ’25 and Ethan Fong ’24 fought a two-day battle in wind and rain at the FireRock Golf Club just west of London, Ontario. They emerged victorious. On October 12 and 13, Crescent’s boys’ golf team earned first place at the 2022 Boys Golf Championship held by the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA). It is the first time Crescent has won an OFSAA gold in golf in the school’s history.

$2M Gift Strengthens Future of Crescent School

“Crescent will have a lifelong impact on the man our son will become, and the sons of so many other families, and it is crucial that the school is given the resources to thrive.” This rationale is what guided Fabrizio and Nicole Cortellucci when deciding to make an extraordinary $2 million donation to the School’s Master Campus Plan. The Cortelluccis’ son, Cristiano ’29, started at Crescent in Grade 3 and over the years, says Nicole, “we have watched him grow, make friends, and develop resilience.” This major gift makes the Cortellucci family one of the most generous benefactors in Crescent’s history.

In recognition of their gift, Crescent’s CCL Theatre has been named the Cortellucci Family Theatre.

Q&A with Head Boy Shay Kothari

What is your favourite activity/hobby?

My favourite activity is definitely baseball. I play a lot of that outside of school with other Crescent grads. I’m a pitcher.

What is the most important thing you’ve read?

Born A Crime, by Trevor Noah. I read it last summer as a part of Crescent’s reading co-operative. It was cool to learn about Apartheid in South Africa and see how far we’ve come but also the things we can still improve on, especially in our own communities in Canada.

What is your most treasured possession?

One would be my signed Wayne Gretzky poster. My second would be my Rubik’s Cube. I fidget with it and it gets my mind active. I learned how to do it a couple of years ago and I use it quite often. On our Grade 9 leadership retreat, I said to my buddy Cameron, “Could you teach me how to do this?” We sat there for three hours straight on the bus up to camp, and he taught me.

What do you want to be “when you grow up?”

I’ll say “fulfilled.” In whatever I’m doing. I don’t want to give one answer just yet.

What advice would you give to a Grade 3 Crescent student today?

I’ve been saying this a lot this year as I’ve visited the Lower and Middle Schools. “Try everything.” Get involved and meet as many new people as possible—especially as we’re coming out of the pandemic. Be nice to everyone.

To read more of Shay’s answers, see the Crescent Blogs page on crescentschool.org.

Crescent Now

Jaksen Neldner ’25 competes at the CISAA Cross-Country Championships in October. He and Jeremy You ’24 qualified for the OFSAA Cross-Country Provincial Championships.