The Summer International Language Elementary (ILE) program will be running primarily in an on-line format during the summer of 2022, limited in-person classes are available as well. Registration for this program closed on June 16th.
If your student does not currently attend an HWDSB school, please see our “Register with CE” page for student registration requirements.
International Languages Elementary classes provide academic instruction in languages other than English and French.
Program Information
During the summer of 2022, we are offering most of our classes in an on-line format using Microsoft Teams. Face to face instruction period will be 1.5 hours per class per day, in addition to assigned work. In Person classes will run for 2.5 hours per day. The program will run Monday to Friday from July 4 to 29, 2022.
Benefits of learning an additional language:
- Enhanced Problem Solving Skills
- Improved Verbal and Spatial Abilities
- Improved Memory Function (long & short-term)
- Enhanced Creative Thinking Capacity
- Better Memory
- More Flexible and Creative Thinking
- Improved Attitude Toward the Target Language and Culture*
*courtesy of actfl.org
Register for the Program
HWDSB Students and CURRENT HWDSB International Language Elementary program participants: Register for Summer International Languages
If your student DOES NOT attend an HWDSB Elementary school you will need to complete the ILE Program Registration Form AND an On-Line “Student Registration” form to confirm your child’s information and eligibility.
Please see our “Register with CE” page for student registration requirements for students from outside of HWDSB.
Confirmation: In late June we will send confirmation and provide a Teams Link to your student’s class.
Program Dates and Listing
Summer ILE programs run Monday to Friday starting July 4th through 29th, 2022. Times below indicate the face to face instruction period only.
| Arabic – Afaf Abdallah – Beginner Level – Grades 1-3 – 8:30 A.M. TO 10 A.M. |
| Arabic – Hadeel Saddik – Beginner Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 9 A.M. TO 10:30 A.M. |
| Arabic – Amani Abu Errub – Beginner Level – Grades 1-3 – 9:30 A.M. TO 11 A.M. |
| FULL – Closed to registration – Arabic – Mayada Abu Shanab – Beginner Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 9:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. IN PERSON AT HILL PARK LEARNING CENTRE |
| Arabic – Maysoon Ibrahim – Intermediate Level – Grades 1-3 – 9:30 A.M. TO 11 A.M. |
| Arabic – Alifeh (Olfat) Alsoufi – Intermediate Level – Grades 1-3 – 1 P.M. TO 2:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Dalia Fahmy – Beginner Level – Grades 1-3 – 1 P.M. TO 2:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Hadeel Saddik – Beginner Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 1 P.M. TO 2:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Samira Al Asadi – As a second language Level – Grades 4-6 – 1 P.M. TO 2:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Souad Ailouti – Beginner Level – Grades 1-3 – 1:30 P.M. TO 3 P.M. |
| Arabic – Ibtissam Abdallah – Intermediate Level – Grades 4-6 – 10 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. |
| Arabic – Khuloud Baranbo – Beginner Level – Grades 1-3 – 10 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. |
| Arabic – Najat Malawani – Advanced Level – Grades 7-8 – 10 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. |
| Arabic – Samira Al Asadi – As a second language Level – JK / Kindergarten – 10 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. |
| Arabic – Afaf Abdallah – Intermediate Level – Grades 4-6 – 10:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. |
| Arabic – Dalia Fahmy – Beginner Level – JK / Kindergarten – 10:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. |
| Arabic – Manal Khaled – Intermediate Level – Grades 4-6 – 10:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. |
| Arabic – Ola Alrefai – Beginner Level – JK / Kindergarten – 10:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. |
| Arabic – Samira Al Asadi – As a second language Level – Grades 1-3 – 10:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. |
| Arabic – Souad Ailouti – Beginner Level – Grades 4-6 – 10:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. |
| Arabic – Amani Abu Errub – Beginner Level – Grades 1-3 – 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Hadeel Saddik – Beginner Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – MHD Samer Almakhllaty – Beginner Level – Grades 4-6 – 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Saffanah Alsofee – Beginner Level – JK / Kindergarten – 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Tabassum Azhar – Intermediate Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Alifeh (Olfat) Alsoufi – Intermediate Level – JK / Kindergarten – 11:30 A.M. TO 1 P.M. |
| Arabic – Maysoon Ibrahim – Beginner Level – JK / Kindergarten – 11:30 A.M. TO 1 P.M. |
| Arabic – Nada Ajaj – Intermediate Level – Grades 4-6 – 11:30 A.M. TO 1 P.M. |
| Arabic – Afaf Abdallah – Advanced Level – Grades 4-6 – 12 P.M. TO 1:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Layla Qaddoura – Intermediate Level – Grades 4-6 – 12 P.M. TO 1:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Souad Ailouti – Advanced Level – Grades 7-8 – 12 P.M. TO 1:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Khuloud Baranbo – Intermediate Level – Grades 1-3 – 12:30 P.M. TO 2 P.M. |
| Arabic – Manal Khaled – Beginner Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 12:30 P.M. TO 2 P.M. |
| Arabic – Mayada Abu Shanab – Intermediate Level – Grades 5- 8 – 12:30 P.M. TO 3 P.M. IN PERSON AT HILL PARK LEARNING CENTRE |
| Arabic – Ola Alrefai – Beginner Level – Grades 1-3 – 12:30 P.M. TO 2 P.M. |
| Arabic – Layla Qaddoura – Beginner Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 2 P.M. TO 3:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – MHD Samer Almakhllaty – Intermediate Level – Grades 7-8 – 2 P.M. TO 3:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Nadia Ali – Beginner Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 2:30 P.M. TO 4 P.M. |
| Arabic – Manal Khaled – Beginner Level – JK / Kindergarten – 2:30 P.M. TO 4 P.M. |
| Arabic – Tajseem Hussain – As a second language Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 3:30 P.M. TO 5 P.M. |
| Arabic – Nadia Ali – Advanced Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 4 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. |
| Arabic – Tamador Aljazar – Beginner Level – Grades 1-3 – 4:30 P.M. TO 6 P.M. |
| Arabic – Nadia Ali – Beginner Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 5:30 P.M. TO 7 P.M. |
| Arabic – Randa Haj Ayoub – Beginner Level – JK / Kindergarten – 6:30 P.M. TO 8 P.M. |
| Arabic – Tamador Aljazar – Advanced Level – Grades 4-6 – 6:30 P.M. TO 8 P.M. |
| Chinese Simplified – Jin Zang – Beginner Level – JK / Kindergarten – 8:30 A.M. TO 10 A.M. |
| Chinese Simplified – Jin Zang – Intermediate Level – Grades 1-3 – 12 P.M. TO 1:30 P.M. |
| Chinese Simplified – Jin Zang – Intermediate Level – Grades 4-6 – 2 P.M. TO 3:30 P.M. |
| Chinese Simplified – Bing Wang – Intermediate Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 4:30 P.M. TO 6 P.M. |
| Chinese Simplified – Bing Wang – As a second language Level – Grades 1-3 – 6 P.M. TO 7:30 P.M. |
| Chinese Simplified – Bing Wang – As a second language Level – Grades 4-6 – 7:30 P.M. TO 9 P.M. |
| CLOSED/FULL – German – Miruna Dragomir – Beginner Level – Grade 4 to 8 – 8:30 A.M. TO 10 P.M. |
| CLOSED/FULL – German – Miruna Dragomir – Beginner Level – JK-Grade 3 – 10:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. |
| Kurdish – Zaian Abdullah – Intermediate Level – General Audience – 11 A.M. TO 1:30 P.M. IN PERSON AT HILL PARK LEARNING CENTRE |
| Kurdish – Avin Gubari – Intermediate Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 11:30 A.M. TO 2 P.M. IN PERSON AT HILL PARK LEARNING CENTRE |
| Tamil – Kanitha Iyampillay – Beginner Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 10 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. |
| Tamil – Vamathevan Rajasingam – Intermediate Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 6:30 P.M. TO 8 P.M. |
| Urdu – Tabassum Azhar – Intermediate Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 1 P.M. TO 2:30 P.M. |
| Urdu – Zobia Bhatti – Beginner Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 12 P.M. TO 1:30 P.M. |
| Urdu – Zobia Bhatti – Intermediate Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 2 P.M. TO 3:30 P.M. |
| Urdu – Tabassum Azhar – Beginner Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 3:30 P.M. TO 5 P.M. |
| Urdu – Zobia Bhatti – Intermediate Level – General audience (JK-Grade 8) – 4 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. |
Eligibility, Fees and Exceptions
Junior Kindergarten to Grade 8 students who are eligible to attend school for free in Ontario are eligible to participate in the ILE Program.
Students are eligible to attend one class in any one language during the summer session, however they can take a separate or dual language program in a second language without paying any additional fees for program instruction, (ex. a student can attend one Arabic class in the morning and a Simplified Chinese class in the afternoon etc).
If you wish to enrol your child in more than one class in the same language, a fee of $125 per student per additional course is applicable (ex. a student can attend one Arabic class in the morning for free and a second Arabic class in the afternoon for a program fee of $125 for the second class). Fees are payable using our On-Line payment system SchoolCash – you will be provided a payment link if you register your child for multiple courses in the same language.
Technical Support: We have arranged for Technical and Course start up support on July 4, 5, & 6. To report an issue or to request a password reset, please report your concern at: https://bit.ly/HWDSBContEd-Summer2022UserAccountIssues
Continuing Education reserves the right to cancel or relocate programs. Confirmations for programs and notices of cancellation will be sent the week of June 20th. HWDSB is not providing technology devices or internet access for this program.
If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact the Continuing Education – Hill Park Learning Centre by phone at 905-561-2190 or e-mail us at ce@hwdsb.on.ca
Updated on Wednesday, July 13, 2022.