The Summer International Language Elementary (ILE) program will be running in a fully on-line format during the summer of 2021! Registration is open now until June 15, 2021!
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 2020-2021 School Year, we are offering 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. The program will run Monday to Friday from July 5 to 30, 2021.
Register for the Program
Registration for the 2020-2021 summer program is now open!
Deadline to register for the Summer Program is June 15, 2021.
If your student attends a HWDSB Elementary school simply complete the On-Line form at ILE Program Registration Form at: http://bit.ly/SummerIILE2021-StudentRegistration CLOSED/FULL classes have been removed from the registration form options.
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” meeting with Continuing Education staff – book an On-Line meeting now
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 5th through 30th, 2021. Times below indicate the face to face instruction period only.
| Language and Class Information |
| Arabic – Afaf Abdallah – 9:30 A.M. TO 11 A.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – FULL/CLOSED |
| Arabic – Aghyad Alshawaf – 4:30 P.M. TO 6 P.M. – Advanced, Grades 7-8 |
| Arabic – Ahmad Nassar – 9:30 A.M. TO 11 A.M. – Intermediate, General audience (JK-Grade 8) |
| Arabic – Aisha Aly – 1:30 P.M. TO 3 P.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – FULL/CLOSED |
| Arabic – Alifeh (Olfat) Alsoufi – 11:30 A.M. TO 1 P.M. – Beginner, Grades 4-6 |
| Arabic – Alifeh (Olfat) Alsoufi – 1 P.M. TO 2:30 P.M. – Beginner, JK / Kindergarten |
| Arabic – Alifeh (Olfat) Alsoufi – 5:30 P.M. TO 7 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 7-8 |
| Arabic – Amani Abu Errub – 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. – Beginner, Grades 1-3 |
| Arabic – Amani Abu Errub – 12:30 P.M. TO 2 P.M. – Beginner, Grades 1-3 |
| Arabic – Hadeel Saddik – 9 A.M. TO 10:30 A.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – FULL/CLOSED |
| Arabic – Hadeel Saddik – 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – FULL/CLOSED |
| Arabic – Hadeel Saddik – 1 P.M. TO 2:30 P.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) |
| Arabic – Hadeel Saddik – 3 P.M. TO 4:30 P.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – FULL/CLOSED |
| Arabic – Hadeel Saddik – 9 A.M. TO 10:30 A.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) |
| Arabic – Ibtissam Abdallah – 10 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. – Intermediate, Grades 4-6 |
| Arabic – Khuloud Asfour – 1:30 P.M. TO 3 P.M. – Advanced, Grades 7-8 |
| Arabic – Khuloud Baranbo – 11:30 A.M. TO 1 P.M. – Beginner, Grades 1-3 |
| Arabic – Khuloud Baranbo – 2:30 P.M. TO 4 P.M. – Beginner, Grades 1-3 |
| Arabic – Layla Qaddoura – 10:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 4-6 |
| Arabic – Layla Qaddoura – 12 P.M. TO 1:30 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 1-3 |
| Arabic – Layla Qaddoura – 2 P.M. TO 3:30 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 4-6 |
| Arabic – Manal Khaled – 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 1-3 |
| Arabic – Mayada Abu Shanab – 9 A.M. TO 10:30 A.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) |
| Arabic – Mayada Abu Shanab – 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. – Intermediate, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – FULL/CLOSED |
| Arabic – Mayada Abu Shanab – 1:30 P.M. TO 3 P.M. – Advanced, General audience (JK-Grade 8) |
| Arabic – Mayada Abu Shanab – 3:30 P.M. TO 5 P.M. – Advanced, General audience (JK-Grade 8) |
| Arabic – Maysoon Ibrahim – 10 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. – Beginner, JK / Kindergarten |
| Arabic – Maysoon Ibrahim – 12 P.M. TO 1:30 P.M. – Beginner, Grades 1-3 |
| Arabic – Mhd Samer Almakhllaty – 12 P.M. TO 1:30 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 4-6 |
| Arabic – Mhd Samer Almakhllaty – 2 P.M. TO 3:30 P.M. – Advanced, Grades 7-8 |
| Arabic – Nada Ajaj – 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. – Beginner, Grades 1-3 |
| Arabic – Nada Ajaj – 1 P.M. TO 2:30 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 4-6 |
| Arabic – Nadia Ali – 2:00 P.M. TO 3:30 P.M. – Beginner – Grades 1-3 |
| Arabic – Nadia Ali – 3:30 P.M. TO 5 P.M. – Advanced, Grades 7-8 |
| Arabic – Nadia Ali – 5 P.M. TO 6:30 P.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) |
| Arabic – Ola Alrefai – 10 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. – Intermediate, Grades 1-3 |
| Arabic – Ola Alrefai – 11:30 A.M. TO 1 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 1-3 |
| Arabic – Randa Haj Ayoub – 6:30 P.M. TO 8 P.M. – Beginner, JK / Kindergarten |
| Arabic – Rehab Sakaji – 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 4-6 |
| Arabic – Souad Ailouti – 12 P.M. TO 1:30 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 4-6 |
| Arabic – Souad Ailouti – 1:30 P.M. TO 3:00 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 4-6 |
| Arabic – Tabassum Azhar – 12 P.M. TO 1:30 P.M. – Intermediate, General audience (JK-Grade 8) |
| Arabic – Tabassum Azhar – 2 P.M. TO 3:30 P.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – CANCELLED |
| Arabic – Tamador Aljazar – 10:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. – Advanced, Grades 4-6 |
| Arabic – Tamador Aljazar – 12:30 P.M. TO 2 P.M. – Beginner, Grades 1-3 |
| Arabic – Zobia Bhatti – 2 P.M. TO 3:30 P.M. – Intermediate, General audience (JK-Grade 8) |
| Arabic – Zobia Bhatti – 4 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 4-6 – CANCELLED |
| Chinese Simplified – Bing Wang – 7:30 P.M. TO 9 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 1-3 – CLOSED/FULL |
| Chinese Simplified – Jin Zang – 9:30 A.M. TO 11 A.M. – Intermediate, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – CLOSED/FULL |
| Chinese Simplified – Jin Zang – 11:30 A.M. TO 1 P.M. – Intermediate, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – CLOSED/FULL |
| Chinese Traditional – Jin Zang – 1:30 P.M. TO 3 P.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – CLOSED/FULL |
| Chinese Traditional – Jin Zang – 3:30 P.M. TO 5 P.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – CLOSED/FULL |
| German – Juana Ataalla – 10:30 A.M. TO 12 P.M. – Intermediate, Grades 4-6 |
| German – Juana Ataalla – 12 P.M. TO 1:30 P.M. – Beginner, Grades 1-3 – CLOSED/FULL |
| German – Karen DaCosta – 4:30 P.M. TO 6 P.M. – Beginner, Grades 1-3 |
| Greek – Theoktisti Dimakis – 10 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. – Beginner, Grades 1-3 |
| Polish – Joanna Tambor – 8:30 A.M. TO 10 A.M. – Intermediate, Grades 4-6 |
| Polish – Kamila Suleja – 9 A.M. TO 10:30 A.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) |
| Tamil – Kanitha Iyampillay – 11 A.M. TO 12:30 P.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) |
| Tamil – Vamathevan Rajasingam – 3:30 P.M. TO 5 P.M. – Intermediate, General audience (JK-Grade 8) |
| Urdu – Tabassum Azhar – 10 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. – Intermediate, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – CLOSED/FULL |
| Urdu – Tabassum Azhar – 2 P.M. TO 3:30 P.M. – CLOSED/FULL |
| Urdu – Tabassum Azhar – 4 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. – Beginner, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – CLOSED/FULL |
| Urdu – Zobia Bhatti – 10 A.M. TO 11:30 A.M. – Beginner, Grades 1-3 – CLOSED/FULL |
| Urdu – Zobia Bhatti – 12 P.M. TO 1:30 P.M. – Intermediate, General audience (JK-Grade 8) – CLOSED/FULL |
| Urdu – Zobia Bhatti – 4 P.M. TO 5:30 P.M. – CLOSED/FULL |
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 5, 6 & 7. To report an issue or to request a password reset, please report your concern at: https://bit.ly/Summer2021PasswordUserIssuesHWDSB
Continuing Education reserves the right to cancel or relocate programs. Confirmations for programs and notices of cancellation will be sent the week of June 22nd. 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 Tuesday, June 08, 2021.