{"id":9007,"date":"2025-03-06T13:40:40","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T18:40:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/?page_id=9007"},"modified":"2026-04-20T10:50:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T14:50:05","slug":"elementary-international-languages-program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/elementary-international-languages-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Elementary (JK-gr 8) International Languages Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">(need this page translated?\u00a0 click this button at the top of the screen)<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8571 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/files\/2023\/10\/International-and-Indigenous-Languages-Program-2023-2024-Continuing-Education-.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"101\" height=\"26\" \/><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The WRDSB&#8217;s International and Indigenous Languages program (IILP) provides an opportunity on Saturday mornings for students who wish to learn a new language, preserve their own language, or enhance their intercultural awareness.\u00a0 No prior language experience is necessary.\u00a0 Through the International and Indigenous Languages program, students can develop oral communication, reading and writing skills in languages other than English or French, at either an Elementary or Secondary level.\u00a0 Secondary (credit) courses provide 110 hours of instruction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">All International and Indigenous Languages programs comply with the Ontario Ministry of Education and are available to all WRDSB and non-WRDSB students.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table class=\"alignright\" style=\"width: 100%; border-collapse: separate; border-style: ridge; background-color: #ccdfee; border-color: #005fae;\" border=\"8\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808000;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\">ELEMENTARY (JK- gr 8) PROGRAM<\/span><\/span><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Registration is now OPEN for 2026\/27<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Click <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLScWD5olueqNJriBQ23cJPwTGyWvKoWmqR-43HMMolQ3n1-0Uw\/viewform?usp=header\">HERE<\/a><\/span> to open the form<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #008080; text-decoration: underline;\">PROGRAM DETAILS for 2026-2027<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008080;\"><span id=\"ELEMENTARY\">ELEMENTARY (JK &#8211; gr. 8):<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Elementary classes are in-person and run on Saturday mornings from 9:00 to 11:30<\/li>\n<li>Elementary classes will start on Sept 26, 2026 and finish on May 29, 2027<\/li>\n<li><strong>Registration will close in Saturday Dec 5th, or while space is available<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>If your child is currently participating in IILP, you MUST register again for the 2026\/27 school year.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>New for 2026\/27:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span> Students who are absent 5 consecutive weeks will be demitted and cannot re-enter the program until the next year.<\/li>\n<li>Please note: students MUST be registered in a day school AND be at least 4 yrs old before December 31, 2026 to attend the International Languages Program<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>These Elementary (in-person) languages have been and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">may<\/span> be offered again, pending sufficient enrollment.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">note<\/span><\/em>:\u00a0<\/span> <strong><span style=\"color: #008080;\">Additional languages may be offered, depending on sufficient enrolment <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">and<\/span> the availability of a qualified teacher.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Generally, 23-25 students are needed to be able to open a new class.\u00a0 \u00a0If a language you are interested in is not listed here, please complete the registration form, choosing &#8220;other&#8221; under the language your child would like to study and then indicating the language you would like to see offered<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.3609%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Albanian<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.983%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Amharic<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.83802%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Arabic<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.3609%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Bengali<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.983%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Dari<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.83802%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Farsi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.3609%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">German<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.983%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Greek<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.83802%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Gujarati<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.3609%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Hindi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.983%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Korean<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.83802%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Malayalam<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.3609%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Mandarin<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.983%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Marathi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.83802%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Oromo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.3609%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Nepali<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.983%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Punjabi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.83802%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Romanian<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.3609%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Serbian<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.983%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Somali<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.83802%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Spanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.3609%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Tamil<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.983%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Telugu<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.83802%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Turkish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 11.3609%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Urdu<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.983%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Vietnamese<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 9.83802%; text-align: center; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008080;\"><strong>Locations for our 2025-2026 Elementary IILP Languages:<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 306px; width: 99.8803%; border-collapse: collapse; background-color: #259c72; border-color: #000000;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 66px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 66px; text-align: center;\">\n<h3><strong>HESPELER PS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 66px; text-align: center;\">\n<h3><strong>STANLEY PARK PS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; height: 66px; text-align: center;\">\n<h3><strong>FOREST HILL PS<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; height: 66px; text-align: center;\">\n<h3><strong>FOREST HEIGHTS CI<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; height: 66px; text-align: center;\">\n<h3><strong>GRAND RIVER CI<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #98d4b9;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 48px; text-align: center;\">300 Winston Blvd.<br \/>\nCambridge<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; height: 48px; text-align: center;\">191 Hickson Dr.<br \/>\nKitchener<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; height: 48px; text-align: center;\">255 Westmount Rd. E.<br \/>\nKitchener<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; height: 48px; text-align: center;\">255 Fischer Hallman Rd.<br \/>\nKitchener<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; height: 48px; text-align: center;\">175 Indian Rd.<br \/>\nKitchener<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Arabic<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Hindi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Amharic<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Albanian<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Farsi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Gujarati<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Marathi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Bengali<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Arabic<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Gujarati (elementary &amp; secondary)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Hindi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Tamil<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Malayalam<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">German<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Hindi (secondary only)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Punjabi<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Dari<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Nepali<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Greek<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Korean<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Tamil<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Serbian<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Mandarin<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Spanish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Urdu<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Telugu<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Romanian<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Punjabi<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center; border-color: #000000;\">\u00a0Urdu<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Somali<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center; border-color: #000000;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center; border-color: #000000;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center; border-color: #000000;\">Oromo<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; height: 24px; text-align: center;\">Turkish<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; text-align: center; border-color: #000000; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; text-align: center; border-color: #000000; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; background-color: #faf5f5; text-align: center; border-color: #000000; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; text-align: center; border-color: #000000; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; text-align: center; height: 24px;\">Vietnamese<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 19.9601%; background-color: #faf5f5; text-align: center; border-color: #000000; height: 24px;\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Calendar:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/files\/2026\/04\/Calendar-for-IILP-Elementary-2026-27.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Calendar for IILP Elementary 2026 27<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008080;\">Fees for IILP Classes:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>If your child is a Canadian Citizen or Permanent Resident, there are no fees associated with Saturday Morning language classes.<\/li>\n<li>If you are living in Canada on a work or study visa and your child is fee-exempt at day school,\u00a0please contact WRDSB International Admissions at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wptraining.wrdsb.ca\/draftwebsite\/registration\/international@wrdsb.ca\">international@wrdsb.ca<\/a> or call 519-570-0003 ext, 4454 for more information.<\/li>\n<li>If your child is a fee-paying international student in day school, there is an additional fee to take a Saturday Morning language class.\u00a0 To inquire about this, please contact WRDSB International Admissions at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wptraining.wrdsb.ca\/draftwebsite\/registration\/international@wrdsb.ca\">international@wrdsb.ca<\/a>\u00a0or call 519-570-0003 ext, 4454.\u00a0 Specify that your child is already registered in WRDSB as a fee-paying international student and that you are interested in adding a Saturday morning International Language class to your child\u2019s program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #008080;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Interested in teaching in our International and Indigenous Languages program?\u00a0<\/span> <\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #333399;\">Please send your application package to\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"mailto:coned_resumes@wrdsb.ca\">coned_resumes@wrdsb.ca<\/a><\/span><span style=\"color: #333399;\">\u00a0 clearly indicating the language(s) for which you are applying.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #008080;\">Questions?<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>please contact us via email:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:iilp@wrdsb.ca\">iilp@wrdsb.ca<\/a><\/li>\n<li>please note that this email is not monitored between June 29 &#8211; August 17, 2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(need this page translated?\u00a0 click this button at the top of the screen) &nbsp; The WRDSB&#8217;s International and Indigenous Languages program (IILP) provides an opportunity on Saturday mornings for students who wish to learn a new language, preserve their own language, or enhance their intercultural awareness.\u00a0 No prior language experience is necessary.\u00a0 Through the International [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\" role=\"complementary\"><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/elementary-international-languages-program\/\"><strong>Read more about<\/strong> <cite>Elementary (JK-gr 8) International Languages Program<\/cite> &#187;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":359,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9007","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/359"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9007"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9347,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9007\/revisions\/9347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}