International Languages
Registration for the 2025-2026 IILE Programming will open on August 18th 2025.
The International and Indigenous Languages Elementary (IILE) program is available to students registered in Junior Kindergarten up to Grade 8 from all school boards. This program offers students the opportunity to learn to listen, speak, read and write in a new language or to maintain the language of their home or heritage. No prior knowledge of the language is necessary to enroll in these classes.
This program is offered by the Durham District School Board free of charge and children may enroll in only one language class.
In person classes are offered each Wednesday evening from 6:00pm to 8:30pm at R. S. McLaughlin Collegiate and Vocational Institute - 570 Stevenson Rd N, Oshawa, ON L1J 5P1.
A child must be four years old by December to be eligible for classes.
Registration Information
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Languages offered for the 2025/2026 School Year |
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Hindi Malayalam Mandarin Marathi Spanish Tamil Students will also have the option to provide a different language using the "other" box provided in the registration form as a waitlist request, but these other languages will be dependent on the number of requests for a specific language reaching enough to justify the class. |
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Upcoming Program Dates | ||||||||
Class starts - October 1, 2025 Final class - May 13, 2026 |
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Registration Deadline | ||||||||
Registration deadline: September 12th, 2025 - Registrations after this date are subject to a waitlist |
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Note: Parents/Guardians of students who do not go to a Durham District School Board elementary school will be required to provide Proof of Citizenship. Durham Continuing Education staff will be in contact with instructions on how to provide that information. |