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Egypt, Cairo
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CISE serves students from Junior Kindergarten to Grade 12 and graduation provides the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. The school follows the Ontario curriculum and offers a French Immersion option that uses the same Ontario content in English and French. The curriculum emphasizes inquiry-based learning, critical thinking, and problem solving to prepare students for global citizenship.
The campus features a performing arts theater, a music room, and an art room. Kindergarten French Immersion integrates arts; specialist subjects such as Art and Music may be taught in English. Arts experiences are supported through the school's facilities and language programming.
The school offers a French Immersion program where students learn to communicate in French across subjects, using the Ontario curriculum. Graduates from Grade 8 receive an Elementary French Immersion Certificate and are encouraged to continue in the secondary program to graduate bilingual. The Kindergarten French Immersion and the two-year trilingual Kindergarten program provide instruction in English, French, and Arabic, with French immersion and English in some specialist subjects. The Diplôme d'études en langue française DELF is encouraged for French proficiency.
The Elementary School offers after-school activities such as basketball, tennis, chess, German, Spanish, the Debate Club, and racket sports. Elementary activities are scheduled to accommodate students from Kindergarten to Grade 5, with a variety of options for each grade. These activities provide opportunities to pursue interests beyond the classroom.
Ontario's guidance requires a minimum of 40 hours of volunteer community service to earn the Ontario Secondary School Diploma. The school emphasizes service, empowering students to address social, environmental, and global issues and to give of themselves for the public good. Community involvement activities are supported and encouraged as part of student development.
The school offers the Debate Club as an after-school activity, developing leadership and communication skills. Field trips, after-school activities, and events such as soccer tournaments, the Terry Fox Run, Winter Concerts, and the Science Fair provide leadership and teamwork experiences. These activities contribute to students' personal and professional growth through collaboration and project work.
The campus includes extensive athletics facilities, including soccer pitches, basketball courts, squash courts, and a 25-meter pool. The Activities Department runs athletics programs and after-school sports for elementary, middle, and high school students, with intramural competitions and events such as the CISE World Cup. Teams include Junior Boys Basketball, Senior Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball (G8 to G12), and Varsity Boys Soccer, all aimed at fostering sportsmanship, integrity, and respect.
Canadian International School of Egypt is a private international school for learners aged 4 to 18. It delivers the Ontario Canadian Curriculum and grants the Ontario Secondary School Diploma, and it is listed by the Ontario Ministry of Education as an Overseas Private School. The school offers a bilingual pathway with a French Immersion option that uses the same Ontario content as the English program, plus a two-year trilingual Kindergarten in English, French, and Arabic. In Elementary, French instruction reaches up to 80 percent in Grade 1, about 60 to 66 percent in Grades 2 to 6, and roughly 50 percent in Grades 7 to 8; graduates receive an Elementary French Immersion Certificate at Grade 8, with continuing bilingual qualifications in secondary. The DELF Diploma is available for French proficiency. Facilities include an auditorium, cafeteria, gymnasium, library, computer lab, and science lab, plus on-campus medical care. The campus features a main soccer field, a full athletics program, a performing arts space, extensive library resources, and early after-school activities. Service and global citizenship are emphasized for diploma graduation.
