1. History

2. Academics
    Testing services offered 

3. Tuition Fee^[10]:
     Student Bursaries  

4. Summer camp

5. University partners

6. Residences

7. Extracurricular activities

8. Bark Lake Leadership Center

9. How to apply
     Academic program^[18]    E.S.L. program^[19]    Sample test^[20]  

10. Principals

11. References

12. External links

Columbia is a member of the Independent School Associations of Ontario (ISAO). The College is also registered with the Ministry of Education (Ontario)

History

Founded in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1978, Columbia International College began as a six-room university preparatory and ESL school on Mohawk Road West. It was known at the time as Columbia Secondary School of Canada. The school quickly outgrew this location, prompting a move to 430 East 25th Street in 1981 and another move to 1029 Main Street West in 1985; by this time, Columbia had a student population of 300. Ten years later, in 1991, Columbia Secondary School officially changed its name to Columbia International College.

The 1990s saw growth in Columbia's facilities, academic programs and student population. The school's climb in enrollment numbers resulted in a relocation to the Ainsliewood Campus in 2000. The school's current home is an 11,200 square metre facility located at 1003 Main Street West.

Academics

Columbia has six semesters: January, March, June, July, August and October. The school also offers year-round admission.^[2]

Columbia International College has about 1800 students that are from 73+ countries.^[3]

More information cane be find in the brochure^[4].

Testing services offered

Columbia is an Official Test Centre for:

• iBT TOEFL (Princeton University ETS authorized centre)^[5]
• IELTS (International English Language Testing System)^[6]
• The Michigan English Language Assessment Battery (MELAB)^[7]
• Canadian Academic English Language Assessment (CAEL)^[8]
• Secondary School Admissions Test (SSAT)^[9]

Tuition Fee^[10]:

• all prices are in Canadian dollar.

Additional fee when prior to arriving the first time

• Application fee ($300)
• Uniform package ($600)
• Custodian Documentation ($300)
• CIC security Deposit (Refundable ($1,000))
• Sundry Account (Refillable ($2,000))

Student Bursaries

Siblings: The siblings of a current student that is currently attending the school get a 25% discount. This only applies when the siblings attend the school at the same time.

Canadian citizens and permanent residents: they receive a 25% discount on the tuition fee and the sibling discount does not apply in this case.

Summer camp

Columbia's ESL Summer began in 1995 and is offered to children aged 9–19.

University partners

Columbia International College has partnerships with universities around the world,{{clarify|date=March 2017}} including:

• Acadia University
• University of Alberta
• Brock University
• University of Canberra
• Cape Breton University {{nb10}}
• University of London

• McMaster University
• State University of New York
• University of Ontario Institute of Technology
• University of Toronto
• University of Waterloo
• University of Western Ontario

Residences

Columbia International College is a boarding school, this means that all the students live in one of the six residences^[11].

Columbia International College currently has six single-gender residence buildings: three for males and three for females. The male residences include Oak Hall, Pine Hall^[12], and Hamilton Plaza (Formally Crown Plaza Hotel). The female residences include Linden Hall, Pine Hall and Arkledun. ^[13] In each residence there is a cafeteria, which would make breakfast and supper during the week, with the only exception of Pine Hall. The stunts in Pine Hall would get breakfast at the school during the week. During the weekend, the cafeteria in every residence would serve brunch and supper.

In 2018, there was a proposal to build a new residence for boys and girls. This new residence would be on Main Street West and Longwood Road^[14]. This residence would house more than 1,000 students^[14].

This Table explains what there is in each residences^[11].

Extracurricular activities

Columbia's Student Development Office assists students with their after-school schedules and events on campus and within residence. They offer clubs and activities based on Leadership, Arts, Community Service and Athletics.

The academics remain a priority, however, the school encourage the students to participate in extracurricular activities. These activities consist of sports, arts, music and clubs^[15]. It was proven that extracurricular activities would help stimulate, motivate the students in their studies. In other words, they are more motivated to learn. This would make the school more enjoyable and fulfilling. It helps the students to have stress relief moment and it would allow them to develop skills.

Some sports that are offered^[16]:

• Soccer
• Basketball
• Volleyball
• Rugby

Some clubs that are offered^[16]:

• Swimming lessons
• Foreign language club
• Math club
• Musical theatre/ Opera
• Outdoor climb
• Outdoor education
• Photography
• School newspaper
• Science club
• Community services
• Etc.…

The school also offer a leadership program. The student’s part of the leadership has to pass an interview and have to spend a day doing activities to determine whether or not they can be part of the leadership team. When the students are chosen, they go to Bark Lake for 3 days for team bonding exercises. This would permit the students on each team to know their colleagues better and make a more efficient team.

Bark Lake Leadership Center

Bark Lake is Columbia's private Leadership and Outdoor Education Center. It is a 700-acre facility located in Haliburton County, Ontario.

Throughout the year, frequent trips are made to Bark Lake for students to complete leadership training.^[17]

How to apply

Academic program^[18]

It is possible to apply online. There is a general form that you will have to complete. This would be for student that would attend from grade 9 to 12 or pre-university classes. When receiving the letter of acceptance, if not Canadian, you will need to apply for a study permit.

E.S.L. program^[19]

It is also possible to apply online. There is a general form that you will have to complete. This would be for student that are between the age of 9 to 19. If applying to this program this means that the English of the student is not at a level where he/she could go the high school classes. This program will focus on the English and bring the student back to level. If not Canadian, you will need to apply for a study permit after getting accepted by the school.

Sample test^[20]

After being accepted, the first day of school the future student would have to write a test in English, biology, chemistry and math. The results of this test would help the school to place the student in the level in which they are. For example, they might be in grade 11 for English and grade 12 for the rest. This would depend on the scores on the test. The results would be told to the students later that day and with the help of an adviser, they would have to choose the classes they would attend that school year.

Principals

References

External links

• Columbia International College

• White House (Herm)
• Whitehouse High School
• White House Homeland Security Council
• Whitehouse Honey Ale
• White House Honey Ale
• White House Honey Blonde Ale
• White House Honey Porter
• White House Iftar dinner
• White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
• White House Initiative on Education Excellence for Hispanics
• White House Inn
• Whitehouse Institute of Design
• White House intruders
• Whitehouse ISD
• Whitehouse, John
• White House Kitchen Garden
• White House meridian
• White House, Montgomery County, Virginia
• White House, Moscow
• White House National Economic Council
• White House Peace Vigil
• White House petition
• White House pets
• White House Police
• White House Press Briefing Room