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Summer 2026 Adult ESL

Step One - Register for class

Step Two - Take the Placement Test

Step Three - Wait for an email response back!

Classes will start in May

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Fall 2026 Adult ESL

Step One - Register for class

Step Two - Take the Placement Test

Step Three - Wait for an email response back!

Classes will start in September

2026 Spanish Dialogue Class

International House is excited to present our 2026 Spanish Dialogue Class! 

 

This course focuses on developing beginner-level Spanish language skills, including listening, speaking, reading, writing, and basic grammar. Designed for individuals with little to no prior experience in Spanish, the class emphasizes active participation and practical, everyday dialogues to help students build confidence in real-life communication.

DEADLINE TO APPLY:

  • Saturday, January 31, 2026

CLASS DATES

  • February 2026 - April 2026

TIME

  • Weekly on Tuesdays from 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

LOCATION: INTERNATIONAL HOUSE

  • 1611 E 7th Street, Charlotte NC 28204

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For any questions, please email Laura at lbelk@ihclt.org

Active Reading Workshop and Read Together Workshop

Do you know why it is so important to read at home with your child during their preschool and elementary years?

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Join us at International House for a fun workshop for parents and children 0 -11 years old! Learn best practices to read with your child to help them develop their language skills, vocabulary, and comprehension.  

Enjoy music, dancing, and games while learning together! All families who attend will receive 3 free books to take home.

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The workshop is confirmed to be delivered in Spanish. Other language support available upon request.

Active Reading Workshop

- Parents & children 0 - 5 years old

- Friday, April 10
- 10 AM - 12 PM
- International House, 1611 E 7th Street

Read Together Workshop

- Parents & children 5 - 10 years old

- Friday, April 10
- 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- International House, 1611 E 7th Street

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Help us empower young readers this summer!​

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We would like to extend the invite to you and your communities to support our youth summer program, Rising Readers.

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Rising Readers is our 6-week summer program serving 300 multilingual elementary school students in grades kindergarten through 5th grade. Through themed literacy and enrichment units, our program helps to prevent the summer academic slide and prepare students for the upcoming school year. We have 3 partnership schools for our summer program and afterschool tutoring program. â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹

​Each of our 3 schools is expecting 100 student participants. Each school will have 4 classes with approximately 25 students per class, led by 2 teachers.

 

This summer, students will be practicing reading, writing, listening, and speaking with the following themes:

  • My Home, My Community (celebrating community, culture, World Cup)

  • It's a Wild World (Habitat Study: Plants/Animals)

  • We Can Solve It! Invention Convention

  • Let's Share a Story! Fairytales and Folktales

 

Students will be learning and applying vocabulary from each of these themes when it comes to reading passages and comprehension activities. In the afternoon, students will work together and show their creativity making models of a community or neighborhoods, having a Market Day simulation, creating shoebox dioramas of habitats to go along with their plant and animal research.

 

Each week students have a Field Day with outdoor games including water balloons, relays, and crafts.

 

This year we are excited to bring back Charlotte Mecklenburg Library for a bilingual story time! We hope to also have local, multicultural authors share their stories with our multilingual students.  

 

We would like to invite your support in the following ways:

 

Adopt a School with the following items: â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹â€‹

  • 100 notebooks

  • 100 2-pocket folders

  • 100 packs of crayons

  • 100 packs of markers

  • 100 packs of colored pencils

  • 100 gluesticks

  • 8 bottles of Elmer's liquid glue

  • Watercolor paint sets 

  • 2 packs of assorted colors of construction paper in bulk

  • 4 bottles of hand sanitizer

  • 5 reams of printer paper

  • 1 pack of assorted candy (no peanuts)

  • 1 24 pack of paper towels

  • 12 packs of Clorox Wipes​

  • ​1 12 pack of Kleenex

  • Set of individual white board slates for student use with dry-erase markers + erasers

  • 2 packs of assorted craft supplies (buttons, pom poms, googly eyes, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks, feathers, foam shapes and stickers, etc.)

  • Assorted sizes of Ziploc bags (gallon, quart, sandwich)

  • 100 Juice Pops/Popsicles per week for Field Day afternoons

  • 100 individually wrapped snack packs per week for Movie Monday afternoons (chips, cookies, crackers, etc. NO PEANUTS)

  • 100 juice boxes per week for Movie Monday afternoons

  • 100 water bottles per week 

Sign up to volunteer and help organize purchased materials for each of our 12 classes between June 1-June 11. This service opportunity will take place at our office in collaboration with our Youth and Family Education Manager. Questions? Please e-mail info@ihclt.org. 

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