Welcome to the Hawthorne School Community!

Welcome to Hawthorne II Bilingual Alternative JS.  Our school serves 175 students from Kindergarten to Grade 6.

Hawthorne is a unique K to 6 school that offers an alternative oral French language program. At Hawthorne, our mission is to enable all students to reach high levels of achievement in both English and French and to acquire the knowledge, skills and values they need to become engaged members of a democratic society, and caring citizens of the world.

Our alternative French program has always been unique. We introduce French language learning to our students through songs, stories, games and phrases to develop their interest in the language. Hawthorne students spend approximately 50% of the day learning and speaking French.

Our school is housed in the Essex Public School building and we have a very special relationship with Essex. We are proud of our partnership between the schools - our students, staff and community work and play together in spirit of inclusivity and harmony, while maintaining each schools' unique characters. Teachers from both schools engage in professional learning together in order to further solidify our partnership.  Collectively we are known as EH Schools - we work together/nous travaillons ensemble!! 

It is an exciting time to join our community as our school is in the midst of a re-visioning process. We are seeking ways to increase our ability to meet the needs of all learners by:

• exploring the potential of the arts & the environment to ground our students’ work in the entire Ontario curriculum;
• continuing our evolving and innovative approach to French language learning; and
• sharing what we learn from our unique pedagogical approaches with both Essex and across the board through parent engagement as well as professional learning and leadership opportunities.