Director's Message

Today, many kids see school and learning as a burden – a chore that they have to do before being allowed to play with their tablets. While education is essential, I believe that, by sparking a child’s innate curiosity and channelling their imaginations toward the infinite horizon of possibility, learning can be regarded, not only as fundamental, but fun as well. This passion for fostering lifelong learners was the reason I founded Focus Learning. Over the years, I have had the privilege of teaming up with passionate and professional educators. We have developed and instituted programs that focus on “edu-tainment”. These programs facilitate substantive learning in a fun and engaging atmosphere, allowing our teachers to give attention to each student. We believe that what we have created will not only foster a love for learning but progress and success in their chosen subjects as well. In all candidness, sometimes I feel as though I have one of the best jobs in the world. Seeing a child’s face light up – full of brightness, life, wonder and curiosity – is not just a reward to educators, but to our global community. I hope that, through our program, we will do the same for your child and light their way toward all the possibilities learning can provide. 

Shelly Zheng
 Director/Founder
 Focus Learning
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Vision and Mission

Learn, Play, and Go Beyond the Classroom

Our vision is for kids to learn, play and go beyond the classroom. Our mission is to inspire a love of learning through teaching new transferable skills and challenging our students to take risks and bring out their full potential in a fun and engaging environment.

Our Teaching Philosophy

Learn, Play, and Go Beyond the Classroom

In a day and age where information can be accessed by a touch, click or swipe, we recognize that educators should be effective coaches and role models, using our expertise to assist, encourage and motivate students. Our goal is to guide them on their journey to become accomplished and independent individuals, and to gain the skills needed for continuing practice.

Michael Wisniowski

TEACHER

Michael has always been passionate about storytelling and the arts: he has written several short films and stage plays, and has experience as a film, television and stage actor and director. He uses these experiences and...

Shervin Tohidi

TEACHER

Mr. Shervin- Mr. Shervin Tohidi is the Math and Science teacher at Focus Learning. With over 10 years of experience working with children, he enjoys providing hands-on challenges that build confidence and problem-solving...

Brittney Fraser

TEACHER

Ms. Brittney- Ms. Brittney Fraser specializes in teaching English to speakers of other languages and is a TESOL certified teacher. Ms. Brittney motivates her ESL students to become accomplished independent learners!

James Moon

INSTRUCTOR

A successful investment banker, Mr. James Moon brings his profound knowledge in the financial world and passion to his YoungTrepreneur course, where teenagers are inspired to open up their mind, think outside the box, an...

Charles Rotenberg

INSTRUCTOR

Charles Rotenberg is part of the Minecraft Global Mentor group, a team of approx. 400 educators worldwide devoted to developing lesson plans for integration of Minecraft into school curriculum. He delivers this unique bl...

Lisa Hines

TEACHER

Ms. Lisa Hines is an Ontario Certified Teacher with extensive experience teaching mathematics and computer science. Ms. Lisa teaches computer programming and robotics and specializes in coaching LEGO Robotics. She makes ...

Dedicated classrooms with highly skilled educators.

Learn, Play, and Go Beyond the Classroom

Our variety of classes and private tutoring options ensures that your child will be engaged, encouraged, and challenged while at our learning center. Our experienced and certified teachers develop a plan for helping all kids progress within their small group classes and/or one-on-one tutoring. When school is out for Summer, Winter, PA Days or March Break, kids will discover loads of fun while they take part in Focus Learning’s Camp Programs. With specialized camps for elementary, middle school, and high school kids, our North York learning center provides a engaging and enjoyable school holiday for everyone.

School Gallery

Learn, Play and Go Beyond the Classroom.