title: Mon Sheong Foundation Chinese School
text: # Mon Sheong Foundation Chinese School
  
  Mon Sheong Foundation Chinese School is a fee-operated private school, with focus on promoting Chinese culture, heritage, and philosophy.
  
  The MSFCS was created in 1968 by the Mon Sheong Foundation in Toronto and uses Cantonese/Putonghua as the language of instruction.
  
  Today MSFCS offers additional programs including:
  
  * Chinese (Cantonese) Program for children over the age of 3
  * Chinese (Putonghua) Program for children over the age of 3
  * Conversational Putonghua Program
  * Mathematics Program for grades 1 to 12
  
  Programs run on Friday evenings and Saturdays from September to May.
  
  Instructors are mainly college graduates from Hong Kong, China and Canada.
  
  ## Facilities
  
  The MSFCS does not have permanent facilities and obtains leases from York Region District School Board and Toronto District School Board for its after-school or weekend programs.
  
  * Etobicoke Campus: Dixon Grove Middle School
  * Markham Campus: Pierre Elliott Trudeau High School
  * North York Campus: Earl Haig Secondary School
  * Richmond Hill Campus: H.G. Bernard Public School
  
  Previous locations:
  
  * Scarborough Campus: W.A. Porter Collegiate Institute (Scarborough Board of Education)
  
  ## Scholarships
  
  * Dr. Sim Fai Liu Awards for Outstanding Achievement
  * Mandarin Scholarships
  * Ming Shau Yau Scholarships
  * Ping Shao Quan Awards for Academic Achievement
  * Leon & Susan Foon-Chim Endowment Fund Scholarships
  
  ## Alumni and Notable Faculty
  
  * Dr. Sim Fai Liu (1919–1999) MD, OOnt - co-founder Mon Sheong Foundation Chinese School; resident at Toronto Western Hospital and medical director at Lambert Lodge and Castleview-Wychwood Towers
  * Ping Shao Quan - former Chair and Chinese School Principal
  * Helena Zhang - Principal, Etobicoke Campus
  * Paul Chan - Principal, Markham Campus
  * Alain Tan - Principal, North York Campus
  * Jephunneh Cheng - Principal, Richmond Hill Campus
  