Seoul High School

Seoul High School (Hangul: 서울고등학교) is a public high school located in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, South Korea.

Seoul High School
Hangul: 서울고등학교
Address
1526-1, Seocho-3-dong, Seocho-gu

Seoul

Korea
Information
TypePublic
MottoBe Clean, Diligent and Responsible
(깨끗하자, 부지런하자, 책임지키자)
EstablishedMar 5, 1946
FounderKim Won Kyu
PrincipalOh Seok Kyu (오석규)[1]
Facultyapprox. 114
GenderBoys
Enrolment1831[2]
Campus73,744㎡
TreePine
FlowerMugunghwa
NewspaperThe Seoul Senior
Websitehttp://www.seoul.hs.kr

History

The school was established at the site of Gyeonghuigung in 1946, moving to the current site (Seocho-dong) due to restoration of Gyeonghuigung. Named Kyung Sung Middle School during Japanese occupation.

History
[3]
  • Feb 1 1946 Inauguration of the first principal Kim, Won Kyu
  • Mar 5 1946 School opening ceremony and entrance ceremony (12 classes, 552 students)
  • June 1947 Named 'Seoul Public Middle School'
  • June 5, 1949 First graduation ceremony
  • Sep 1 1951 In accordance with the reform of educational system separated as Seoul High School (10th-12th grades)
  • Feb 28 1971 In accordance with the equalization of middle Schools, Seoul Middle School was closed after the twentieth graduation ceremony
  • July 3, 1971 Establishment of Inwang Scholarship Foundation
  • June 9, 1980 Moved to the present campus
  • Mar 1 1985 Expanded to 60 classes
  • Sep 1 2004 Inauguration of the twenty-third Principal Sung, Kee Won
  • Feb 3 2005 Held the fifty-seventh graduation ceremony (39,013 alumni in total)
  • Mar 1 2006 Decreased to 51 classes
  • Mar 1 2007 Inauguration of the 24th Principal Lee, Kyu Seok
  • Mar 1 2007 48 classes in total and a special class for the handicapped
  • Feb 1 2008 The 60th graduation ceremony (42,187 alumni in total)
  • Mar 1 2008 45 classes in total and a special class for the handicapped
  • Mar 1 2008 Inauguration of the 25th Principal Park, Hee-Song

Memorial facility
  • Samil Pagoda: Built in celebration of the 41st anniversary of March 1st Movement
  • Pochung Monument: Set up on June 15, 1956, in remembrance of Seoul High School students who sacrificed their lives for the Korean War or the April Revolution
  • The Statue of Major Kang, Jae-gu: Set up on April 12, 1986, in honor of Major Kang, who sacrificed his life to save more than 100 subordinates on Oct 4, 1965, when one of his subordinates threw a hand grenade in the wrong direction by mistake during the military training for the Vietnamese War

Notable alumni

Academia

Business

Public service

Politics
  • Cho Soon-hyung, assemblyman

Literature

Sports

Culture
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See also
  • Category:Seoul High School alumni

References
  1. "학교장인사말". Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  2. "학교현황". Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-02-18. Retrieved 2011-02-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. "대표이사 정 원". Mando (in Korean). Retrieved 5 February 2020.

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