Whimoon High School

Whimoon High School

Hangul: 휘문고등학교; hanja: 徽文高等學校

Be a great man
(큰사람이 되자)
Location
Kangnam-gu, Seoul
Korea, Republic of
Information
Type Private
Established 1905
Principal Kim Sun-chang (김선창)
Faculty approx. 104 (2011)
Number of students approx. 1,858 (2011)
Tree Zelkova serrata
Flower Magnolia denudata
Song 휘문의숙가 (Song of the Whimoon)
Website whimoon.hs.kr

Whimoon High School (Hangul: 휘문고등학교; hanja: 徽文高等學校) is a private high school in South Korea, located in Daechi-dong, Seoul. It is one of the oldest high schools in South Korea.

History

Whimoon High school started in 1901 with name of Kwangsung-Euisuk, one of the oldest private schools in South Korea. The founder is Min Young-whi. The emperor at that time was Ko-jong and he gave the name of school so the name was changed to 'Whimoon Euisuk'. The name was continuously changed because of the changes in educational policy. In 1914, Whimoon Euisuk became 'Whimoon Private Normal School' and then became 'Whimoon Middle School' in 1928. By the law of advanced education, Whimoon Middle School was divided into two schools, which are Whimoon Middle School and Whimoon High School in 1957. Originally, the location of the school was middle of Seoul(Jongro-gu) but moved to current location in 1979. Now, Whimoon High School is famous for its prestigious location.

Admissions

By the law of private school education, Whimoon High School was selected to be a private-operated high school above numerous other school. The students who have a higher GPA than other students in their middle school can apply to Whimoon High School.

Alumni

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Entertainment

Sports

Whimoon High School is also famous for its excellent sports team, especially basketball team and baseball team. In 2010, Whimoon Baseball team became the champion of the national highschool baseball league sponsored by the president of Republic of Korea. It was the 5th champion title.

Coordinates: 37°30′18″N 127°03′43″E / 37.50500°N 127.06194°E / 37.50500; 127.06194

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