Jawoon High School

Jawoon High School (Korean: 자운고등학교; Hanja: 紫雲高等學校), established in 2004, is a public high school located in Chang 4-Dong, Dobong District, Seoul. Jawoon High School is one of the newest schools with up-to-date facility in Dobong District, and it is well known as a Dobong-Vision School with Sunduck High School. Educational objectives Education Goal With mutual harmony, we perform our roles to create a happy school community. School Motto Kindness· Gratitude· Health School Badge Circle: completion, harmony Triangle: summit of Mt. Dobong Cloud: auspicious advancement Purple: the highest status School Tree & Flower Zelkova serrata: great figure, majesty Royal azalea: faith, temperance School Introduction Brief history May 27, 2002 Approval of school foundation project(coeducation, 36 classes) Mar. 1, 2004 The inauguration of Mr. Hwa-seoung Hwang as the 1st principal Mar. 2, 2004 1st entrance ceremony(12 classes, 422 students) Mar. 1, 2007 The inauguration of Ms. Soon-ja Song as the 2nd principal Mar. 2, 2008 Designated as a school for "school community" programs(for 2 years) Nov. 26, 2008 Designated as a school for "Education for International Understanding" programs Feb. 3, 2009 3rd graduation ceremony(total graduates: 1,237) Mar. 2, 2009 6th entrance ceremony(12 classes, 438 students) Facility Faculty Organization of classes & the number of students Extracurricular activities QUASAR (Science Club) Sharp (Basketball&Soccer Team) J-Sprit (Jawoon Dance People : Dance Group) 씨밀레 (Library Club) Mamanty (Cartoon Club) 밀알 봉사부 (Voluntary Work Group) J-Story (Broadcast Group) DICE (Band) SHUTTER (Photo Club) Newsy (Newspaper) 가온누리 (Debating Club) 천유아 (Drama Club) MID (Film Production Club) 크리스탈(UCC Production Club) JBC (Music Club) Special program International Understanding Program As society changes to globalized and multi-cultural and emphasize autonomy and responsibility of education in school, School specialized programs for International Understanding Curriculum. It includes integrated operation of subject-centered activities, discretionary activities, and extra-curricular activities. Main goal of this program is training global talent. Subject-centered Activities making lesson plans for International Understanding and teaching them Discretionary activities the subject of English conversation for 1st grade CCAP(Cross-Culture Awareness Programme) classes with foreigners, lectures related with multicultural education and globalization activities Extra-curricular activities 7 clubs related with International Understanding Education overseas volunteer activity: selected among 1st & 2nd graders → to Southeast Asia interchange with foreign school: student exchange between Korea & Japan Support system of International Understanding Education agreement to cooperate with HUFS(Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) support of UNESCO(related with CCAP) Model School for School Community Needing for create an educational environment where the school community participates and play a role as a center of education & culture in the community, School raised the level of education by creating a new school. Creating an educational environment by developing a school community school development committee: with teachers, parents, and local figures building consensus among the members of community: parents' association & workshop healthy school life: parents' organization monitoring of school lunch Educational activities with the members of community reading club, fathers' meeting to discuss what's happening in the school, literature-related trip MBTI(Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) Test with teachers, students, and parents School community activities with local residents to open facilities in school: library and gym parents' voluntary organization(Saffron) Reputation Under great teacher, many graduates of Jawoon High School go to prestigious universities such as KAIST, Seoul National University, Korea University, Yonsei University, and medical schools. Direction Subway : (Line No. 1 & 4) Chang-dong Station Exit 1 ⇨10 minutes on foot Bus : (Bus Stop ①, ②) No. 1119(Academy House ↔ Chang-dong Station), 1161(Duksung Women's University ↔ Nowon-gu Office), 08(Musugol ↔ Chang-dong Station), 09(Dobongsan Station ↔ Chang-dong Station) Citation http://www.siminilbo.co.kr/article.aspx?cat_code=02020000N&article_id=20100104161700139 http://jawoon.hs.kr Archived 2014-05-16 at the Wayback Machine See also http://www.sen.go.kr https://web.archive.org/web/20060220190220/http://www.dobong.go.kr/