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
| Facilities | Number | Facilities | Number | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classroom | General | 36 | Conference room | 1 |
| Multi-level | 3 | Counseling room | 1 | |
| Special room | Computer lab | 2 | Health care room | 1 |
| English only | 1 | Library | 1 | |
| Music | 1 | Broadcasting studio | 1 | |
| Science | 2 | Club activity room | 4 | |
| Art | 1 | Pressroom | 1 | |
| Home management lab | 1 | Toilet | 30 | |
| Manual training lab | 1 | Lounge | 2 | |
| Study | 1 | Cafeteria | 1 | |
| Staff room | 12 | Night duty room | 1 | |
| Gym | 1 | Dressing room | 2 | |
| Audio-visual room | 1 | Guard room | 1 | |
| Shower room | 2 | Preparatory room | 7 | |
Faculty
| Teaching staff | Administrative staff | total | ||||||||||
| principal | viceprincipal | appointed teacher | teacher | sub total | chief | vicechief | clerk | technical official | assistant | sub total | ||
| Number | 1 | 1 | 11 | 61 | 74 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 85 |
Organization of classes & the number of students
| 1st grade | 2nd grade | 3rd grade | total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| classes | student | humanities & social science | math & natural sciences | humanities & social sciences | math & natural sciences | classes | student | |||||
| classes | student | classes | student | classes | student | classes | student | |||||
| male | 6 | 225 | 3 | 124 | 3 | 95 | 3 | 117 | 3 | 108 | 18 | 669 |
| female | 6 | 212 | 4 | 162 | 2 | 55 | 4 | 150 | 2 | 62 | 18 | 641 |
| total | 12 | 437 | 7 | 286 | 5 | 150 | 7 | 267 | 5 | 170 | 36 | 1310 |
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