Danwon High School

Coordinates: 37°19′38.5″N 126°49′25.5″E / 37.327361°N 126.823750°E / 37.327361; 126.823750

Danwon High School
Location
55 Danwon-ro, Danwon-gu, Ansan, Gyeonggi
South Korea
Information
Type Public
Motto 自我實現 (Self-realization)
Established 2005
Principal Kim Jin-myung (김진명)
Faculty 115 (as of 2013)
Grades 10–12
Number of students 1,746 (as of 2013)
Tree Pinus densiflora
Flower Rose
Website danwon.hs.kr
Memorials for the victims of the sinking of the MV Sewol in Danwon High School

Danwon High School (Korean: 단원고등학교, Hanja: 檀園高等學校) is a coeducational high school located in Danwon District, Ansan, South Korea. It is a state school, being under the authority of Gyeonggi Province's Office of Education.[1]

The school was founded in 2005.[2] In cooperation with The Borderless Village, a non-governmental organization, in 2006 and 2007 it established a multiculturalism program.[3] Its motto is "self-realization." As of May 2013 there were 1542 pupils at the school.

Incidents

On April 16, 2014, a ferry carrying 325 of the school's junior class and a dozen of its teachers capsized en route from Incheon towards Jeju resulting in many fatalities and injuries.[4]

The school was closed until April 24, when it opened only for the 75 surviving juniors; yellow ribbons were tied to the school's gate, and a shrine of flowers and hundreds of notes to the dead adorn the school's entrance.[4] A makeshift memorial was established in a nearby basketball gymnasium, with a wall of flowers and dozens of photos of the dead and missing.[4]

The school's vice principal, Kang Min-kyu, who had been rescued from the ferry, committed suicide a few days after the disaster.[5]

Sister schools

References

  1. ↑ "Danwon High School". doopedia.
  2. ↑ "학교연혁". Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  3. ↑ "원곡동서 '미션' 수행 "다문화가 쏙쏙"". The Hankyoreh. 17 July 2007. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  4. 1 2 3 Mullen, Jethro; Kwon, Judy (25 April 2014). "Memories and traces of students lost in South Korean ferry disaster". CNN. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  5. ↑ "South Korea ferry disaster: rescued teacher found dead". The Guardian. 18 April 2014. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
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