Joongdong High School

Joongdong High School
Location
Gangnam-gu, Seoul
South Korea
Information
Type Private (자사고)
Established 1906
Faculty approx. 106
Gender Boys
Number of students approx. 1,360
Website http://www.joongdong.hs.kr
Joongdong High School
Hangul 중동고등학교
Hanja 中東高等學校
Revised Romanization Joongdong Godeung Hakgyo
McCune–Reischauer Chungdong Kodŭng Hakkyo

Joongdong High School (Hangeul: 중동고등학교, Hanja: 中東高等學校), located in the irwon-dong, Gan-Nam-Gu, Seoul, is one of the oldest and one of the most prestigious secondary schools in Korea.

Joongdong High School is a private school founded in 1906.[1] The school and its foundation were undertaken in 1994 by Samsung Group by the will of group's founder, Lee Byung-chull, the school's 26th graduate. This school is currently operated by the Joongdong Educational Foundation.

Reputation

Many of Joongdong High School students get an offer from Korean top-tier universities. Also in 2011, Joongdong High School ranked #1 to be offered to enter Seoul National University (Best university in Korea).

Admissions

By the law of private school education, Joongdong High School was selected to be a private-operated high school above numerous other school.

The students who have Top 50% GPA in their middle school are allowed to apply to Joongdong High School until 2014. From then, students who applied for the school are interviewed and those who got a good result on the interview can enter the school.

Notable alumni

  • Buddhism leader Song Wol joo
  • Poet Kim Ji Ha
  • Actor Lee Byung Hyun
  • Lee Byung chull, the founder od Samsung group[2]
  • Poet, Korean language scholar Yang Joo Dong
  • Actor Kim Soo Hyun

References

  1. ↑ 고등학교 ‘100살 시대’ 활짝 http://news.naver.com/main/read.nhn?mode=LSD&mid=sec&sid1=102&oid=028&aid=0000129982
  2. ↑ 알고보니 삼성 이병철 전 회장이… http://mbn.mk.co.kr/pages/news/newsView.php?category=mbn00009&news_seq_no=1559541

See also

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