Jawoon High School

Jawoon High School
	School Badge
Information
School Motto	Kindness· Gratitude· Health
Location	Dobong-gu, Seoul, Korea
Type	Public
Established	2004
Principal	Soon-Ja Song
Number of Faculty	85
Number of Student	1310
Name
Hangul	자운고등학교
Hanja	紫雲高等學校
Revised Romanization	Jaun Godeung Hakgyo
McCune–Reischauer	Chaun Kodŭng Hakkyo
Other
Website	http://jawoon.hs.kr
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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-gu, Seoul. Jawoon High School is one of the newest schools with up-to-date facility in Dobong-gu, and it is well known as a Dobong-Vision School with Sunduck High School.

Educational objectives[edit]

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[edit]

Brief History[edit]

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[edit]

**Facilities**
Facilities		Number	Facilities	Number
Classroom	General	36	Conference room	1
Classroom	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[edit]

**Faculty**
	Teaching staff					Administrative staff						total
	principal	viceprincipal	appointed teacher	teacher	sub total	chief	vicechief	clerk	technical official	assistant	sub total	total
Number	1	1	11	61	74	1	1	1	3	5	11	85

Organization of classes & the number of students[edit]

**Organization of classes & the number of students**(2009.4.30 up to now )
	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	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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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)