Yeogang High School

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Yeogang Middle and High School
"Yeogang strives to produce students filial to the nation, enthusiastic of the future, receptive to the community, and tolerate of all opinions."
Location
Yeoju, Gyeonggi-do, Republic of Korea
Information
Enrollment	481
Faculty	33
Type	Private
Campus	Rural, 44,152 square metres (10.91 acres) 6 buildings
Mascot	Egret
Color(s)	Navy, Gold and Red
Established	1970
Homepage	www.yeogang.hs.kr

Yeogang High School (Korean: 여강고등학교, Hanja: 麗江高等學校) and Yeogang Middle School (Korean: 여강중학교, Hanja: 麗江中學敎) are comprehensive, private-dependent, co-educational schools located in Yeoju, Gyeonggi Province, approximately one hour southeast of Seoul. The schools promote intellectual curiosity, disciplined study habits, and a goal oriented work ethic. Ninety percent of the class of 2008 entered university study.

The high school serves grades 10-12, while the middle school serves grades 7-9. Yeogang offers an extensive yet directed curriculum, which allows students the choice of a general track or business track education. The former program prepares students for general university study, whereas the latter program prepares students for business and management university study or immediate employment in industry.

[edit] History and Philosophy

King Sejong the Great, (1397-1450) motivation of the school hymn

Established as Yeogang Junior High School in 1970 under the endowment of Yi-bae Kim, an agricultural entrepreneur and landowner, it was incorporated three years later into the newly built high school and renamed the Yeogang Middle School.

For much of its history the high school was known as the Yeogang Consolidated High School, but in 2003 was renamed to commemorate the founder's vision of plurality in education.

As with other Korean schools, Yeogang's philosophies root in Eastern thought: patriotism, filial piety, harmony with nature, and value as a social sense. Teachers aim to cultivate students with a breadth of abilities. Moreover, the school's principles hark back to the area's famous residents: King Sejong the Great^[1] (1397-1450), Empress Myeongseong^[2] (1851-1895); Silleuksa, and the southern reach of the river Han, its most notable waterway.

[edit] Student Body

Four hundred and eighty-one students are enrolled at the Yeogang schools: 339 at the high school and 142 at the middle school. Sixty six percent of the high school student body is on the general track. In the graduating class of 2008, 98 percent of the general track and 75 percent of the business track graduates entered university.

[edit] School seals

Seal of the Yeogang High School

Seal of the Yeogang Middle School

The school moniker, in two three-stroke diamond inscribed blocks, consists of "yeo gang", or "bristle river". The name comes from the way local waterways sinuate like horse bristles during the wet season. The red badge symbolizes a strong will to study, the blue badge large dreams.

[edit] Clubs

Sixteen clubs offered at Yeogang High School include:

Eleven clubs offered at Yeogang Middle School include:

[edit] Foreign Study Program

To join the international trend of learning, Yeogang unveiled its foreign study program. The school recently installed a plan to incorporate foreign students into its campus system. As of March 2008, students from Singapore, Thailand and China have enrolled.

[edit] Yeogang English School

A constituent school of Yeogang Middle and High School, the Yeogang English School (YES Project) is the principal English arm of Bungnae Township, Yeoju. The school's purpose is to expose elementary and middle school students to English as a foreign language, train students in English conversation, and to foster a strong community network of English proficiency in the manners of common social interactions. Since January 2007, students from 14 schools have studied at the school.

[edit] International Presence

Yeogang High School's international presence has included teachers and students from the following:

• United States (teachers)
• Canada (teacher)
• Changsha, China
• Jilin, China
• Singapore, Singapore
• Chiang Mai, Thailand

[edit] Administration

Members of the school administration are:
Jong-min Kim, chairman of the middle and high school
Han-seo Park, vice chairman of the middle and high school
Chul-eui Hong, principal of the middle and high school
Bong-yong Heo, vice principal of the high school
Chang-wook Kim, vice principal of the middle school

[edit] Facilities

Entry to the Yeogang High School

Middle School (1970)
Main building (1973)
School-house (1973/2008)
Business and technology building (1998/2000)
Gymnasium (2004)
Cafeteria (2006)

Gymnasium dedicated in 2004

The Middle School building contains an administrative office; a conference room; an English study lab with 38 workstations;a computer lab with 33 workstations; eight classrooms that seat 35 each; a small library; a radio broadcast room; a technology room; and a health-care room.

The main building contains eight administrative offices, six classrooms that seat 35 each, one media room, and two library style study rooms that seat a total of 196.

The business and technology building contains three computer labs with 109 total workstations; three classrooms that seat 35 each; a multipurpose room that seats 60; two tutorial rooms that seat 15 each; two laboratory classrooms; a modest cafe style school store, and two administrative offices.

All classrooms are equipped with high-speed Internet access, heating and cooling systems, and several contain beam projectors and plasma televisions.

The gymnasium houses a basketball court, a stage, stands for visitors, and can be converted to gymnastics, indoor soccer and volleyball. The surrounding sports development includes two tennis courts, an enclosed golf serving post, and a hard-pack field for soccer. The gymnasium's bottom floor is dedicated to music performance and instruction.

[edit] Media Attention

Since August 2006^[3], Yeogang's programs have been covered in The Chosun Ilbo^[4], Yeoju Weekly People^[5], Yeoju News^[6], the Suwon Joong Boo Ilbo^[7], featured on MBC^[8] terrestrial television, and approached by the KBS and SBS networks to collaborate on education programming pieces.

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

• Education in Korea
• County of Yeoju

[edit] External links

• Yeogang High School, Rep. of Korea
• Yeogang Middle School, Rep. of Korea
• Yeogang English School
• Yeogang Foreign Study Program