Jawoon High School

Jawoon High School
	School Badge
Information
School Motto	Kindness· Gratitude· Health
Location	Dobong District, 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 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**
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

**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

**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

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)