Kyunggi High School - History

History

  • 1906 Sep 1st, Renamed to National Hansung High School
  • 1910 Nov 1st, Annexed Hansung Foreign Language School and renamed to Kyungsung High School.
  • 1911 Apr 1st, Opened a one-year course for producing teachers.
  • 1921 Apr 1st, Renamed to Kyung-sung First Middle School.
  • 1938 Apr 1st, Renamed to National Kyunggi Middle School.
  • 1938 Jun 4th, Set the school's flag
  • 1945 Oct 1st, Hun-gu Lee (이헌구) was the 15th principal of the school and also was the first Korean principal since World War II.
  • 1951 Aug 31st, Divided into two schools (Kyunggi Middle School and Kyunggi High School) according to the new law.
  • 1954 Jun 25th, Set the school's new flag
  • 1955 Aug 15th, Constructed a new building for Hwa-dong (화동) middle school.
  • 1956 Jan 27th, Set the school's motto to liberal, culturally advanced, and peaceful people.
  • 1971 Feb 28th, Kyunggi Middle School is closed.
  • 1971 Nov 11th, Opened a hall of residence for freshman. Every freshman spends two weeks a year in this dormitory.
  • 1974 Mar 1st, The government abolished the high-school entrance exams. This highest-ranked high school was populated by the students who live near the school.
  • 1976 Feb 20th, Relocated to 74-4 Samsung-1-dong Kang-nam-gu, Seoul, Korea.
  • 1981 Aug 3rd, Founded a juridical foundation named Hwa-Dong-Yuk-Young-Hoe. (화동육영회)
  • 1983 Oct 3rd, Constructed a new building for the alumni association.
  • 1990 Oct 3rd, Built a school motto stone.
  • 1997 Dec 6th, Constructed a new building named Hwa-dong-kwan (화동관) for accommodating more students.
  • 2010 Feb, Hosted 106th annual graduation commencement.
  • 2010 Jul, Selected as a high school specialized on science.
  • 2010 Summer, The former principal Jung-gon Lee (이정곤) resigned over power abuse scandals.
  • 2011 Feb, Hosted 107th annual graduation commencement.

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