Dankook Middle School is a boys-only
middle school
A middle school (also known as intermediate school, junior high school, junior secondary school, or lower secondary school) is an educational stage which exists in some countries, providing education between primary school and secondary school. ...
located in
Daechi-dong
Daechi-dong is an affluent ''neighborhood'' in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Daechi-dong is divided into three different “dongs” which are Daechi 1-dong, 2-dong, and 4-dong. Daechi-dong is predominantly considered the residential area of G ...
,
Gangnam-gu
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,
Seoul
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. It is a private school attached to
Dankook University
Dankook University (commonly referred to as Dankook), abbreviated as DU or DKU, is a prestigious private research university in Yongin and Cheonan, South Korea. The university was established in 1947. It was the first university established after ...
. It was first founded on December 26, 1983. The school motto is to “know myself, live with virtue, and study while working”. The school's symbol tree, flower, and mascot is the
zelkova
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, the
royal azalea
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, and the
bear
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, respectively.
Principals
1959 ~ 1964 1st Sung Girl Jung (정성걸)
1964 ~ 1964 2nd Bong Shik Jang (장봉식)
1964 ~ 1965 3rd Dong Shik Ji (지동식)
1965 ~ 1968 4th Jong Hub Lee (이종업)
1968 ~ 1969 5th Bong Shik Jang (장봉식)
1969 ~ 1972 6th Bok Young Lee (이복녕)
1972 ~ 1977 7th Jong Duck Yey (이종덕)
1977 ~ 1990 8th Bok Young Lee (이복녕)
1990 ~ 2004 9th Bong Shik Jang (장봉식)
2004 ~ 2006 10th Hun Sang Shin (신헌상)
2006 ~ 2008 11th Hun Suek Min (민헌숙)
2008 ~ 2012 12th Sang Sue Kim (김상수)
Awards
*12th National Astronomy Olympiad, gold medal
*3rd Asian-Atlantic Astronomy Olympiad, 1st
*Other Olympiad awards 54, the best in the country
*4th long-basketball tournament, 1st
*62nd middle school girls and boys basketball, 1st
*54 other Olympiad awards
Student exchange
In spring, around 40 students from Buensan Middle School come to Dankook Middle School, while in the fall around 40 Dankook students go to Buensan middle school for two days.
School Symbol
The school symbol derives from the
Obangsaek
The traditional Korean color spectrum, also known as ''Obangsaek'' (, means five-orientation-color), is the color scheme of the five Korean traditional colors of white, black, blue, yellow and red. In Korean traditional arts and traditional text ...
, a traditional Korean color spectrum. It has red, blue, black, and white colors around a yellow centerpiece containing letter for “middle”. Red represents a phoenix; blue, a blue dragon; white, a white tiger; and black, a turtle. The yellow in the middle represents the yellow dragon: a symbol for the school’s students, while the Chinese character means that Dankook students should be at the center of the world.
See also
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Education in South Korea
Education in South Korea is provided by both public schools and private schools. Both types of schools receive funding from the government, although the amount that the private schools receive is less than the amount of the state schools.
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External links
Dankook Middle School homepage
{{Coord missing, South Korea
Education in Seoul
Middle schools in South Korea
Educational institutions established in 1941
Gangnam District
1941 establishments in Korea