Ewha Girls' High School ( ko, 이화여자고등학교) is a private girls high school located in Jeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Although managed by the same foundation, it is not to be confused with the coeducational Ewha Womans University High School (founded 1958), which is located near Ewha Woman's University in

Seodaemun District Seodaemun District (, "Great West Gate") is one of the 25 districts of Seoul, South Korea. Seodaemun has a population of 313,814 (2010) and has a geographic area of 17.61 km2 (6.8 sq mi), and is divided into 14 '' dong'' (administrative ne ...

and functions as the demonstration school attached to the university's College of Education.

History

Ewha Girls' High School originates from the ''Ewha Hakdang'' mission school for girls founded on May 31, 1886, by Mary F. Scranton. The school expanded to offer college-level courses, with the college section eventually separating to become

Ewha Womans University Ewha Womans University () is a private women's university in Seoul founded in 1886 by Mary F. Scranton under Emperor Gojong. It was the first university founded in South Korea. Currently, Ewha is one of the world's largest female educational inst ...

. The construction of a dormitory for staff and students was completed in 1900. The current principal Kim Hye-jeong was appointed in February 2017 as the school's 15th principal.

Co-curricular activities

At Ewha Girls' High School, every student has to join a club as part of their co-curricular activities. Ewha Girls' High School has 34 clubs which can be classified into five categories — academics, performance, service, media/debate, arts/physical education.

Academics section 1

Academics section 2

Performance

Service

Media/Debate

But in 2021 Oak,ODIN and ATOM are combined one debate club named “EBATE”

Arts/Physical Education

Principals

List of principals of Ewha Girls' High School: * 1st: Mary F. Scranton (1886—1890) * 2nd: Lousia C. Rothweiler (1890—1893) * 3rd: Josephine O. Paine (1893—1907) * 4th: Lulu E. Frey (1907—1921) * 5th: A. Jeanette Walter (1921—1922) * 6th: Alice R. Appenzeller (1922—1929) * 7th: Miss E. Church (1929—1938) * 8th: Shin Bong-jo (1938—1961) * 9th: Seo Myung-hak (1961—1971) * 10th: Jeong Hui-gyeong (1971—1982) * 11th: Shim Chi-seon (1982—1995) * 12th: Choi Jong-ok (1995—2000) * 13th: Jeong Chang-yong (2000—2009) * 14th: Kang Soon-ja (2009—2017) * 15th: Kim Hye-jeong (2017–present)

Notable alumni

Academia

* Helen Kim - Educator and first woman in Korea to receive a PhD * Park In-deok - Independence activist and educator * Chung Hyun-back - former history professor * Lee Gwang-ja - Former president of

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and former president of Duksung Women's University (2006.02.28—2013.02.28) * Cha Kwang Eun - Doctor and professor at Cha University * So-Young Pi - Professor at

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Business

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- Chairman of Shinsegae Group * Kim Ye-ri

Entertainment/Music

* Nam Bo-ra - Actress *

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- Actress *

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- Actress * Jo Mi-ryung - Actress *

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- Actress *

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- Rapper * Sa Mi-ja - Actress * Kim Joo-ha - News anchor * Jin Yang-hye - Announcer and MC * Chae Seon-yeob - Pianist and soprano singer * Song Min-doh - Singer * Song Hye-kyo - Actress * Park Hye-soo - Actress * Jungeun Kim Burke - Pianist

Literature

* Kim Iryeop - Poet, journalist, writer * In Byung-sun - Poet * Heo Geun-uk - Writer, novelist * Oh Jung-hee

Politics

* Choi Young-hee - Former member of the

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- Foreign Minister of South Korea * Kim Mo-im - 36th Minister of Health and Welfare (1998.05.01—1999.05.23) * Kim Jeong-sook - 6th Commissioner of

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(2004.09.04—2006.01.31) * Kim Geum-rae - Former member of the

* Kim Jinai - Former member of the

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- Former

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(1998—2003) * Lee Mi-kyung - Current member of the

* Seo Young-hee - Former member of the

Others

* Ryu Gwansun * Hwang Ae-deok - Independence fighter * Ha Ran-sa - Independence fighter * Kim Ransa - Independence fighter * Esther Pak - Korea's first female doctor of Western medicine

References

External links

Official website
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