Cheongshim International Academy

CheongShim International Academy 청심국제중고등학교
Address
Gapyeong-Gun, Sorak-Myeon, Songsan-ri, 102 Beonji Gapyeong, Gyeonggi Province Republic of Korea
Information
Type	Private
Motto	ACG (Altruistic Mind, Creative Knowledge, Global Leadership)
Established	September 31st, 2006
Principal	Park, HyunSoo
Grades	7-12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	approx. 600
Campus	Rural
Website	http://www.csia.hs.kr

Cheongshim International Academy (Korean: 청심국제중고등학교, Hanja: 淸心國際中高等學校, abbreviated as CSIA), is a private school in South Korea. The school is located in Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province. CSIA is classified as a special purposes high school (특수목적고등학교) by the government of South Korea.It is one of the most prestigious and prominent high schools in Korea and is well-known for its excellent academic levels and successful admission rates for both domestic and international universities.

CSIA currently consists of a middle school and a high school There are three buildings: the school, a dormitory for girls, and a dormitory for boys. The middle and high school are both located in the same building. There are approximately one hundred students in each grade, so there are approximately six hundred students in total. Each school annually accepts approximately one hundred students and a similar number graduates annually. The high school is divided into an international and a domestic division and classes are specialized for each department.

According to the CheongShim International School Official Website, the plans for the school began to be formulated on July, 2002 by the Unification Church. The Foundation (engineering) plans were approved on June 2003. While the original name for the school was to CheongShim Middle and High School (청심중고등학교), the name was changed its current name on September, 2005. The groundbreaking ceremony for the establishment of the school was held on November 2004. The school itself finished its construction process in 2005 and the completion of the building was commemorated with a ceremony on June, 2005. The school received its certificate of incorporation on August 2005

Originally, the school planned to admit three hundred members each. It was found with the purpose that all subjects except Korean language and Korean history would be taught in English. There were also specialized courses such as TOEFL and SAT classes to be offered to people who wish to study abroad in the future. The school also stated that it had plans to create a research institute for middle school studies in order to increase the expertise of its teachers. Although the school was technically labeled as a special-purposes high school, the admission process followed the procedure of a foreign language high school for the first year

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