Daewon Foreign Language High School
| Daewon Foreign Language High School 대원외국어고등학교 大元外國語高等學校 |
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Seoul South Korea |
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| Type | Private school, Day school |
| Motto |
Koreans Branching Around the World 세계로 뻗는 품격높은 한국인이 된다 |
| Established | 1984 |
| Principal | Yoo Soon Jong (유순종) |
| Faculty | approx. 85 |
| Grades | 10-12 |
| Enrollment | approx. 900 |
| Average class size | 25 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14:1 |
| Campus | City |
| Annual tuition | $5,000 |
| Tree | Wisteria |
| Flower | Lilac |
| Song | 대원이여 영원하라 |
| Student publication | Daewon Beacon |
| Website | www.dwfl.hs.kr |
Daewon Foreign Language High School (also known as Daewon, Daewon FLHS, or DFLHS; Hangeul: 대원외국어고등학교, 대원외고; Hanja: 大元外國語高等學校) is a private preparatory school located in Seoul, South Korea.
Students choose one primary language as a major from Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish, or German to study during their three years at the school. Korean and English are mandatory subjects, regardless of which focus language students choose when entering the school. There does exist, however, an English department with submajors in Japanese and Chinese.
Like most schools in Korea, Daewon starts its school year in March, starts its second semester in August, and ends the school year in February. There is a weeklong spring break in mid-February.
Daewon is one of the four schools run by the Daewon Education Foundation, all of which share a campus in Junggok-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul.
The school's primary language of instruction is Korean.
Daewon was founded in 1984 by Dr. Lee Won Hee, then an executive director at Samsung subsidiary Cheil Jedang. Lee had submitted plans for a private foreign language school to the government in 1982, beginning construction of the prospective school's campus expecting the charter to be approved. But when the Ministry of Education rejected his proposal, Daewon Girls' High School was established to take the place of the language school. The following year, however, Daewon's charter was approved, along with that of Daeil Foreign Language High School, and in 1984, the two opened their doors as the first two foreign language high schools in Korea.
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