Whimoon High School
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Kangnam-gu, Seoul South Korea |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto | 큰사람이 되자 (Be a great man) |
| Established | 1905 |
| Principal | Kim Sun-chang (김선창) |
| Faculty | approx. 104 (2011) |
| Gender | Boys |
| Number of students | approx. 1,858 (2011) |
| Tree | Zelkova serrata |
| Flower | Magnolia denudata |
| Song | 휘문의숙가 (Song of the Whimoon) |
| Website | whimoon.hs.kr |
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| Hangul | 휘문고등학교 |
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| Hanja | 徽文高等學校 |
| Revised Romanization | Hwimun Kodŭnghakgyo |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwimun Godeunghakkyo |
Whimoon High School (Hangul: 휘문고등학교; Hanja: 徽文高等學校) is a private high school in South Korea, located in Daechi-dong, Seoul. It is one of the oldest high schools in South Korea.
Whimoon High school started in 1901 with name of Kwangsung-Euisuk, one of the oldest private schools in South Korea. The founder is Min Young-whi. The emperor at that time was Ko-jong and he gave the name of school so the name was changed to 'Whimoon Euisuk'. The name was continuously changed because of the changes in educational policy. In 1914, Whimoon Euisuk became 'Whimoon Private Normal School' and then became 'Whimoon Middle School' in 1928. By the law of advanced education, Whimoon Middle School was divided into two schools, which are Whimoon Middle School and Whimoon High School in 1957. Originally, the location of the school was middle of Seoul (Jongro-gu) but moved to its current location in 1979. In 2010 it became a self-governing (private) school.
By the law of private school education, Whimoon High School was selected to be a privately-operated high school above numerous other school. The students who have a higher GPA than other students in their middle school can apply to Whimoon High School.
Whimoon High School is also famous for its excellent sports team, especially basketball team and baseball team. In 2010, Whimoon Baseball team became the champion of the national highschool baseball league sponsored by the president of Republic of Korea. It was the 5th champion title. More recently, in 2014, the baseball team won the Bonghwang High School Baseball Tournament, considered to be one of the country's premier high school baseball tournaments.
Coordinates: 37°30′18″N 127°03′43″E / 37.50500°N 127.06194°E
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