Danwon High School in February 2016

Danwon High School (Korean: 단원고등학교, Hanja: 檀園高等學校) is a coeducational high school located in Danwon District, Ansan, South Korea. It is a state school, being under the authority of Gyeonggi Province's Office of Education.[1]

The school was founded in 2005.[2] In cooperation with The Borderless Village, a non-governmental organization, it established a multiculturalism program in 2006 and 2007.[3] Its motto is "self-realization." As of May 2013, there were 1542 pupils at the school.

MV Sewol tragedy

Memorials for the victims of the sinking of the MV Sewol in Danwon High School

On April 16, 2014, a ferry carrying 376 of the school's junior class and a dozen of its teachers capsized en route from Incheon towards Jeju resulting in many fatalities and injuries.[4]

The school was closed until April 24, when it opened only for the 304 surviving juniors; yellow ribbons were tied to the school's gate, and a shrine of flowers and hundreds of notes to the dead adorned the school's entrance.[4] A makeshift memorial was established in a nearby basketball gymnasium, with a wall of flowers and dozens of photos of the dead and missing.[4]

The school's vice principal, Kang Min-kyu, who had been rescued from the ferry, died by suicide a few days after the disaster.[5]

Sister schools

References

  1. ↑ "Danwon High School". doopedia. Archived from the original on 2023-04-16.
  2. ↑ "학교연혁". Archived from the original on 2014-04-19. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  3. ↑ "원곡동서 '미션' 수행 "다문화가 쏙쏙"". The Hankyoreh. 17 July 2007. Archived from the original on 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2014-04-17.
  4. 1 2 3 Mullen, Jethro; Kwon, Judy (25 April 2014). "Memories and traces of students lost in South Korean ferry disaster". CNN. Archived from the original on 2014-04-25. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  5. ↑ "South Korea ferry disaster: rescued teacher found dead". The Guardian. 18 April 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-04-25.

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