Danwon High School
| Danwon High School | |
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| type of school | godeung hakgyo (high school) |
| founding | 2005 |
| address |
55 Danwon-ro, Danwon-gu, |
| place | Ansan |
| province | Gyeonggi-do |
| Country | South Korea |
| Coordinates | 37 ° 19 '39 " N , 126 ° 49' 27" E |
| student | 1079 (2015) |
| Teachers | 118 (2015) |
| management | Kim Jin-myung ( 김진명 ) |
| Website | danwon.hs.kr |
The Danwon High School ( Kor. 단원 고등학교 , Hanja 檀 園 高等學校 , rev. Danwon godeung hakgyo , Eng . "High School Danwon") is a secondary school in the Danwon District of Ansan , South Korea . The public school was founded in 2005 and teaches students in grades 10, 11 and 12. Grades 7, 8 and 9 are taught in the neighboring school ( 단원 중학교 , 檀 園 中 學校 , Danwon jung hakgyo , German "Danwon Middle School") . The schools are located on a hill near Wongojan City Park ( 원 고잔 ). Danwon High School is known for its good sports teams.
Marine casualty 2014
The school organizes a school excursion every year in order to give students who will soon have to prepare intensively for the university entrance exams a short break from work. The destination of the excursion is Jejudo Island . In the first few years, the students flew to the island. In 2013 the excursion was extended by one day and a thirteen-hour ferry crossing was chosen for the first time. On the evening of April 15, 2014, 325 students from Danwon High School, mostly between the ages of 16 and 17, accompanied by 15 teachers, embarked on the ferry Sewol for the four-day school trip. The following morning around nine o'clock (local time) the ferry capsized, about three hours before its scheduled arrival. Numerous students and teachers are among the victims of the disaster. Only 75 students could save themselves.
The school's 52-year-old assistant principal Kang Min-Kyu was rescued from the sinking ferry. He was found dead two days later, and according to the media, he committed suicide and left a suicide note.
Three schoolgirls canceled their participation in the school trip. They won the semifinals at the 60th national table tennis championship as a school team on April 15, the day of departure. The day after the accident, they won the final.
On April 17, 500 students and local residents took part in a candlelight vigil for the victims in the school's sports hall.
Web links
- School website (Korean)
- Danwon High School on the Gyeonggi-dos Education Authority website (Korean)
- Image gallery on doopedia (Korean)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b As South Korean Ferry Disaster Unfolded, Anguished Final Goodbyes . In: Wall Street Journal . April 18, 2014 (English).
- ↑ Youkyung Lee, Foster Klug: Hundreds of high school students feared dead after ferry carrying 475 people sinks off rolls and South Korea . In: National Post . April 16, 2014, accessed April 19, 2014.
- ↑ Gov't considering declaring special disaster zone over ferry sinking . In: The Korea Times . April 19, 2014, accessed April 20, 2014.
- ^ Song Sang-ho: Vice principal of Danwon High School found dead . In: The Korea Herald . April 18, 2014, accessed April 19, 2014.
- ↑ Nam Hyun-woo: Danwon High School vice principal kills himself . In: The Korea Times. April 18, 2014, accessed April 19, 2014.
- ↑ Ko Dong-hwan: Victimized students' school wins table tennis championship . In: The Korea Times. April 18, 2014, accessed April 20, 2014.
- ↑ Ansan grieves over the fate of missing students and teachers . In: The Hankyoreh . April 19, 2014, accessed April 20, 2014.