Busan Foreign Language High School Explained

Busan Foreign Language High School
Native Name:부산외국어고등학교
Motto:생각하고 행동하는 사람이 되자, 큰 희망을 품고 꾸준히 노력하자
Motto Translation:Think and act. Continuous effort with great hope
Address:St. Gobun 144 (Yeonsan-dong), Yeonjae-gu, Busan
Country:South Korea
Other Name:釜山外國語高等學校
Schooltype:Private establishment/Coed school
Established:1985
Principal:Jongsun Lee
Teaching Staff:62

Busan Foreign Language High School is a private foreign language high school that is located in Yeonsan-dong, Yeonsan-gu, Busan, South Korea.

Majors

Scholarship

Busan Foreign Language High School has three scholarship; one for freshmen, and two for enrolled students. The freshmen scholarship is recognized to ten students every year they matriculate. Two students each from French and Deutsche major, and three students each from Japanese and Chinese major; total of ten students with the highest placement test score receives the scholarship. Enrolled scholarship are divided into internal and external one. Internal test score scholarship is also recognized to ten students but many factors other than test score are considered. The external scholarship is a whole recommendation system. First two scholarship is 1,000,000 won. External scholarship differs by its kind.[1]

History

Busan Foreign Language High School was established on January 9, 1985. Dr. Yijoe Han inaugurated as the first chairman of the board. Gyucheol Lee assumed the position of the inaugural principal on March 1, 1985, coinciding with the school's opening and matriculation ceremony on March 7, 1985.

The school building was completed on March 2, 1986, and the first graduation ceremony took place on February 11, 1988. Subsequent expansions occurred with the building expansion finalized on February 28, 1989, and the school obtaining special-purpose high school status on September 17, 1991.

Dr. Seungwan Han became the third chairman of the board on April 22, 2015, and Jongsun Lee assumed the role of the 10th principal on March 1, 2017. The 32nd graduation ceremony on February 12, 2019, marked a milestone with 229 students graduating, bringing the cumulative total to 13,600. The 35th matriculation ceremony on March 4, 2019, welcomed 237 new students.[2]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Scholarship for BFLHS students. Pusan Foreign Language High School. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20200407044050/http://school.busanedu.net/pfl-h/cm/cntnts/cntntsView.do?mi=669860&cntntsId=6066 . 2020-04-07 .
  2. Web site: History of BFLHS . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20200407044125/http://school.busanedu.net/pfl-h/hm/hist/selectHistList.do?mi=669855 . 2020-04-07 . Pusan Foreign Language High School.