Dankook Middle School Explained

Hangul:단국대학교사범대학부속중학교
Hanja:檀國大學校師範大學附屬中學校
Rr:Danguk daehakkyo sabeom daehak busok junghakkyo
Mr:Tan’guk taehakkyo sabŏm taehak pusok chunghakkyo

Dankook Middle School is a boys-only middle school located in Daechi-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. It is a private school attached to Dankook University. It was first founded on December 26, 1983. The school motto is to “know myself, live with virtue, and study while working”. The school's symbol tree, flower, and mascot is the zelkova, the royal azalea, and the bear, respectively.

Principals

1959–1964 1st Sung Girl Jung 1964–1964 2nd Bong Shik Jang 1964–1965 3rd Dong Shik Ji 1965–1968 4th Jong Hub Lee 1968–1969 5th Bong Shik Jang 1969–1972 6th Bok Young Lee 1972–1977 7th Jong Duck Yey 1977–1990 8th Bok Young Lee 1990–2004 9th Bong Shik Jang 2004–2006 10th Hun Sang Shin 2006–2008 11th Hun Suek Min 2008–2012 12th Sang Sue Kim -2024 Yoo Soo Han

Awards

Student exchange

In spring, around 40 students from Buensan Middle School come to Dankook Middle School, while in the fall around 40 Dankook students go to Buensan middle school for two days.

School Symbol

The school symbol derives from the Obangsaek, a traditional Korean color spectrum. It has red, blue, black, and white colors around a yellow centerpiece containing letter for “middle”. Red represents a phoenix; blue, a blue dragon; white, a white tiger; and black, a turtle. The yellow in the middle represents the yellow dragon: a symbol for the school’s students, while the Chinese character means that Dankook students should be at the center of the world.

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