SORABOL SCHOOL FOUNDATION
Sorabol Middle School
Sorabol High
School
June 11, 2011
313 Junggye-dong Nowon-Gu, Seoul, Korea
(139-220)
Phone : 82-2-2092-2200
Faxoo :
82-2-2092-2270
http://www.sorabol.hs.kr
HISTORY
Sorabol School Foundation, established by late
Dr Sejong Kim, was dedicated to providing a quality education to young men
who wanted to grow according to his individual potential. The Foundation
opened S
orabol Middle School and Sorabol High School in 1956 with two day
classes and an evening class in each grade. The original campus was
located in Donam-dong, where the downtown of Seoul and the government
complex were only a few miles away O new campuses in northeast Seoul, as the city expanded to
build a new townly recently, in 1998, the schools
moved to then on the hill of Dobong Mountain, one of the most beautiful
mountains in Korea. Currently Sorabol Foundation has two nearby campuses,
one for the middle school in Wooyee-dong and the other for the high school
in Junggye-dong.
Today, Sorabol High School, with 3 grades, has over 2,094 students and 106 staffs. The 54th graduation ceremony held in February 2011 produced more than 680 new graduates, adding the members of the alumni association to over 43,800. Sorabol Middle School, separate from the high school, has 660 students and 60 staffs working in 3 grades. Thousands of young boys have crossed the threshold of the middle school, and many of them continued their study at Sorabol High School. The foundation is also working on an expansion plan to establish a high school of arts, which was the area the founder had cherished passion and endeavor for a long time.
The Board of Sorabol School Foundation consists of seven directors and one inspector who are experienced leaders of our communities and dedicated to the education for young talents. The school board is currently chaired by Mrs. Sung Sook Kim, the daughter of the founder She was inaugurated as the new chair of the School Board in May 2001 and has been working to rejuvenate the schools for the first class quality education. Mr. Jae-Hyun Jo, Principal, acts on the strategic development plans with the assistance of the faculty, the school board, and the parents association, while the middle school is administered under the leadership of Mr. Tae-Bong Park, principal.
MISSION
The mission of Sorabol School Foundation is to assist students, in cooperation with their parents, to acquire creative minds, positive attitudes, and democratic citizenship, that are essential for the development of our society. To facilitate the mission, our schools provide the students with college preparatory curriculum and programs tailored to meet the needs of the society. In addition, our schools offer numerous extracurricular opportunities for student to participate in arts, athletics, clubs, and service organizations. We emphasize solid principles and strong discipline, while providing opportunities for each student to grow according to his individual potential.
We believe in promoting academic achievement
through a rigorous program of liberal study, and our schools are committed
to the holistic development of each individual student according to his
potential. Within an orderly academic environment, students are challenged
to master basic concepts and skills, to develop the ability to think
creatively and critically, and to acquire habits of lifelong learning.
Our schools are dedicated to providing an educational environment that
ensures a commitment to excellence by all members of the school
community.
Looking ahead to meet new challenges and demands, we foresee ourselves focusing on educational programs that foster cultural enlightenment, awareness of information technology, and global perspective of our students living in the cyber world. We are committed to the vital roles of the schools to prepare our students for the capacity to understand cultural differences existing in the vast world and to make use of basic computer/information skills to cope with new global challenges.
BASIC PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE SCHOOL
COMMUNITY
To fulfill our educational mission, we expect that all members of the school community move forward to adapt themselves to the needs of the new world. We envision faculty members renewed with new ways of thinking and strengthened with their specialties. We envision teachers who blend with their students to fulfill their compassion and love for education. Teachers as the role models are to live together and breath with students with a sense of professional responsibility,
Our schools assert that students adore and
abide by basic principles governing the school community. Sorabol schools
assist students to be energ
etic, refusing to give in and confronting new
challenges with courage. Every student is expected to be a young man of
dignity with a sense of responsibility for his words and actions. We
assert that brave students are those who respect courtesy and morality in
getting along with their neighbors.
To fulfill our mission, after all, our schools are to be the places where all member of the community live together and ream each other, maintaining harmonious and cooperative human relationships. The school community ought to be enthusiastic in intellectual sense and clean in physical sense.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS
The academic programs of Sorabol High School
are divided into eight departments. the
department of academic affairs,
the department of research, the department of liberal and social sciences,
the department of natural sciences, the department of educational
information, the department of arts and physical education, the department
of extracurricular activinglish which areties, and the department of counseling. Our
academic curriculum and programs are organized with an emphasis on Korean,
mathematics, and E the major subjects for college
preparation. All of the staff take par? in a department of their
individual specialties.
In addition, there are six committees which advise the principal: the school board, the student records committee, the curriculum committee, the student affairs committee, the counseling committee, and the self-regulation and scholarship committee. Two assistant principals of the high school work with the principal supervising all of the academic programs, while one assistant principal works with the principal of the middle school
Sorabol High School
Student
|
1st Grade |
2nd Grade |
3rd Grade |
Total | |||
|
liberal arts |
sciences |
liberal arts |
sciences |
vocation | ||
|
670 |
296 |
439 |
323 |
344 |
24 |
2,094 |
Staff
|
Subject |
Staff |
Subject |
Staff |
Subject |
Staff | ||
|
Principal |
1 |
Natural Science |
Physics |
3 |
English |
19 | |
|
Assistant Principal |
1 |
Chemistry |
4 |
Chinese |
1 | ||
|
Ethics |
3 |
Biology |
3 |
Japanese |
3 | ||
|
Korean |
17 |
Earth Science |
3 |
Librarian |
2 | ||
|
Chinese Letter |
2 |
Physical Education |
6 |
Nursing Teacher |
1 | ||
|
Mathmatics |
17 |
Music |
1 |
| |||
|
Social Science |
History |
4 |
Fine Arts |
2 | |||
|
Social Studies |
8 |
Drill |
2 | ||||
|
Geography |
2 |
Computer |
1 |
Total |
106 | ||
Sorabol Middle School
Student
|
1st Grade |
2nd Grade |
3rd Grade |
Total |
|
173 |
227 |
260 |
660 |
Staff
|
Subject |
Staff |
Subject |
Staff |
|
Principal |
1 |
Physical Education |
4 |
|
Assistant Principal |
1 |
Music |
2 |
|
Ethics |
2 |
Fine Arts |
2 |
|
Korean |
7 |
Drill |
4 |
|
Mathmatics |
5 |
English |
4 |
|
Social Science |
2 |
Nursing Teacher |
1 |
|
Natural Science |
3 |
Total |
38 |
SPECIAL PROGRAMS
For those students who have special talents, a
number of extracurricular programs are available for students to join. For
example, TOEIC , TEPS and English listening classes are offered to students 
who
want to improve their aptitude for English. Students with athletic talents
can join such sports teams as golf, ice hockey, bowling, and so on. There
are also many clubs that attract students, including the drama club, the
musical band, the dance club, etc. To promote club activities and give
them satisfaction for achieving their work, a stage of performance, named
'The Spring of Youth' is held every month.
Sorabol High School has been selected as one of the leading schools which have extensive educational database and utilize advanced information/computer skills for teaching and learning. All of the classes are integrated into a computer network to which each student has an easy access. Our staffs are working hard to improve their computer skills, loading their teaching material into the network so that students can search and study the material for themselves and communicate with their teachers and classmates.
Living in an educational environment where anyone can travel around the cyber space without limitations in search for answers to their intellectual curiosities, our schools focus on special programs to assist students in understanding cultural differences existing among social groups and international communities. We believe that schools in the cyber age need to provide opportunities for students to acquire global perspectives towards peaceful coexistence and cooperation among different identities. This is why we have been maintaining exchange programs with private high schools in Japan and China. The foremost importance has been on the language programs between the schools. For the objectives, we are launching a new exchange program with a private school in the United States.
SISTER SCHOOLS AND EXCHANGE PROGRAMS
The 21st Century is called the era of
information technology. The cyber space in this information age goes
beyond our imagination and makes traditional territorial boundaries
obsolete. Everyone can travel instantly anywhere in the cyber world in
search for valuable information and knowledge. The question we are asking
today is whether you are equipped with the skills to navigate the
cyber
space and if yo
u have the capacity to understand foreign
cultures.
Facing new challenges, Sorabol schools have established sinter relationship with two schools: Sundai High School in Tokyo, Japan since 1963 , the 55th Middle School in Beijing, China since 1994 and St. Mark's High School in Taxas, United States. Through the sistership between the schools, we have developed various programs of mutual interest. Some of the programs include publishing research results on the history and culture of each country, visiting historical sites of each country, exchange of students and staffs for language programs, etc
We look forward to having another sister school in other countries. Our schools are interested in finding a private school which can actively participate in a number of exchange programs designed to meet the demands for cyber navigation skills, language tools, and cultural understanding.
An Opinion in Sistership Establishment
It is called that today is 'The society of information and knowledge' or 'The age of globalism'. That is to say, today we need not only national advantage but also the continuous effort for the mankind's co-existence and peace. Therefore a young man cannot play a great role as a leader of Korea's future without understanding the international senses.
Especially, America that has had the blood relationship with Korea ranks at the top among the advanced nations. Sistership establishment between two schools would give a chance to exchange both languages and to understanding culture and customs.
To accomplish this, we would like to exchange teachers and students, shade student's work and educational materials, and make strong sistership establishment. As a result of this program, we would like to accumulate our friendship for a long time.