Ewha Girls' High School (Korean: 이화여자고등학교) is a private girls high school located in Jeong-dong, Jung-gu, Seoul, South Korea.
Ewha Girls' High School was founded on May 31, 1886 by Mary F. Scranton. The construction of a dormitory for staff and students was completed in 1900. The current principal Kang Soon-ja was appointed in September 2009 as the school's 14th principal.
At Ewha Girls' High School, every student has to join a club as part of their co-curricular activities. Ewha Girls' High School has 34 clubs which can be classified into five categories — academics, performance, service, media/debate, arts/physical education.
List of principals of Ewha Girls' High School:
1st: Mary F. Scranton (1886—1890)2nd: Lousia C. Rothweiler (1890—1893)3rd: Josephine O. Paine (1893—1907)4th: Lulu E. Frey (1907—1921)5th: A. Jeanette Walter (1921—1922)6th: Alice R. Appenzeller (1922—1929)7th: Miss E. Church (1929—1938)8th: Shin Bong-jo (1938—1961)9th: Seo Myung-hak (1961—1971)10th: Jeong Hui-gyeong (1971—1982)11th: Shim Chi-seon (1982—1995)12th: Choi Jong-ok (1995—2000)13th: Jeong Chang-yong (2000—2009)14th: Kang Soon-ja (2009—present)Helen Kim - Educator and first woman in Korea to receive a PhDPark In-deok - Independence activist and educatorLee Gwang-ja - Former president of Seoul Women's University (2001~2013)Ji Eun-hee - Chair-professor at Sangji University and former president of Duksung Women's University (2006.02.28—2013.02.28)Cha Kwang Eun - Doctor and professor at Cha UniversityPi Seo-young - Professor at Boston UniversityLee Myung-hee - Chairman of Shinsegae GroupKim Ye-riNam Bo-ra - ActressKim Hyo-jin - ActressYoun Yuh-jung - ActressLee Eung-kyung - ActressJo Mi-ryung - ActressSa Mi-ja - ActressKim Joo-ha - News anchorJin Yang-hye - Announcer and MCChae Seon-yeob - Pianist and soprano singerSong Min-doh - SingerKim Iryeop - Poet, journalist, writerIn Byung-sun - PoetHeo Geun-uk - Writer, novelistLee Hui-ho - Former First Lady of South Korea (1998—2003)Kim Mo-im - 36th Minister of Health and Welfare (1998.05.01—1999.05.23)Kim Jeong-sook - 6th Commissioner of Korea Food&Drug Administration (2004.09.04—2006.01.31)Lee Mi-gyeong - Current member of the National AssemblyKim Geum-rae - Former member of the National AssemblyKim Jin-ae - Former member of the National AssemblySeo Young-hee - Former member of the National AssemblyChoi Young-hee - Former member of the National AssemblyRyu GwansunHwang Ae-deok - Independence fighterHa Ran-sa - Independence fighterEsther Park - Korea's first female doctor of Western medicine