Seoul High School (Hangul: 서울고등학교) is a public high school located in the heart of Seoul, South Korea.
The school was established at the site of Gyeonghuigung in 1946, moving to the current site (Seocho-dong) due to restoration of Gyeonghuigung. Named Kyung Sung Middle School during Japanese occupation.
Feb 1 1946 Inauguration of the first principal Kim, Won Kyu
Mar 5 1946 School opening ceremony and entrance ceremony (12 classes, 552 students)
June 1947 Named 'Seoul Public Middle School'
June 5, 1949 First graduation ceremony
Sep 1 1951 In accordance with the reform of educational system separated as Seoul High School (10th-12th grades)
Feb 28 1971 In accordance with the equalization of middle Schools, Seoul Middle School was closed after the twentieth graduation ceremony
July 3, 1971 Establishment of Inwang Scholarship Foundation
June 9, 1980 Moved to the present campus
Mar 1 1985 Expanded to 60 classes
Sep 1 2004 Inauguration of the twenty-third Principal Sung, Kee Won
Feb 3 2005 Held the fifty-seventh graduation ceremony (39,013 alumni in total)
Mar 1 2006 Decreased to 51 classes
Mar 1 2007 Inauguration of the 24th Principal Lee, Kyu Seok
Mar 1 2007 48 classes in total and a special class for the handicapped
Feb 1 2008 The 60th graduation ceremony (42,187 alumni in total)
Mar 1 2008 45 classes in total and a special class for the handicapped
Mar 1 2008 Inauguration of the 25th Principal Park, Hee-Song
Samil Pagoda: Built in celebration of the 41st anniversary of March 1st Movement
Pochung Monument: Set up on June 15, 1956, in remembrance of Seoul High School students who sacrificed their lives for the Korean War or the April Revolution
The Statue of Major Kang, Jae-gu: Set up on April 12, 1986, in honor of Major Kang, who sacrificed his life to save more than 100 subordinates on Oct 4, 1965, when one of his subordinates threw a hand grenade in the wrong direction by mistake during the military training for the Vietnamese War
Lee Soo-sung, former president of Seoul National University and prime minister of South Korea
Park Se-il, former professor at Graduate School of International Studies, Seoul National University
Song Ho-geun, professor at College of Social Science, Seoul National University
Lee Young-soon, former dean of College of Veterinary Medicine, Seoul National University
Lim Chang-Wook, founder of Daesang Group
Choi Ji-Sung, CEO of Samsung Electronics
Yoon Se-young, Chairman of Seoul Broadcasting System
Koo Chayol, CEO of LS Cable
Jung Mong-Won, Chairman of Halla Group
Joo Gang-Soo, CEO of Korea Gas Corporation
Lee Minjoo, founder of C&M Communications and Atinum Partners
Kim Yong-Joon, former Chief Justice of Constitutional Court of Korea
Yang Chang-Soo, Justice of Supreme Court of Korea and former professor at the law school of Seoul National University
Song Gwang-Soo, former attorney general
Shin Young-Moo, founding partner of Shin & Kim
Lee Jae-Hoo, representative of Kim & Chang
Yoon Jeung-Hyun, Minister of Strategy & Finance
Lee Shi-Yoon, former Chairman of the Board of Audit and Inspection of Korea and professor at the law school of Seoul National University
Won Se-Hoon, former chairman of National Intelligence Service
Kim Myung-Ho, former chairman of Bank of Korea
Jeon Yoon-Cheol, former chairman of Fair Trade Commission
Cho Soon-hyung, assemblyman
Choi In-ho, novelist
Hwang Dong-gyu, poet
Kim Dong-Soo, professional baseball player formerly with LG Twins, Hyundai Unicorns, etc.
Lee Sang-Hoon, professional baseball player formerly with LG Twins and Boston Red Sox
Bae Chang-ho, film director
Jang Sun-woo, film director
Lee Soon-jae, actor and former assemblyman
Yim Jae-beom, rock singer
Kim Jong-jin, rock singer
Joo Sang-wook, actor
