Keisung High School

Keisung Academy
Location
Jung-gu, Daegu South Korea
Coordinates	35.8711°N 128.5287°E / 35.8711; 128.5287
Information
Type	Independent school, boarding
Motto	Initium Sapientiae Timor Domini 여호와를 경외하는 것이 지식의 근본이니라
Religious affiliation(s)	Presbyterian
Established	1906
Principal	Yoo Cheol-hwan
Faculty	88
Enrollment	917 (2015)
Website	http://www.keisung.hs.kr

Keisung Academy (계성고등학교) is a co-educational independent day and boarding school for grades 10–12, located in Daegu, South Korea.

History

Origins

Keisung Academy was established in 1906 by missionary James E. Adams.

Campus facilities

Academic facilities

• Henderson Hall was built in 1931 and is the symbol of Keisung Academy.
• Adams Hall was used to print the Declaration of Independence of Korea in 1919 for the 3.1 movement in Daegu. The first western-style building in Young-Nam region(Gyeong-Sang State).
• Mcpherson Hall was built as a Science building. but now it is being used as the Church of Keisung Academy
• Adams Memorial Hall
• Art building
• Dong-san Hall
• Shin Dong-san Hall

Athletic facilities

• Shetuck Hall
• 2 fields
• 5 basketball courts
• 1 tennis court
• 1 fitness center

Relationship with Sinmyeong High School and Keimyung University

The name of Keimyung University is combination of 'Kei' of Keisung and 'myung' of Sinmyung.

Extra-curricular activities

There are 21 clubs.

Alumni

• Park Mok-wol (graduated 1935), poet
• Park Jeong-hui, judo practitioner

External links

• http://www.keisung.hs.kr