Keisung High School

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

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

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