Gwacheon Foreign Language High school (Korean: 과천외국어고등학교, 과천외고) is an Independent High School located in Gyeong-gi province, Gwacheon-si, South Korea. The school was established on 5 May 1990 and It is the first Foreign Language High School established in Gyeonggi Province.
Gwacheon Foreign Language High school is a special high school in South Korea. Students in this school would be able to learn foreign languages in more details compared to students in ordinary high school.
'Kwacheon Foreign Language High School' is an old name which was used before the revision of Korean romanization.
Contents
Departments
English major (4 classes)
Second major Japanese (2 classes)
Second major Chinese (2 classes)
Chinese major (2 classes)
Japanese major (2 classes)
French major (1 class)
German major (1 class)
Enrollment
GCFL has a total enrollment of over 600 students.
Primarily, Applications are accepted based on Middle school English scores.
After that, Students conduct an interview based on their Curriculum vitae.
With the overall score accumulated during these two phases, the school announces the final successful applicants.
Some departments are harder to get into than others, as some languages are considered more useful or easier to learn than others.
Student life
Events
Yulmokje (율목제) - Festival held biennially by students, clubs, and teachers.
Formation process of Socialization (사회화 형성 과정) - Lecture held several times each year to educate students. Usually its talkers are graduates.
Yulmok debating championship (율목 토론 대회)
Extra-curricular activities
The school's Extra-curricular activities has evolved over the years.
Now GCFL has over 40 Extra-curricular activities clubs.
ERES-TU - Glee club
School Ambassador K.I.N.G - Promotion team, King Is New GCFL, Promote the school to middle school students
Students' Union 秀 - Student Council, Volunteers for entire school, holds students' conference.
RABS (Rab And BE Satisfied)
PCGS - Fashion Model & Design Club
KFBS - Broadcasting department, plans and broadcasts school Radio program.
BreathLess - Instrumentalists' club. Usually performs in school festival '율목제'.
INTERACT - International Volunteer Club
STOPMIC - Photography club.
GAONNURI (가온누리, Heart of the world) - KoreanSamul nori club.
Seo-Yi-Seong-Rak (서이성락) - Publishes 'Yulmok' biennially, the entirely student-run yearbook.
Chamarom (참아롬) - Publishes Biannual School newspaper.
KPEC - Kwacheon Practical English club.
Nouvelle Vague - movie making club. 'Nouvelle Vague' means 'New wave of the movie'.