Daehyun Elementary School (Korean: 대현초등학교; Hanja: 大峴初等學校; RR: Daehyeon chodeung hakgyo) is a public elementary school located in Daehyeon-dong, Nam District, Ulsan, South Korea. There are 962 students from kindergarten to the sixth grade at Daehyun during the 2013–2014 school year. About 80 teachers and other faculty are employed at Daehyun including workers completing their mandatory military service and one native-English-speaking teacher.
Daehyun has also been used as a high school academy after regular class hours. High school students receive credit towards their certificates for completing classes at Daehyun such as math, science, and English. Additionally, high school students work as mentors to elementary school students during summer and winter break to receive additional credit.
The school was founded on 8 July 1925 and was relocated to its current location on 1 March 1973.
School symbols
The school's logo is a check mark inside of a cog wheel and symbolizes wisdom and health.
The school's flower is the chrysanthemum, symbolizing truth, purity, and cleanliness.
At Daehyun, students study many subjects, including: Korean, English, Chinese characters, math, social studies, science, computers, art, physical education, music, health, ethics, and home economics.
There are programs to help students with learning disabilities as well as gifted students who need more challenging work.
Teams and activities
Daehyun's baseball team is the only official sports team at the school. The team was created in 1986 and they have won first in three regional tournaments since then. Daehyun is the only elementary school in Ulsan that has a baseball team, and because of this, Daehyun has become a necessary school to attend if a student has hopes of becoming a career player. Some students even commute from outside the city to attend.[1][2]
Daehyun's unofficial teams include: volleyball, soccer, basketball, badminton, ping-pong, dodge ball, tennis, track & field and jump rope.
After-school activities for Daehyun students include: piano, violin, recorder, danso, dance, cross stitching, reading club, art club, English drama club, Korean drama club, and computer club.[3][4]
Special events
Every year, Daehyun students participate in special events including sports day in the spring and the Daehyun talent show at the end of the school year.
One day every month, the students are encouraged not to waste any food at lunch, and are given stickers if they can finish all of their food.
Every Thursday is "Delicious Lunch Day" at the school where the students get an extra-delicious lunch at the school cafeteria.
Notable occasions
The gymnasium opened for the first time on 26 October 2004. A new sports field was completed in 2012 and is used by the school's baseball and track & field teams. Baseball teams from other schools and cities come to Daehyun Elementary for tournaments because it is the only school in Ulsan with a baseball team and a quality playing field.[2][5]
^울산 대현초등, 롯데기 야구대회 정상 [Ulsan Daehyun Elementary School, Lotte Baseball Tournament]. Daum Sports. 12 April 2007. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
^ ab프로야구 유치기념 초등 야구대회 [Elementary School Baseball Tournament Attracts Professional Baseball]. Ulsan Mae-il (울산매일). 9 April 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
^제8회 울산아동극경연대회 시상식 [8th Annual Ulsan Children's Drama Contest Award Ceremony]. Education News (교육홍보관). 28 September 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
^제5회 바다사랑 그림그리기 시상식 [Fifth "Ocean Love" (Clean Ocean) Drawing Award Ceremony]. 15 June 2010. Archived from the original on 13 April 2013.
^대현초 운동장 '인조잔디' 새단장 [Ulsan Daehyun Elementary School Artificial Turf Playfield Refurbished]. 1 May 2012. Retrieved 27 August 2015.
