Sehwa Emblems
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Sehwa Emblems
School Motto
Love all neighbords
and be loyal to the country with a radiant heart.
The phrase ‘with a radiant heart’ represents the values an individual must pursue. To students on the path of learning, the ability to understand everything with no prejudice or bias is essential. So students must develop a radiant, optimistic outlook on life, rather than a dark, negative attitude towards the world.
Another phrase, ‘love all neighbors’ expresses the spirit of volunteering. Apartments surrounding our society demolish the community spirit, and the more modernized our society becomes, the more likely these selfish features will be promoted. The phrase above was set by considering such environmental conditions. This type of volunteering spirit helps overcome selfishness and acts as the key feature to develop autonomous citizenship.
The word ‘country’ from the phrase ‘be loyal to the country’ involves the idea of ethnic culture rather than the physical border of the country. The idea of ‘loyal’ used in the phrase is also not referring to blind obedience but true love and faith in ethnic culture. Without utilizing Korean identity, true globalization cannot be brought to realization. For such reason, loyalty to one’s own country is thought to be an important virtue for students, and this is why it is mentioned in the mission statement.
School Crest
The school crest embodying a person studying with an unfolded book and a soaring bird shows the purpose of the school through simple methodology. The person who designed the school logo was Shim Woonseob, taking charge of the design team in the head office of TAEKWANG Industry. According to the designer, “The SGH logo is the composition of a studying person and a soaring bird. The unfolded book indicates ‘Hyeong Seol Ji Gong 형설지공(螢雪之功)’, an ancient Chinese proverb which translates to ‘the fruits of diligent study’, and the figure of a soaring bird indicates the hope and vision of all students.” Afterward, as the meaning of the logo evolved, it became apparent that the big circle represents the universe, the book, in fact, indicates the treasure house of knowledge, and the small circle symbolizes intelligence and passion for seeking after truth.
School flower
he school flower of Sehwa Girls’ High School was the lily at first.
The lily is famous for symbolizing purity. The season of the lily comes in May and June, and it is regarded as a flower that symbolizes femininity because of its elegance and big size. The lily was selected as the school flower implying the proposition of developing the purity like a white bud, but in 1997, accepting the teachers’ suggestion, we changed our school flower to the azalea. The azalea is a flower that is strong enough to live in sterile land and easy to discover in Korea. The season of the azalea comes in March and April which are chilly months, and the pink color of the azalea flower gradually covering different parts of the country represents the arrival of spring in Korea. In effect, this symbolic flower conquers the barren Korean winter. Being the first flower of the year to bloom in Sehwa Girls’ High School, it provides students with a brightened outlook on their new school year.
School tree
