- Rearing creative world talent with emotion, morality and intelligence.
- Held school opening ceremony and entrance ceremony with 800 parents and distinguished
  guests in attendance.

Established under the philosophy of cultivating creative world talent with emotion, morality and intelligence, Hana High School, the only autonomous private high school in Seoul (www.hana.hs.kr, chief director: Seung-Yu Kim; schoolmaster: Jin Seong, Kim), held its opening ceremony and first entrance ceremony, on Mar. 2 (Tue), on the school campus located in Eunpyeong new town (129, Jinkwan-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul). 800 parents and distinguished guests were in attendance.

Many parents and dignitaries attended the opening ceremony, including Seung-Yu Kim, the chairman and chief director of Hana Financial Group; Se-Hun Oh, the mayor of Seoul city; Jae-Dong Lee, chief of the Eunpyeong gu office; and the, acting education superintendent of Seoul City.

Hana High School was established by Hana Financial Group to present new and advanced educational models in accordance with the social responsibility of corporate citizenship. Construction of the school started in March 2009 in Eunpyeong New Town, Seoul (129, Jinkwan-dong, Eunpyeong-gu, Seoul). The school occupies a site 8,000 pyeong in area and with a gross floor area of 11,572 pyeong (four floors under and eight floors overground, nine buildings). The school obtained the main approval for its foundation in August 2009, selected new students in November and held the completion ceremony on Feb. 25, this year. Hana High School has a general class building containing 30 classrooms (25 students in each class), a special course building for personal study after school and a dormitory that can accommodate up to 620 students.

In addition, Hana Bank avoided following the existing selection method that focuses on school records and, instead, admitted a well-balanced selection of 204 students from 157 middle schools nationwide, including all 25 districts (gu) of Seoul. The admission policy for the school focused on the potentiality and creativity of the applicants.

Following its opening, Hana High School plans to operate various programs, such as systematic course guidance, specialization of curricula, differentiation of after-school activities and the Hana certification system, overseen by excellent faculty members. Hana High School aims to rear creative world talent through an educational system that combines emotion, morality and intelligence.