History And Trandition

History And Tradition

Coram Deo Paichai

The beginning of Paichai Hakdang dates back to April 5, 1885,
when Reverend Appenzeller landed at Incheon Port. Due to unstable
conditions in Korea, he returned to Japan on April 13 to study Korean.
On June 21, he returned to Incheon, where he borrowed two rooms from
Dr. W.B. Scranton, who had arrived a month earlier and was operating a hospital.
He used these rooms as classrooms and taught two students, Lee Gyem-ra and
Ko Young-pil, marking the start of Paichai Hakdang.

Whoever would be great among
you must be your servant

This school motto, adopted in the year following the founding by
Reverend Appenzeller, is based on Matthew 20:26-28.
It was translated into Korean by Jo Seong-gyu, a classical scholar and
Appenzeller's personal secretary and teacher at Paichai Hakdang.
In 1968, it was further interpreted into Korean by Mr. Kim Hak-chan
(Korean Language Department).
This motto encapsulates the ideals and objectives of Paichai education.

  • history
  • Past Board Chairs
  • Past Principals

  • 1

    1st
    Kim Geun-ho

    (1942 ~ 1945)

  • 2

    2nd
    Jeong Gi-seop

    (1945 ~ 1946)

  • 3

    3rd
    Oh Byeong-seop

    (1946 ~ 1949)

  • 4

    4th
    H.D. Appenzeller

    (1950 ~ 1953)

  • 5

    5th
    Park Chang-won

    (1953 ~ 1956)

  • 6

    6th
    Kim Yong-woo

    (1957 ~ 1960)

  • 7

    7th
    C.A. Sauer

    (1960 ~ 1961)

  • 8

    8th
    Kim Jong-pil

    (1962 ~ 1963)

  • 9

    9th
    Kim Jun-won

    (1963 ~ 1967)

  • 10

    10th
    Park Yong-ik

    (1969 ~ 1977)

  • 11

    11th
    Kim Eun-woo

    (1977 ~ 1981)

  • 12

    12th
    Choi Gi-seok

    (1982 ~ 1986)

  • 13

    13th
    Jeon Ui-chul

    (1986 ~ 1994)

  • 14

    14th
    Yoon Joo-bong

    (1994 ~ 1995)

  • 15

    15th
    Min Jeong-gi

    (1995 ~ Jun 1999)

  • 16

    16th
    Yoo Geun-bae

    (Jun 1999 ~ Jun 2007)

  • 17

    17th
    Lee Moon-baek, Ph.D.

    (May 2007 ~ Jul 2009)

  • 18

    18th
    Hwang Bang-nam, Ph.D.

    (Jul 2009 ~ Feb 2016)

  • 19

    19th
    Kwak Young-geun

    (Mar 2016 ~ Jul 2020)

  • 20

    20th
    Cho Bo-hyun

    (Dec 2020 ~ present)