남가주 한국학원 연혁/History
| 1972 | 2/5 | Established Moogungwha Hakwon at Dongji Hoegwan |
| 1976 | 9 | Changed name to “Southern California Korean School”(Reopened school on February 5th) |
| 1978 | 9 | San Fernando Valley Saturday Korean School opened Hangul textbook first published |
| 1979 | 2 | South Bay Saturday Korean School opened |
| 5 | Obtained State Approval as a Non-profit Organization | |
| 8 | Made School’s Song | |
| 1980 | 2 | Revised By-Laws; Renamed the branch school, established Superintendent ship |
| 3 | Sister-school contract with Seoul Soogeui | |
| 1981 | 12 | Changed name to the “Korean Institute of Southern California”(the articles of association are modified) |
| 1982 | 4 | School’s 10th Anniversary Celebration |
| 1983 | 6 | Held 10th Art Festival for School Building Fund Raising |
| 9 | Glendale Saturday School opened | |
| 1984 | 2 | Purchased School Site and Building at 4900 Wilshire Blvd. Los Angeles, CA |
| 4 | Appoval of Korean as a foreign language from LA Unified School District | |
| 9 | Riverside Korean School opened | |
| 12 | Received permit from State & City for Regular School(K-6th grade) | |
| 1985 | 2 /5 | “Los Angeles Hankook Academy” opened |
| 5 | Sister-school contract with Seoul Rira Elementary School | |
| 11 | Sister-school contract with Chinese “Killimsung Art School” | |
| 1986 | 9 | Peninsula Korean School opened |
| 1987 | 2 | Recognized KISC’s Curriculum as a 2nd Foreign Language by LA Unified School District |
| 2 | A copperplate was made with the names of the donors inscribed | |
| 9 | Wilshire and Fullerton Korean School opened | |
| 1988 | 1 | Made sister-school contract with the Tokyo Korean School |
| 9 | Woodlandhills and San Gabriel Korean School opened | |
| 1989 | 9 | Downey Korean School opened |
| 9 | Adult Korean School opened | |
| 1990 년 | 9 | Granada Hills, Diamond Bar, Hancock Park & Upland Korean School opened |
| 9 | Sister-school contract with Beijing Korean School in China | |
| 11 | Sister-school contract with Moscow Korean School in Russia | |
| 12 | Established General Education Center for Junior High & High Schools | |
| 1991 | 2 | Purchased the building for Middle & High School at 5120 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA |
| 1991 | 7 | High School rules and curriculum enactment(National Curriculum & Instruction Required) |
| 9 | Antelope Valley & Burbank Saturday School opened | |
| 1992 | 4 | Student Variety Show for School’s 20th Anniversary at Scottish Rite Auditorium |
| 8 | Renamed San Gabriel Korean School to Arcadia Korean School | |
| 9 | L.A. Hankook Middle School opened(6-8th grade day-school) | |
| 9 | Woodlandhills & Valley Korean Schools merged | |
| 9 | Hancock Park & Wilshire Korean School merged | |
| 1993 | 9/9 | L.A.Hankook High School(9-12th grade day-school) & Melrose Saturday School opened |
| 1995 | 7 | English Summer School for Korean students who came to study in the U.S. |
| 11 | National Education Center’s Fund Raising Party(L.A. Omi Hotel) | |
| 11 | Sister-school contract with Baejung Elementary School in Busan, Korea | |
| 11 | Sister-school contract with Suwon Elementary School | |
| 1996 | 5 | Sister-school contract with Daejun Middle School |
| 5 | Held Athletics Day(Frank Bonellli Park, San Dimas) | |
| 5 | Student Variety Show at Wilshire Ebell Theatre | |
| 5 | Middle & High School Stadium expanded | |
| 12 | Sold off land on Gramercy Pl. | |
| 1997 | 4 | Accreditation by WASC (Western Association of Schools and Colleges) |
| Walnut Valley School District recognized Korean as a 2nd Language credit course | ||
| School Fundraising Party in LA(Omni Hotel) | ||
| 1998 | 2 | Contract Amendment to change the shcool name |
| 6 | Renamed: the Korean Institute of southern California to the Korean School of Southern California, L.A. Hankook Academy to Wilshire Elementary School & L.A. Hankook Middle & High School to Melrose Middle & High School | |
| 1999 | 6 | Melrose Middle & High School closed |
| 11 | Melrose Middle & High School’ building & land forclosed | |
| 12 | School board members resigned due to the financial crisis | |
| 2000 | 1 | Restructured School Operation with 19 new board members |
| 5 | Revised By-Laws: Adopted CEO system | |
| Name changed to Korean Institute of Southern California |
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| 2001 | 2 | Sister-school contract with Jigok Elementary School in Pohang |
| 7 | Reapproved Wilshire Elementary School from WASC | |
| 2002 | 2 | Paid off principle mortgage loan of $377,648.49 |
| 6 | School’s 30th anniversay Student Variety Show at Wilshire Ebell Theatre | |
| 11 | 2002 Fundraising GALA | |
| 2003 | 9 | Enlargement of 10th grade textbook |
| Revised the Kindergarten textbook | ||
| 11 | Increased board members from 19 to 22 members | |
| 2004 | 9 | Downey Saturday School moved & renamed to Downey-Cerritos Korean School |
| 2005 | 9 | South Bay and Peninsula Korean School merged |
| 9 | Irvine Korean School opened | |
| 2007 | 4 | Irvine Unified School District permitted Korean as credit |
| 11 | Fundraising Event | |
| 2008 | 5 | 1st grade textbook revision |
| 2009 | 11 | Fundraising Event |
| 2010 | 3 | Yorba Linda permitted Korean as credit |