Cheongshim International Academy (Korean: 청심국제중고등학교, abbreviated as CSIA), is a private boarding school in South Korea located in Gapyeong County, Gyeonggi Province. CSIA is classified as a special purposes high school (특수목적고등학교) by the government of South Korea. History Foundation According to the CheongShim International School Official Website, the plans for the school began to be formulated in July 2002 by the Unification Church. The Foundation (engineering) plans were approved in June 2003. While the original name for the school was to CheongShim Middle and High School (청심중고등학교), the name was changed its current name in September 2005. The groundbreaking ceremony for the establishment of the school was held in November 2004. The school itself finished its construction process in 2005 and the completion of the building was commemorated with a ceremony in June 2005. The school received its certificate of incorporation in August 2005. Originally, the school planned to admit three hundred members each. It was found with the purpose that all subjects except Korean language and Korean history would be taught in English. There were also specialized courses such as TOEFL and SAT classes to be offered to people who wish to study abroad in the future. The school also stated that it had plans to create a research institute for middle school studies in order to increase the expertise of its teachers. Although the school was technically labeled as a special-purposes high school, the admission process followed the procedure of a foreign language high school for the first year The admission process for the first year of students began in November 2005. The requests for admissions and the documents were accepted from the beginning to the middle of November. The admissions tests were given around the second half of November and the selections were announced at the end of November. The first CheongShim Initiation ceremony was held in March 2006, with 99 middle school students and 100 high school students each. The first principal of CSIA, Lee Jong-Hyo was also appointed in March 2006. Current There are a total of 600 students in the school. There are a total of 47 teachers as of 2008, of which twelve are non-Korean teachers. Of the teachers, 17% of the teachers are non-Korean teachers and 56% of the teachers have MD-PhD degrees. The current principal is Cho Hyung woo. Currently, all classes besides Korean and Korean history are taught in