On September 18, the entire Busan Foreign School community came together for a special all-school assembly celebrating 30 years of BFS and recognizing the Haddon family, whose vision helped establish the school in 1996.
What began with just 16 students has grown into the vibrant international school community BFS is today.
Over the past three decades, nearly 3,000 students have passed through the doors of BFS, and more than 500 students have graduated from the school. Those graduates have gone on to build careers around the world as
Over the past 30 years, BFS graduates have gone on to careers in fields including:
- Medicine
- Science and research
- Engineering
- Law
- Education
- Business and entrepreneurship
- Government and public service
- Architecture
- Pharmacy
- Veterinary medicine
- Film, television, and acting
- Music and performance
- Fashion and modeling
BFS alumni have also continued their education at leading universities around the world, including:
- Harvard Law School
- University of Oxford
- Yale School of Medicine
- Brown University
- Cornell University
- Columbia University
- Duke University
- Johns Hopkins University
- UCLA
- UC Berkeley
- Northwestern University
- University of Toronto
- McGill University
- London School of Economics
- University College London
…among many others.
But the story of BFS is about more than numbers, university acceptances, or accomplishments. For 30 years, the school has been a community where students from around the world have learned together, built lifelong friendships, and prepared for the next steps in their lives.
As BFS celebrates this important milestone, we are proud of how far the school has come, what our graduates have accomplished, and the community that continues to shape BFS today.
We extend our thanks to the Haddon family, our faculty and staff, BFS families past and present, our alumni, and the thousands of students who have helped write the BFS story since 1996.
Happy 30th Anniversary, BFS!
