当校(とうこう)

とうこう
noun
this school; our school (formal)
formaleducation
1. this school; our school
The way a school refers to itself in formal writing and announcements. Used by the institution about itself, never by an outsider talking about someone else's school.
当校(とうこう)は今年(ことし)で創立(そうりつ)五十年(ごじゅうねん)を迎(むか)えます。
Our school marks its fiftieth anniversary this year.
詳(くわ)しくは当校(とうこう)のホームページをご覧(らん)ください。
For details, please see our school's website.
当校(とうこう)では、一人(ひとり)ひとりの個性(こせい)を大切(たいせつ)にした教育(きょういく)を行(おこな)っております。
At our school, we provide an education that values each student's individuality.

The prefix 当(とう) ('this, the present one') is how an organization refers to itself in formal Japanese: 当社(とうしゃ) (our company), 当店(とうてん) (our shop), 当院(とういん) (our hospital or clinic), 当館(とうかん) (our hotel or museum).

Common collocations

Similar words

  • 本校(ほんこう): this school — also used by the school itself; additionally means the main campus as opposed to a 分校(ぶんこう) (branch campus)
  • 母校(ぼこう): alma mater — the school one graduated from, used by the former student
  • わが校(こう): our school — warmer and more rhetorical, common in speeches

Related Words

Related: 当社(とうしゃ)
Related: 母校(ぼこう)
Related: 学校(がっこう)
Compare: 本校(ほんこう) (this school)
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