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 * San Nicolas NHS || Brgy. 24, Sta Monica || san Nicolas || Mr. Edison R. Bartolome || SPIV || 09159097913 || 09/13/2013 ||

HISTORY OF SAN NICOLAS NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL ||   || Its beginning was a painstaking endeavour, a great challenge, and a great hope. Looking back to those years which are full of struggles, one could not help but remember the men and women behind its success. Its realization was due to the concerted effort of civic-minded people of the community and the elementary teachers of both the Filipinas Elementary School and Bingao Elementary School with the principals Mrs. Amparo G. Hernando, and Mr. Candido A. Santos, respectively, and the District Supervisor, Mr. Lupe G. Aurelio. Hardships ushered the infancy of these two barangay high schools. Foremost was the lack of school buildings and equipment notwithstanding the unstable salary of the first teachers. A rigid house – to - house campaign for the prospective enrolees was undertaken. After meeting the prescribed number of enrolment to start a first year class, a resolution was made by the barrio councils of both Barrio No. 6, San Juan Bautista, and Barrio No 18, San Pedro in a joint session petitioning the Municipal Council headed by the Mayor Vicente R. Hernando, to endorse a resolution to the Division Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Federico B. Ablan, for approval. The resolution was approved in joint special session of the Municipal Council and the Barrio Council of San Juan Bautista and San Pedro. In attendance were the heads of the schools in the district with Dr. Jesus M. Palafox who was then the General Education Supervisor for Vocational Education and In-charge of Secondary Schools of the Division of Ilocos Norte and who was instrumental in the establishment of the two community high schools. Knowing fully well that there exists a private school in San Nicolas and elementary graduates from the eastern part of the poblacion and those of the south-western barrios were hard up in their pursuit of higher education prompted him to spearhead the establishment of the said schools. The approved resolution was forwarded to the Bureau of Public Schools through the Division Superintendent of Schools, Mr. Federico B. Ablan. Thus, Filipinas Community High School and Bingao Community High School which were housed in the Filipinas Elementary School and Bingao Elementary School compounds, respectively, were born in 1966. In June 1966, Filipinas Community High School started with 90 students while Bingao Community High School had 29 students. Both were under the guiding fold of a mother high school, the Ilocos Norte National High School with Mr. Arsenio Pascua Sr., as Principal. Its first year of existence marked memorable experiences. There were scores of challenges which needed a lot of patience and hard work but these were not barriers to the progress and development of the school. It had the biggest enrolment among the other barangay high schools in the province of Ilocos Norte. With the dedicated and selfless services of the two leaders Mrs. Amparo G. Hernando who became the first assistant principal of Filipinas Community High School together with the first teachers Mrs. Veronica S. Santos and Ms. Lorena Bagay (now Mrs. Guieb) and part-time teachersMs. Arlene Aurelio, Mrs Eureka Simon, Ms. Maria Santos, Mrs. Margarita Hernando, Mrs. Encarnacion Hernando, and Mr. Benedicto Guira from the elementary; and, Mr. Candido A. Santos, the first assistant principal of Bingao Community High School with Ms. Severa Manuel (now Mrs. Sanchez), as the first teacher, the school initially moved towards the right direction. When Mrs. Amparo G. Hernando was transferred to Laoag City, Mr Jose S. Sambrano took over. Then, in 1967, Ms. Zenaida M. Arzaga, Mrs. Manuela Lazo, Mr. Antonio Alipio and Mrs. Eufrecina Castañeda came in for Filipinas Community High School followed by Mrs. Amelita Agcaoili, Mr. Constante Formoso, Mrs. Rosita Dumlao, Ms. Angela Buted, Ms. Esperanza Ignacio, Mr. Mario Julian, Mrs. Perpetua Bautista and Mrs. Narcisa Antonio in 1969. Likewise, Bingao Community High school had the next set of teachers, Mrs. Feliza Ventura, Mrs. Vicitacion Camagong, Mr. Leonardo Valdez, Mr. Ernesto Ramos, Mrs. Felicidad Ramos, Ms. Natividad Ramos, Ms. Erlinda Legaspi, Mr. Rosario Diego. Mrs. Luvimina Calupig and Mrs. Wivina Blas. Bingao Elementary School teachers, served as part-time teachers of the Bingao Community High School. On April 23, 1970 Filipinas Community High School held its first graduation ceremony with 69 graduates led by Alejandro Bumanglag and Aida Agustin as the class valedictorian and salutatorian respectively. Leading the 29 first batch of graduates of the Bingao Community High School were Rosalina Ulep, the class valedictorian, and Estefana Gapas, the class salutatorian. The increase in enrolment in the succeeding years called for additional classrooms, teachers, and school facilities and equipments. The father of the municipality, the then Mayor Vicente R. Hernando and the members of the municipal council and other municipal officials tried their best to help solve the existing problems. With them were a group of Barangay folks and PTA officials who unconditionally and unselfishly shared their precious time and effort. From the Filipinas Community High School were Mr. Osias Guieb, Mr. Juan Bonilla, Mr. Lorenzo Ulep, Engr. Justo Butay, Mr. Isabelo Pascua, Mr. Dante Bonoan, Mr. Alfonso Zambrano, Mr. Trinidad Damo, Mrs. Sabina Bocoboc, Mr. Jaime Coloma, Mr. Felino Antonio, and civic-spirited residents of the place. From Bingao Community High School were Mr. Saturnino Valdez, Mr. Juanito Butay, Mrs. Juanita Macatumbas, Mr. Serafin de los Santos, Mr. Nicolas Asuncion, Mr. Flor Valdez, and Mr. Arsenio Casiano. These were the people who established a strong force of leadership that contributed to the development of the school. The municipal, school and barangay leaders were not satisfied with the school’s status as barangay high schools only. It was everybody’s dream to have them turn into better institutions of learning, to have them as one school converted into a Municipal High School. With the joint effort and burning desire of all the people of goodwill, the venture succeeded. The Filipinas Community High School and Bingao Community High School were merged into one and was converted into a municipal high school which was made possible through the support of the municipal Mayor Benjamin L. Madamba, Superintendent of Schools Sixto A. Miguel, Dr. Jesus M. Palafox, Mr. Carmelo Hernando, District Supervisor Mr, Jose S. Zambrano, and Mr. Candido A. Santos, to name a few. In 1974, the school was named San Nicolas Municipal High School. Ms. Zenaida M. Arzaga became the first head teacher and officer-in-charge. With her leadership, the school showed remarkable signs of progress year after year. There was a constant increase of enrolment and number of teachers.
 * || San Nicolas National High School is a dream - come – true for the townspeople of San Nicolas, Ilocos Norte who yearned to have a public secondary school which they may call their own. This is a long felt aspiration for one Dr. Pedro Orata, an outstanding educator, dubbed as the Father of Barangay High Schools. How the school turned to what it is now is a question one could hardly answer because who could believe that the school which once had a simple, humble and poor beginning has now become the center of excellence for many educational endeavour here and across the seas.

The cry for hunger and thirst for knowledge of the youth of San Nicolas especially those who could not afford to enter in private institutions were quenched when the San Nicolas Municipal High school was converted into a national high school. By virtue of Presidential Decree No. 1050, dated 1977, the school was converted into national high school through a budgetary allocation of the Ministry of Budget as recommended by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. Having a new name, the Filipinas National High School housed in two campuses, emerged –the Main campus and the Bingao campus. In October of the same year, the school was turned over to the national government by the then Vice Mayor Mauro C. Domingo, representing the municipal government to Region I Director Telesforo Boquiren, representing the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports, in a fitting ceremony held at the Filipinas Elementary School. The renaming and the turning over to the national government was another significant step towards the realization of the school’s vision and mission of molding young minds. With the collaborative effort of school authorities, government officials and school benefactors, the school continued to soar high. In June 1979, Mrs. Belen P. Pivera, Assistant Principal II of the Bacarra National Comprehensive High School was installed as the first principal of the Filipinas National High School while Miss Zenaida M. Arzaga was promoted to Assistant Principal II of the Bacarra National Comprehensive High School The nationalization of the school called for the need to have a school site of its own. This was a great challenge to the newly-installed principal. This vision seemed impossible to achieve but with the all-out support of community members and the strong determination of the school administration and the members of the school faculty, the dream to be separated from the Filipinas Elementrary School was realized. In June 1981, the school finally transferred to its 1.9 hectare site on top of a hill, east of the town proper, Barangay No. 24, Nagrebcan, Sta. Monica, overlooking the municipalities of San Nicolas and Sarrat in the south and east, the winding Padsan River and the City of Laoag in the north. A year after, the Ministry of Budget also released an amount for the purchase of 3.5 hectare of land along the national highway going to Batac adjacent to the Bingao Elementary School, located on a hilltop in Brgy. 18, San Pedro, Bingao. This became the new site of the Filipinas National High School, Bingao Campus. After a three-year development and construction period, the school transferred from the Bingao Elementary School to its new home. These accomplishments became the driving force for the school administrators, the parent-teacher association, the local government unit and the townspeople to achieve greater goals. Filipinas National High School enveloped a score of development, it took great effort, time, talent, sacrifice, dedication, and commitment of the administration, teaching and non-teaching personnel headed by the principal, Mrs. Belen P. Rivera, with the unwavering support of the municipal government of San Nicolas under the leadership of the vibrant mayor Hon. Benjamin L. Madamba and the Sangguniang Bayan members and through the dynamic leadersip of the PTA Federated President Mr. Monico U. Hernandez to put the school in the limelight. A noteworthy accomplishment is the establishment of the FNHS stage located at the north central portion of the school wherein Batch ’85 was the first batch to use it on their graduation day. The name of the school resonates not only in Ilocos Norte but throughout the region. In 1987, the school hosted for the first time a regional affair- the Regional Schools Press Conference with the theme “ The Role of the School Paper in Education for National Unity and Progress.” Likewise in 1992, the school welcomed the delegates of the Regional Science-Math Fair and Quiz. In 1994, the National Consultative Conference of Chief and Assistant Chiefs in Non-Formal Education keynoted by DOST Regional Director Saturnino G. Ocampo, Jr. was held in the school. As a national high school, there has been a lot of improvement in all phases: instructional, physical and personnel set-up. When Mrs. Belen P. Rivera retired on December 25, 1987, Mr. Paulino Batoon, Head Teacher III, became the Officer-in-Charge until he was promoted as Principal I and was assigned to Lt. Edgar Foz Memorial National High School on May 18, 1988. Eventually, he was promoted as Asst. Schools Division Superintendent in the Division of Ilocos Norte. Likewise, Mr. Leonardo S. Valdez, Head Teacher III, became the Officer-in Charge of Bingao Campus in 1988-1992. In 1992, he was promoted as Principal I in Batac National High School. The Filipinas National High School happily welcomed Miss Zenaida M. Arzaga coming back on May 1988 as principal. Truly, the school serves as training ground for personnel academic advancement. Physical facilities kept on flourishing. Students’ welfare is the primary concern of the administration. As a manifestation, a four-room building, PTA Office and the laboratory canteen were established to cater to the needs of the clienteles. The school also does not limit to physical structures but also academic excellence. It continuously inspires personnel to develop their effectivity and efficiency to the fullest through promotions, awards and commendations. In 1989, Mrs. Alvina Aguada M. Sambrano who was promoted as Education Supervisor in Araling Panlipunan and Mrs. Rosita C. Dumlao, both Master Teachers I were promoted as Head Teachers III. Furthermore, Mr. Arturo A. Cristobal, Music teacher and Miss Erlinda V. Ulep, Filipino teacher were promoted as Master Teachers I. Eventually, Mr. Cristobal was promoted as Head Teacher. The school flaps its wings higher and higher in order to reach the summit. It implements beneficial programs to the students. It intensifies academic excellence not only to in-school youth but also to out-of-school youth. The Philippine Education Placement Test (PEPT) provides opportunities to the Balik-Aral students to avail of the Free Public Secondary Education Act of 1988 for earning a high school diploma and preparing them for the world of work. The school proved its worth in academic performance. Budding scientists, journalists, men of letters, orators, eloquent speakers, future entrepreneurs, sports enthusiasts and musicians showed their prowess in the division, regional and national competitions. In the field of Investigatory Project, the school has been a national winner for four consecutive years with Mr. Andre B. Bagaoisan and Mrs. Marites U. Talavera as advisers and with the guidance of Mrs. Rosita Dumlao, Head Teacher III. In the field of Journalism, the school has garnered awards in newswriting, feature writing, sportswriting, copy reading and headline writing and editorial cartooning with Mrs. Myrna R. Domingo, Mrs. Mercedita G. Rosales, Mrs. Myrna R. Madamba, anf Miss Natividad Ramos as coaches. Orators, eloquent speakers and men of letters were produced by the school through the assistance of Mr. David Arnel B. Santos and Mrs. Myrna R. Domingo. Varied entrepreneurial skills are enhanced in THE/TEPP-Drafting classes and the future entrepreneurs received awards in Garment Construction, Self-Invented One-Dish Meal, Electronics and Bingao Campus bagged the Most Functional Nursery in the regional level during the THE Skills Olympics thru the leadership of Mr. Ganilo V. Ulep, Mrs. Felicidad A. Ramos, Miss Josefina A. de la Cruz, Mrs. Josephine B. Batangan, Mrs. Benita A. Espinosa, Mrs. Violeta M. Cid and Mr. Almario S. Ruiz, advisers with Mr. Marcelo B. Ribao, Head Teacher III. The school also promoted culture and the arts. Students became more active members of the Choral Group and the Drum and Lyre Corps under the baton of Mr. Arturo A.Cristobal. Mr. Florante A. Ramos, Mrs. Emilia V. Agustin and Mrs. Celedonia C. Valdez. Government thrusts were uncluded in the programsof the school. To support the Municipal government and Philippine National Police, the school was adjudged as the Most Effective Implementor of the National Drug Education Program in Region I with the able leadership of Miss Zenaida M. Arzaga, principal; Miss Hilaria Josefa B. Badua, guidance counselor and Mrs. Cleta B. Rusingan, school health nurse. For sports enthusiasts, the school provided opportunities to harness their athletic prowess thru competing in the IRAA Meet, Palarong Pambansa and Batang Pinoy. Year 1991 – a big bang!!! That time was a grand time for jubilation. The Filipinas National High School turned 25, an occasion worth looking back and moving further onward to carry on it noble vision-mission of service and love. School officials, teachers, students, alumni and friends of the school prepared a host of commemorative activities worthy of the grand occasion, the Silver Jubilee of the Filipinas National High school paving the way for the Alumni Association with its president Dr. Aida Agustin-Cuanang to support the school and the stakeholders touch lives and care for the young and serves as sustainable linkage in the development of the municipality. Another big leap forward in the annals of the history of the school took place on May 13, 1992 when it was renamed San Nicolas National High School through Republic Act 7493, by the virtue of Housebill No. 23333 authored by the then Congressman Mariano R. Nalupta, Jr. Improvements were evident as the school underwent a facelift on the northern portion of the main campus. Its surroundings were landscaped. The school library was given a collection of books from SK Fed. Pres. Richard Alvin M. Nalupta. In Bingao Campus, physical facilities were not left behind. New buildings were also constructed – the III-Poinsettia room and the laboratory canteen which serves as a training ground for entrepreneurial skills of the students. Faculty members soared to greater heights so they may be able to spread their wings and share more knowledge to students. Mrs. Bibiana B. Coloma has undergone a 14-month scholarship program on Values Education at Center for Research and Communication now the University of Asia and the Pacific (UAP) in Manila. For another decade, the San Nicolas National High School, then Filipinas Barangay High School and Bingao Barangay High School founded in 1966 starting out as a modest four-room shack housed in elementary school compounds that served as schooling quarters for about 67 starry-eyed youngsters has grown through the years as a famous educational institution in this part of the country, producing an annual turnout of graduates who eventually carved prestigious careers in the profession spanning the length and breadth of the academe, trade and industry, government service, engineering and scientific firms and other business houses in the country. ||  || n ||   ||
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