Building the Nation's Future cae Through the K to 12 Basic EducationSr nd ea Seder Ne 7004 C1010) NP re SAN ~ In 1970, Don Felizardo C. Lipana and Kapitan del Bario Melquiades B. Juan thought of a secondary school that would cater to the students of Sta, Rita. Their noble objective gained support from then Gat. Mayor Domingo Gonzales and Cong. Teodulo Natividad, thus, the birth of Sta. Rita Barangay High School. It started with only a handful of students and one full- time teacher, The school was managed by the elementary school principal who acted as asst. principal for high school. In no time, the student population multiplied and so was the number of teachers and classrooms. ‘Juanita C. Santos and Numerenciana P. Martin sought the help of the PTA President, Dionisio Jose and Melquiades Juan to have a school site for the high school. In 1992, Atty. Andres G. Lipana and Dr. Miguela Lipana- del Bario, heirs of Don Felizardo C. Lipana donated a 10,000 sq. m.(1 hectare) lot to the school. The high school developed through the concerted efforts of Cong. Pedro Pancho and other politicians. Furthermore, in 1993 the Japanese Government granted a JICA building, a manifesto of their socio- civic program in the Philippines. Through House Bill No. 7536 authored by Cong. Pancho, the Sta. Rita High School was changed to Felizardo C. Lipana Memorial High School in memory of the Lipana patriarch At present the school is under the supervision of its principal, Edgardo J. Mendoza whose concerns are mainly to promote value- based education, active community service and the improvement of instruction in consonance with the thrusts of the Department of Education. His leadership has already yielded a significant milestone both in academic and non- academic parlance. Serninars and trainings are highly prioritized to meet the demands of the incessantly growing trends besetting the entire agency. This consistent fact rallies behind the battle cry of its pioneer Juanita C. Santos who dreamt of building an edifice marked by excellence. In retrospection, a challenge to be desirous to the call remains in preserving the momento.