DETAILED HISTORY OF THE SCHOOL

The Negros Oriental High School, which is in early years was simply
referred to as the Provincial School opened in Dumaguete on September 1,
1902 with Miss Rebecca E. Berry as Teacher-In-Charge. It started with an
enrolment of some 40 pupils, mostly from Dumaguete, and the rest from the
various towns. Its opening was steeped in controversy, for Mr. George W.
Beattie, the Provincial Supervisor did not think a secondary school was
needed in Negros Oriental.

At that time, the Negros Oriental Provincial School was one of the 23
high schools in the country.

As early as 1903, the Provincial High School had an enrolment of 101,

with students coming from even the most distant towns. That year, it had its
first Principal in the person of Mr. Fred J. Bailey, who had previously served
as an elementary school teacher in Lazi, Siquijor. The other teachers of the
Provincial School were Miss Rebecca E. Berry (who shortly would become the
wife of the Rev. Walter O. Mc Intire, of Silliman Institute) and Mrs. E.G. Lee,
wife of the Division Superintendent. In 1904, Mrs. McIntire left the public
school to join her husband at Silliman.

On July 1903, the Provincial Board of Negros Oriental appropriated $65

gold for the support of the Provincial High School and $450 gold to erect a
school building of light materials. In 1904, the Municipal Government of

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Dumaguete made available for the site of the Provincial School a

tract of land with an area of about six acres (more than two hectares),
extending from the town plaza to the sea. A two-storey building facing the
sea was constructed, which was later reduced into a one-storey building
because of termites and typhoon. Presently, this area is the large Dumaguete
City block which encompasses the City Hall, the City Central Elementary
School, the Puericulture Center and the Fire Department.

In 1904 also, the Provincial Board obtained a loan of P20,000.00 pesos

from the Insular Government in order to build a central recitation building
and two dormitory cottages. This information comes from a report dated
September 6, 1904, sent by Dr. David P. Barrows, General Superintendent of
Education, to the secretary of Public Instruction.

Although the Provincial School was ranked at the secondary level,

up to 1912, it was actually still at the elementary level, when compared to
education in the United States. In 1910, the highest grade it opened was
Grade V, Grade VI and VII soon followed in the next two years.

In 1913, urged by the need for a secondary education and increasing

enrolment, the First Year class was formed with 20 students.

As Silliman Institute did not admit girls until 1912, the Provincial
School was the only institution in Negros Oriental where girls could obtain

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secondary education. Thus, its enrolment representing both sexes

rose to 150 in 1904, 249 in 1914 and 479 in 1916.
In 1915-1916, through the efforts of Mr. B.P. Osborn, the Principal, the
first Junior class was organized.

In June 1919, a Senior class was organized under the efforts of M.J.C.
Early, an American Division Superintendent of Schools, and Mr. Spencer
Aldrich, the Principal. During this time most faculty members were
Americans with few highly competent Filipinos.

April 25, 1920 marked the first Commencement Exercises in which

eleven (11) students received their diplomas.

From 1915 to 1935, there were fourteen (14) Principals appointed, all of
which were Americans. Consequently, from 1935 until the present, Filipino
Principals were appointed.

It was in the year 1931 when the Provincial School main building was
constructed, finished after a year in 1932. The main building was constructed
with strong materials under Act No. 1801 authored by Assemblyman Isauro
Gabaldon of Nueva Ecija, known as the Gabaldon Act.

The school has a total land area of 20,344 sq. meters or 2.5 hectares
owned by the Provincial Government donated to the Bureau of Public
Schools.

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Presently, the school had been expanded to accommodate a big number

of students, with 24 buildings and 79 classrooms.

Class Picture of the Graduating Seniors of 1940 with the Gabaldon Building
At the background...

Sources: Notes on the Negros Oriental High School by Dr. Valentino Sitoy, Jr. Ph.D.
Excerpts from the Court Decision on Cadastal Case #6, dated May 3, 1951

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THE PRINCIPALS OF NEGROS ORIENTAL HIGH SCHOOL

YEAR 1915 TO PRESENT

THE AMERICAN PRINCIPALS

PAUL SCROTUN
1915 - 1916

JOHN OSBORN
1916 - 1917

CHARLES WOODAL
1917-1918

HENRY ALRICH
1918 - 1919

JAMES WALKER
1919 - 1920

RUSELLA PLUMMER
1920 - 1922

EDITH HILL
1922 - 1923

HENRY CASH
1923 - 1924

KING CHAPMAN
1924 - 1926

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CLAYTON ABBOT
1928 - 1929

EDWARD BAYER
1931 - 1933

PEARL SPENCER
1926 - 1928
1929 - 1930

ARTHUR ALLISON
1930 - 1931

JAMES WRIGHT
1933 - 1935

THE FILIPINO PRINCIPALS

ROMAN LORENZO
1935 - 1937

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ANGEL HORNILLA
1937 - 1939

ISABELO MANALO
1939 - 1940

SULPECIO PIERO
1945 - 1946

SATURNINO ABES
1940 - 1941
1946 - 1947

CARMEN PERDICES
1952 - 1953

ANTONIO ASCAO
1947 - 1960

RICARDO SOMIS
1960 - 1971

DOROTEA AGUS
1971 - 1982

VIRGILIO DALIONG
1982 - 1985

LICERIO NAPAO
1985 - 1992
1997 - 1999

ROSITA CATARATA
1992 - 1996

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DENMA KINKITO
1996 - 1997

AVELINA T. ELTANAL
2009 - 2011

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VIRGINIA PINILI
1999 - 2003

LUZ BUOL
2003 - 2009

ERNESTO RONALD C. TENORIO

2011 - 2012

THE SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION

ARNOLD RIVERA JUNGCO

VIRGILIO ALABATA

Principal IV

P1, Asst. Principal

CURRICULUM HEADS

LEIZL A. ELLI
MT II, Grade 7 Curriculum

GINA S. ZERNA
MT 1, Grade 9 Curriculum

TITA A. VISORRO
MT II, Grade 8 Curriculum

SHERLITA S. ENRIQUEZ
T III, 4TH YR. CURRICULUM

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DEPARTMENT HEADS

KATHLEEN S. LASOLA
MT 1, English

YOLANDA C. GARSULA
MT 1, Science

ESMERALDA C. VIDAD
TIII, Filipino

GEMMA F. DEPOSITARIO
MT 1, Araling Panlipunan

CONCHITA T. CABALLES
MT 1, EP

FRETZIE G. DIPUTADO
MT II, Curriculum & Instruction

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NIDA BARBARA I. SUASIN

MT II, Mathematics

IMCE T. MIRAFLOR
MT 1, MAPEH

CRISPINA P. CAETE
ANTONIO F. TRAYVILLA
TIII, Special Prog. For Sports
MT II, TLE

ERMITA L. MIRANDA, Ed. D.

EPS 1, District Consultant

SCHOOL BUILDING & FACILITIES

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SCHOOL ACTIVITIES & PROGRAMS

CAREER GUIDANCE

DISTIRBUTION & INTERPRETATION OF NCAE

CAREER ORIENTATION

QUARTERLY CONVOCATION & PTA MEETING

GIVING - BACK TO THE COMMUNITY

RELIEF OPERATIONS FOR TYPHOON

SHARE-A-MEAL

YOLANDA

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