Brief History of Mainit National High School

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MAINIT NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL Brief History… The Mainit National High School was first known as Junior High School which was founded on August 5, 1947 through the combined efforts of the two Mainitnons - Mr. Filemon Murro and Mrs. Azucena Mosende. It started with 30 students in three classes from first to third year held temporarily in a certain house with only three teachers. Filled with courage and determination, the school grew paving the way for the opening of complete high school in 1949 headed by Mr. Gaudencio Galeon, the first Principal. To accommodate the school’s growing population, a building was erected in 1950 through the support of the municipal government during the time of Mayor Agapito Montaner which later on purchased eight (8) hectares of land for the school site situated where the present high school stands. Unfortunately, the edifice was totally devastated by typhoon Louise in 1964. Soon the faculty members, the parents and other Mainitnons joined hands for a new school building to be erected. A lot was donated, the municipal government appropriated an amount plus an aid from the national government, Municipal High School was relocated at Barangay Magsaysay under the supervision of Mr. Juan Azarcon which was succeeded by Mr. Simeon Sebandal, Mr. Benjamen Quinto and Mr. Cesar S. Mozar. On June 1977, the school was converted into Mainit National High School by virtue of Section 7-1 (4) of Commonwealth Act No. 246 as amended under Letter of Implementation No. 23 dated December 1975. In 1984, another super typhoon named Nitang destroyed the school buildings at Barangay Magsaysay which prompted the whole populace to transfer to the old site which at that time the first floor of the main building was already completed. Before Mr. Cesar S. Mozar retired last 1989, the

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