ROSARIO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

Historical Background

Rosario National High School had started as an extension school of Santiago

City National High School in June 2013 through a joint Resolution led by then
barangay captain Hon. Judy Balberan of Rosario and Barangay Captain Hon. Henry
Telan of Victory Sur which was eventually approved through Resolution No. 7THCC-
235 in April 8, 2013 under suspended rules. On June 19, 2013, the OIC-Regional
Director III Lourdes G. Angoluan, PhD., CESO IV of the Regional Office No. 02
approved the request to open Santiago City National High School –Rosario
Extension endorsed by the Schools Division Superintendent Cesar A. Adaoag, Ed.
D. CESO VI of the Schools Division of Santiago City. Thus, the newest extension
school of SCNHS Main started its operation in School Year 2013-2014 with 364
students and 12 faculty members headed by an Officer In-Charge. It first occupied
the eight classrooms lent by Rosario Elementary School through the generosity of
the then principal, Mrs. Ofelia S. Velasco. Due to the continuous increase in
enrolment, some sections had their classes under the trees and tents on the
following years.
The tremendous growth of the school after three years of operation which
increased from 364 in SY2013-2014 to 628 in SY 2016-2017 and the huge
improvement of its buildings and facilities, the Officer In-Charge worked out for a
proposal on its separation from the Mother School duly supported by the principal,
Mrs. Tessie F. Baltar. Resolution No. 2016-001 requesting the Department of
Education for the separation of the school from the Main Campus
was unanimously approved on June 28, 2016 through the joint forces of barangay
Rosario led by Hon. Rodolfo A. Soriano, Barangay Captain and the teaching force of
SCNHS-Rosario Extension headed by Rubelyn A. Castro, OIC. On July 18, 2016,
Schools Division Superintendent Florante E. Vergara, CESO VI endorsed the herein
request for separation of SCNHS-Rosario Extension to the Hon. Joseph Salvador
Tan, City Mayor. The Sangguniang Panlungsod approved Resolution No. 9THCC-
035 and Ordinance 9THCC-020 Re CONVERTING SANTIAGO CITY NATIONAL
HIGH SCHOOL INTO AN INDEPENDENT HIGH SCHOOL TO BE NAMED AS
ROSARIO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL under the third and final reading on
November 14, 2016.
Finally, on February 13, 2017, after a thorough review on the documents
presented and an on-site validation conducted by the DepEd Officials from both the
Schools Division of Santiago City and the Regional Office 02, Reginal Director III
Estela L. Cariño, Ed.D., CESO IV of the Regional Office No. 02, had approved the
separation of SCNHS-Rosario Extension from its mother school and be named as
ROSARIO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL per Sangguniang Panlungsod Resolution No.
9THCC-035.
Today, the school is on its official site with a total land area of 10,000 sq.m.
donated by Rosario Elementary School having high-rise buildings catering almost
800 learners and still counting from grade 7 to grade 11. Its teaching and non-
teaching staff has also increased from 13 to 32 which include the Assistant School
Principal II/OIC, Administrative Officer II, eight (8) Senior High School Teachers, 12
Junior High School Teachers, Seven (7) Teacher Assistants, 1 Utility, 1 Security
Guard and three (3) Security Officers (Barangay Tanods).
The school has just started its implementation of the Senior High School
under the K to 12 Curriculum this school year and currently offering General
Academic Strand (GAS) with ABM. With its continues improvement, Rosario National
High School dreams to be known as one of the performing schools not only in
Schools Division of Santiago City but throughout the archipelago.