History of Bayambang National High School
Bayambang National High School was founded on January
7, 1945. It was first housed in an old, dilapidated building made of sawali and
only had 293 enrollees. The school then was so impoverished that the students
either had to bring their seats or bear the rigors of standing or squatting
while in class. Such situation persisted for quite some time, but with the
serious concern on the part of the Parents-Teachers Association, the problem on
poor facilities was gradually resolved.
Classes were longer than usual, extending up to
Saturdays, thus the first academic year was over within 8 months instead of the
usual 10 months.
Signs of progress started to be felt from November
1945 to June 1946. Enrolment increased by force of necessity, as classes were
moved to Bayambang Normal School (the former name of the Pangasinan State
University, Bayambang Campus). Complete high school course was offered and, on
June 15, 1946, it produced its first batch of graduates composed of 35
students.
The pioneering team of 11 teachers was led by Mr.
Bonifacio Sales as the principal.
Sometime in 1946, the lack of school buildings and
housing for students became a big problem to the administration and staff.
Pangasinan Normal School had to be quartered somewhere else. Consequently,
parents and teachers again pooled their efforts together to resolve the
problem.
Wranglings and differences marred the quest to bring
solution, until the teachers and the concerned citizens' league finally came up
with positive answers. In the summertime of 1948, the construction of a building
that would be owned by BNHS itself began.
A ten-room school house soon came to rise but
construction was halted later because of financial drawbacks. Work resumed upon
the release of a Municipal Council subsidy worth P10,000, thanks to Municipal
Mayor Leopoldo B. Aquino.
In 1953 came another dole-out, this time from UNESCO,
which was used for badly needed materials and laboratory apparatuses.
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