User:Imeoneta03/Lagro High School

Lagro High School(LHS) is a Large Public High School in Quezon City, in Manila, Philippines. It is one of the oldest and first established high schools in the Philippines, the first one being the Quezon City High School. It was established in 1974 and used to be an annex of the Novaliches High School. It is located in Barangay Greater Lagro. In the early seventies, the growing number of people in the GSIS La Mesa Homeowners Association (GLAMEHA) triggered the need for a high school in Lagro Subdivision. The officers of GLAMEHA requested fervently for an establishment of a high school next to Lagro Elementary School. With the aid of the city government and the education bureau, Novaliches High School with Mr. Florencio Dumlao as principal started accepting students. This high school annex started on June 13, 1974 with 87 students and a facility, which were humbly two housing units in Block 59 and chairs the students provided themselves. On August 26 of the same year, Lagro Annex was transferred to the Lagro Elementary School compound and occupied the sawali-walled makeshift building. The high school was then headed by Mr. Crispulo A. Pilar with Mr. Narciso M. Caingat, Mrs. Nilfa C. Caingat and Mrs. Greta Manlapig as pioneer teachers. Currently, Lagro High School holds a large population of students (over 10,000 in 2011). The main reason for this is that the LHS is standing as a sole school in the Northern Metro Manila, Southern Bulacan, and Western Rizal, where most of its students lives. Lagro High School is also notable for the awards it got from national contests and for being featured in the TV shows for many times. It is also notable for being the only school in Quezon City that have an SPA(Special Project for the arts) and OHS(Open High School).