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Bato School of Fisheries (Filipino: Paaralan ng Pangisdaan ng Bato) is a technical-vocational High School located at Jose Rizal St., Bato, Leyte. It is considered as the biggest High School in the whole town in terms of land area. Also, it is one of the first High Schools established in the town of Bato.

The Bato School of Fisheries provides education at the Junior High School and Senior High School levels, offering programs in various specializations, tracks, and strands. The students are called Fisherinians.

History
By virtue of Republic Act No. 685, the Bato School of Fisheries, a vocational secondary school was created on May 9, 1952, but it was only in July, 1961, when it actually opened with 31 students. They were temporarily housed in the Bato Municipality Hall. With the increased enrolment in the next school, two temporary buildings were constructed within the compound of the Municipality Hall.

Predicting that the school would grow steadily in matters pertaining to enrolment and facilities, the administration worked for the transfer of the school at the new site in Barangay Tinago, in May, 1964. It all started with the construction of small buildings made of light materials like bamboos, nipa shingles, sawali and lumber, serving as temporary classrooms and offices. The Administration worked for more infrastructures and prioritized the construction of the Related Subjects Building, then followed by the Vocational Building, the Administration Building, the Guest House, the annex administration, the guard station, the two-storey administration office, the two-storey science building and vocational building.

In June 1975, the school was authorized to offer the Revised Fishery Technical Education Curriculum leading to the Diploma in Fishery Technology, a three-year Technical Fishery Course, per approval of the Secretary of the Department of Education and Culture and Sports dated October 18, 1974. However, the said program was terminated by virtue of DECS Memorandum No. 126,s. 1998 and Regional Memorandum No. 92,s. 1998 “ Prohibition in Offering Ladderized Post-Secondary Courses in Vocational Schools.”

At the start, the school was under the administrative supervision of the Bureau of Vocational Education until 1975 when it was abolished. The supervision was passed on to the Department Culture and Sports, Regional Office No. VIII. Mr. Jaime E. Jude was the pioneer Vocational School Administrator of the Bato School of Fisheries from 1961 to 1990 and followed by Mr. Expedito T. Cuarto Cruz from 1990 to 2012. After the previous administrator's retirement, Mr. Roberto R. Jardin acted as Officer-in-Charge from 2012 to 2014.

Presently, the Bato School of Fisheries is headed by School Principal Dr. Richard A. Gabison. The different programs offered by the school is a regular curriculum with special features for students whose needs are preparation for higher learning and gainful employment. The four-year curriculum builds on the Basic Education Curriculum (BEC) with Technical-Vocational Education (TVE), Arts, and/or Sports as the core of the program. Currently, the school supports and implements K-12 curriculum of the Department of Education which provides 6-year secondary education.

Junior High School
Strengthened Technical-Vocational Education Program (STVEP)


 * Major in Fish Capture
 * Major in Fish Culture
 * Major in Fish Processing

Special Program in the Arts (SPA)


 * Music
 * Dance
 * Visual Arts
 * Theatre Arts
 * Media Arts

Special Program in Sports (SPS)


 * Athletics
 * Tennis
 * Badminton
 * Volleyball
 * Softball/Baseball

Senior High School
Academic Track


 * General Academic Strand (GAS)
 * Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS)
 * Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM)

Technical-Vocational-Livelihood (TVL) Track


 * Agri-Fishery Arts (Food Processing NCII)
 * Home Economics (Cookery NCII)

Facilities
Despite being a public high school, the Bato School of Fisheries is equipped with complete, high class facilities.

The school has 20 buildings, including the two-storey administration building, the two two-storey and three-storey senior high school building, etc. The Bato School of Fisheries also has two Computer laboratories, Cookery laboratory, Fish Capture laboratory, Fish Culture laboratory, Fish Processing laboratory, a library, a clinic, a planetarium, a canteen, a guest house, a basketball court, a volleyball court, two badminton courts, two lawn tennis courts, a one-hectare athletic ground/football field, a huge covered court or gymnasium, comfortable gazebos around the campus, a Science park, a garden, a fish pond, and a bank (Bato School of Fisheries MPC).

See more
• Bato, Leyte

• Department of Education