vision / mission / core values
VISION
We dream of Filipinos
who passionately love their country
and whose values and competencies
enable them to realize their full potential
and contribute meaningfully to building the nation.
As a learner-centered public institution,
the Department of Education
continuously improves itself
to better serve its stakeholders.
MISSION
To protect and promote the right of every Filipino to quality, equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education where:
Students learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and motivating environment.
Teachers facilitate learning and constantly nurture every learner.
Administrators and staff, as stewards of the institution, ensure an enabling and supportive environment for effective learning to happen.
Family, community, and other stakeholders are actively engaged and share responsibility for developing life-long learners.
CORE VALUES
Maka-Diyos
Maka-tao
Makakalikasan
Makabansa
HISTORY
Parañaque National High School – Sto. Niño was an extension public high school of Parañaque National High School – Main in June 2012 and is already an independent National High School by virtue of Republic Act No. 10852, “AN ACT ESTABLISHING A NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL IN BARANGAY STO. NIÑO, PARAÑAQUE CITY TO BE KNOWN AS STO. NIÑO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR” awaiting its permanent school building to be constructed.
It is a regular high school that was opened coincidentally with the implementation of the K to 12 Program of the Department of Education. The establishment of the school was in fulfillment of the goal of the Department of Education to make Basic Education highly accessible to every Filipino child by establishing a basic education public school in every barangay across the country.
The Beginning
In 1969, what was conceived to be the first public High School in the then Municipality of Parañaque came to a reality. It was initially called Parañaque Municipal High School (PMHS). This later on became Parañaque National High School – Main (PNHS – Main) which is considered to be the biggest high school in the country (Data as of 2013).
Parañaque is one of the oldest settlements south of Manila that dates back even before the coming of the Spaniards. It developed from a simple fishing and agricultural settlement into a bustling commercial village during the colonial period. Parañaqueños are known to be hardworking farmers and fishermen then until the 1960’s. The town proper or poblacion is now part of District 1 of the Division of City Schools of Parañaque. Then Sucat Road and now Dr. Arcadio Santos Avenue was just a dirt road crossing through the fishponds, salt beds and rice paddies going to the railroad junction in Sucat, Muntinlupa. PMHS was located along the first half stretch of this rural road.
The gradual progression of Parañaque from a rural community into an industrialized suburban town of Manila in the 1970’s encouraged the influx of transient workers from the provinces to work in the factories and companies dotting the town. The transient workers eventually settled along with their families effectively increasing the population of the community. The old town became a densely populated residential area where houses stood beside each other. More migrants came over and started settling in the outskirts. With the increase of population came the increase of students. To address the increasing number of high school students, High School Building Annexes sprung up in the different barangays of Parañaque. One of them is the Parañaque National High School – Sto. Niño.
Location of the School
It has been a practice of High Schools in Parañaque to take its name from the locality where it is built, usually the barangay, thus, Sto. Niño National High School (PNHS-Sto. Niño) got its name from Barangay Sto. Niño of the First District of Parañaque City. The School is currently located in Sitio Wawa of Barangay Sto. Niño, bounded by Dahlia Street in the North, PUP-Parañaque Campus in the South, Col. Eleuterio de Leon Street along the East and by Parañaque River in the West.
The school is relatively accessible by private vehicles despite the narrow roads surrounding the perimeter of the school. Commuting is highly accessible, by tricycle from Quirino Avenue in Barangay Dongalo and by jeep from nearby Ninoy Aquino Avenue that spans Pildera, Pasay, the entire stretch of Barangay Sto. Niño and Barangay San Dionisio before it merges with Dr. Arcadio Santos Avenue, formerly Sucat Road. Col. E. de Leon Street, although narrow, has become a major detour road from Quirino Avenue in Barangay Don Galo going to Ninoy Aquino Avenue and vice versa.
“Labor Pain” and Birth
In 2012, by virtue of vision of the Department of Education (DepEd) to establish a school in every barangay throughout the country PNHS-Sto. Niño was born. It began with the initiative of then First District Congressman, now Mayor of Parañaque, Edwin L. Olivarez when he filed in congress for the creation of a Public High School Annex in Barangay Sto. Niño. Approved and ably supported by the Division of City Schools of Parañaque through the leadership of its current Superintendent Joel San Luis, CESO V, the construction of the building began under the term of then City Mayor Florencio V. Bernabe, Jr. However, due to the lack of funds, the 4 floors, 32 classroom high school building intended for PNHS-Sto. Niño was still unfinished at the start of School Year 2012-2013.
To prevent the postponement of the opening of PNHS-Sto. Niño, the City Government designated the defunct warehouse building of Diversys Corporation converted into a campus of Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) as the temporary high school building for the first batch of enrollees for Grade 7, formerly First Year, under the K to 12 Program of the Department of Education. The Dean for Student Affairs of PUP Parañaque, Mrs. Socorro Cortez Rivera, herself a former Supervisor of the City’s Schools Division Office, welcomed the first batch of faculty and students of PNHS-Sto. Niño and tried to assist them with whatever help she can extend to them. The school was to be supervised by the School Head of Parañaque Science High School (PSHS), who is designated as Officer-in-Charge (OIC).
In May 2012, then Principal of PSHS and eventually the first Officer-in-Charge (OIC) Principal of PNHS-Sto. Niño, Mr. Pablito Vibal, initiated the enrollment for PNHS-Sto. Niño. The enrollment was facilitated by a pioneer batch of 9 teachers who were contributed by different established public High Schools in the division and was assisted by teachers from PSHS. Officially, the school began with 432 students for Grade 7. The school was provided two big makeshift rooms in the PUP building. In those rooms the school operated through the Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) in order to accommodate all of the students under the supervision of then Assistant Schools Division Superintendent Rita Riddle. Later on, the condition of the school improved with the division of Grade 7 classes into morning and afternoon shifts and with the arrival of five more teachers.
Shifts and Changes
The previous three classes of two combined sections per class under the ADM were divided into six separate classes of one section each in the regular schedule in September 2012. With a full complement of teachers the classes got comprehensive and relevant teaching. To decongest the sections that have an average of seventy five students each, Grade 7 was further divided into ten sections in September 2012 and to accommodate the ten sections, two class shifts were introduced. These ten sections were divided into morning and afternoon shifts of five sections each, sections 1 to 5 were assigned to the morning shift. The sections were distributed in two available spaces, the smaller space had two sections and the bigger space had three sections. Despite of the classes being held separately for each section still the heat and congestion in the two spaces caused undue discomfort for both teachers and students. Many of them got sick with respiratory tract infections having the most number of cases. Finally, on the 28th of November 2012, after six months of delay, the faculty and students of PNHS-Sto. Niño transferred to its current location at Dahlia corner Col E. de Leon Streets in a four storey building intended to be the permanent home of the school.
In August 2013, Mrs. Concepcion C. Bernaldez was designated as the OIC Principal of PNHS-Sto. Niño. She took over Mr. Vibal who was assigned to head PNHS Barangay School. Mrs. Bernaldez, a Principal IV school head, was the former principal of Moonwalk. Upon assumption of office in PNHS-Sto. Niño, she immediately implemented practical and relevant reforms to streamline the function of school personnel and the different departments.
Restructuring and Improvements
In July 1, 2014, Ms. Erzenia P. de Guzman, former Assistant Principal for Internal Affairs of Parañaque National High School-Main, was appointed as OIC Principal of PNHS_Sto. Niño. Soon after her arrival and assumption of the position as School Head, she first immersed herself in the school milieu, observing and feeling her way among the students, staff and faculty members. Her strength as an observant administrator enabled her to identify the “felt” needs of the school.
She then took appropriate steps to construct the much-needed learning facilities of the school like the Indoor Basketball and Badminton Courts, Reading Center, TLE Room and Science Laboratory. She also improved the canteen facilities to enable the canteen staff to do their work more efficiently and assigned a satellite canteen stand at the other side of the building to serve the students better and prevent congestion of the main canteen. Likewise, she improved the Multi-Purpose Hall, Conference Room, Faculty Room and the Administrative Office. All of these were established in just three months after her assumption as Officer-in-Charge of the School.
On November 4, 2015, Ms. De Guzman was transferred to Parañaque National High School Tambo Extension and Dr. Concepcion C. Bernaldez took over as School Head of Parañaque National High School-Sto. Niño. She immediately went to systematize school function by putting in place monitoring and observation tools and procedures with the aim of achieving a culture of excellence among the faculty, staff and students of the School.
Dr. Bernaldez designated Mrs. Zenaida Regodon, Head Teacher III, as Teacher-in-Charge of PNHS-Sto. Niño whenever she has to administer to the requirements and needs of Parañaque Science High School. Mrs. Regodon called for a series of meetings with the Subject Area Coordinators, Grade Level Chairmen and the Faculty as instructed by Dr. Bernaldez in order to carry out and implement improvements in school function and streamline the school organization.
Dr. Bernaldez likewise followed up on the Nationalization of the PNHS-Sto. Niño by contacting the Local School Board Officer-in-Charge Mrs. Villar and Congressman Eric Olivarez in coordination with Senator Pia Cayetano. Liaison activities were carried out by the Physical Plant Coordinator with the Schools Division Engineer Jun Salamanque and Schools Division Supplies Officer Mr. Vicente Pelayo, the Department of Public Works and Highways Manila and the Engineering Division of the Central Office of the Department of Education in Pasig. This is to ensure that planned construction of the PNHS-Sto. Niño School Building is in place.
Currently, Mr. Angelo D. Armas, Assistant School Principal II, is the school’s Officer-in-Charge. He was appointed on June 13, 2016.