Pasay City South High School is a large public school in

Pasay Pasay, officially the City of Pasay ( fil, Lungsod ng Pasay; ), is a 1st class Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, highly urbanized city in the Metro Manila, National Capital Region of the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, i ...

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, established in 1967. It is located at Piccio Garden, Villamor Air Base.

History

Pasay City South High School started as an Annex of Pasay City West High School formerly known as Pasay City High School located in FB Harrison, Pasay in 1967 with only two sections in the first year. In 1968, five pre-fabricated Marcos type buildings were constructed between

Andrews Avenue Andrews Avenue (formerly and still commonly known as Nichols Road) is a major east-west thoroughfare in Metro Manila, Philippines that functions as a metropolitan linkage between Pasay and Taguig. It runs underneath the NAIA Expressway almost paral ...

and Manlunas St. The PAF provided the buildings while the Pasay Government provided the salaries of teachers. In 1969, PCSHS became independent from her mother school. Mrs. Roque was the first principal of the school. During the incumbency, two fabricated school building was added, the Vocational and the Annex buildings. The school population increased every year. The number of classrooms became inadequate when the building fronting Manlunas St. was burned on February 26, 1978, due to faulty electrical wirings. It was replaced to Bagong Lipunan Building constructed by DPWH in 1978. As years passed by, more buildings were constructed with more convenient facilities. Due to the transformation of

Villamor Air Base Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base, known simply as Villamor Air Base , is the headquarters of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) and shares runways with Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA). It was formerly known as Nichols Field or Nichols Air ...

into a prime residential and commercial enclave, the school was affected by the development of Newport City. BCDA in partnership with

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replicated the structure of the school to its present location at Picio Garden, Villamor Air Base, Pasay.

References

External links

Official website
High schools in Metro Manila Schools in Pasay {{Philippines-school-stub