Sacred Heart High School of Itogon, Inc. is a
private Catholic school
Catholic schools are pre-primary, primary and secondary educational institutions administered under the aegis or in association with the Catholic Church. , the Catholic Church operates the world's largest religious, non-governmental school syste ...
located at the municipality of
Itogon in the
Philippine province of
Benguet
Benguet (), officially the Province of Benguet ('';'' ; pag, Luyag/Probinsia na Benguet; ilo, Probinsia ti Benguet; ), is a landlocked province of the Philippines located in the southern tip of the Cordillera Administrative Region in the islan ...
.
History
In 1950 Father Julien/Julian De Lodder started with a small humble school, a high school which is now the Sacred Heart High School of Itogon. It is the second
Diocesan School founded after Immaculate Conception of Bokod.
The school was opened with 24 freshmen on June 3, 1950. On June 18, 1951 it accepted 37 students for first year and 23 students for the second year level. The operation stopped in 1952 because of the lack of levels but eventually returned to operation in 1955 with complete four levels.
In 1956, there were 21 students who graduated in this institution. In November 2002, the First Grand Alumni Homecoming was celebrated at SHHS on its 51st Anniversary.
The old school building was able to stand the
1990 Luzon earthquake
The 1990 Luzon earthquake struck the island of Luzon in the Philippines at 4:26 p.m. on July 16 ( PDT) or 3:26 p.m. ( PST) with an estimated moment magnitude of 7.7 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of IX (''Violent'') and produced a 1 ...
but because of the structure is so old a new school building was needed. The construction of the new building at the school garden was started in June 2006 and was finished in December because of the help from parents. The new school building was inaugurated by the Diocesan Schools Superintendent Fr. Percy Bacani on December 12, 2006.
Sources
*"The Origin and Development of the Itogon Mission" by Fr. Herman Flameygh
*The Official Publication of Sacred Heart High School-Itogon, Benguet (Vol. XIII No. 2 and Vol. XVII No.1, No.2)
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Schools in Benguet
Catholic secondary schools in the Philippines
1950 establishments in the Philippines
Educational institutions established in 1950