About Pitogo Community High School
I. Background of the School
Pitogo Community High School (PCHS), a public integrated secondary school in the heart of Pitogo, Quezon, was established on February 22, 1993, through Sangguniang Bayan Resolution No. 08, s. 1993.
It is now in its 29th year of serving the 13 barangays in Población and four (4) in the seaside area. PCHS has two (2) school locations in Pitogo, Quezon: the Junior High School (JHS) Campus at Brgy. Dulong Bayan and the Senior High School (SHS) Campus located at Brgy. Nag-Cruz.
For JHS, there are 13 classrooms, two (2) Computer Laboratories, one (1) Technology Livelihood Education (Bread and Pastry) Lab, a Library, School Canteen, a Chapel, SSG, and PTA Board Room, Drum and Lyre Band Room, SDRRM Headquarters, and Sports Equipment Room. Meanwhile, SHS has one (1) building with six (6) classrooms, another two (2) buildings for Laboratories, and one (1) Suarez Computer Room.
II. School Population
PCHS has 36 teaching personnel: 27 in JHS and nine (9) in SHS; five (5) non-teaching personnel, including one (1) Administrative Assistant III, two (2) Administrative Assistant II, a Utility and Security Guard; and a School Head. Currently, PCHS has 613 students in JHS and 356 students in SHS, making a total of 969 students for the school year 2022-2023.
III. Strengths and Weaknesses
One of the strengths of PCHS is its educational access. The gradual increase in the number of students in the school is truly unstoppable. It is proof that the school has an effective strategy to encourage parents and students to study at this school.
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PCHS Enrollment - School Year
2020-2023 |
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School
Year |
Junior
HS |
Senior
HS |
Total |
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2020-2021 |
652 |
204 |
856 |
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2021-2022 |
651 |
281 |
932 |
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2022-2023 |
613 |
356 |
969 |
The table above shows the increase in school enrollment for the last three (3) school years, particularly in SHS. During SY 2020-2021, the school enrollment was 856 students – 652 from JHS and 204 from SHS. For SY 2021-2022, it had 932 enrollees – 651 from JHS and 281 from SHS. Meanwhile, there is an increase of 3.96% in SY 2022-2023 enrollment, with 613 enrollees in JHS and 356 in SHS, totaling 969 students.
The school also has creative and innovative development plans for the holistic development of the school, teachers, and students. These plans are created through the school's Annual Implementation Plan (AIP), where all programs, projects, and activities of the school have been mobilized and realized.
The school also maintains a good relationship with parents and stakeholders. They are partners of the school in maintaining its good reputation in all aspects. This good relationship is maintained through open communication and regular reporting, achieved through meetings, conferences, home visits, calls, chats, or texts. Frequent dissemination of information using traditional and modern methods, particularly social media - Facebook or Messenger, helps the school stay connected with parents and stakeholders.
Other strengths of PCHS include the professional and well-trained teachers, who continually develop themselves to improve their teaching strategies and the way they transfer knowledge to students. The school head is also willing to share knowledge for the professional and personal development of teachers and possesses leadership that encourages teachers to cooperate and work together as a team for the benefit of the students and the school.
The students who have graduated and are now successful are also considered one of the school's strengths.
On the other hand, PCHS also has weaknesses, and one of them is a lack of facilities such as classrooms, a school library, a science laboratory, a faculty room, and others. Due to the yearly increase in school population, the school requires additional facilities, especially classrooms, to provide a quality education in a conducive environment. The school’s current situation is not ideal, as even rooms intended for laboratories have been repurposed as classrooms.
Apart from facilities, the lack of an independent electric transformer for stable electricity in the school is also problematic. The school shares the community's electric transformer, resulting in equipment malfunctions and ineffectiveness. Computers, air conditioners, and other electrical equipment cannot be used due to fluctuating electricity caused by unstable current from the public transformer. Some of the school's electrical equipment has started to malfunction due to this issue.
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