HISTORY
San Jose del Monte Heights Elementary School is a newly established school in the division of San Jose del Monte City and located at the heart of the new resettlement community of San Jose del Monte Heights in barangay Muzon, City of San Jose del Monte. The school is composed of multilevel buildings that houses large enough, ventilated and lighted classrooms. The community where the school resides is a resettlement area of Informal Settlers relocated from the danger zones of Metro Manila’s waterways. The relocation is part of the P351-billion program of the Aquino administration to address the perennial flooding in the metropolis, which in recent years has worsened due to clogged waterways, urban sprawl, denuded watersheds and fiercer storms. The resettled families are now living in a peaceful community in San Jose del Monte Heights after the government gave them shelters that they can call their own.
After giving thousands of houses and lots to informal settlers, the next project of the government was to provide them a school that will cater to the needs to give their children formal education. And that was the mission of San Jose del Monte Heights Elementary School, to promote quality education, child-friendly and conducive school environment.
The school was inaugurated in 2014 with initially fifteen classrooms. June 2014 was also the opening of its first school year of operation. SJDMHES, for its acronym, welcomed 2,141 students on its first school year that composed of pupils from kindergarten to grade six. Classes were first handled by 48 teacher aides under the leadership of Ms. Maria Fatima Felicia, OIC during that time. Despite the fact that the school lacked the resources, important facilities and enough number of teachers, SJDMHES managed to stand on its own and did its mandate. No water, no electricity, life in SJDM Heights Elementary School was very difficult especially for students. However, these hindrances did not discourage the school to provide quality education for its students. Instead these were used as a motivation to strive harder and to find better ways to deliver the services towards quality education.
With the combined support, effort and diligence of the school Division Office of City of San Jose del Monte led by Division Superintendent Germelina H. Pascual, SJDM Heights Elementary School Principal Maria Fatima D. Felicia, teachers, parents and students, the school now has 30 classrooms, 36 permanent teachers, improved facilities and increased number of books which somehow eased the burden of students. With the determined effort of School Head, government and private organizations were tapped and encouraged to donate to the school. Donations from Colegio De San Gabriel Arcangel (CSDGA) with their partner Quota International, Bato Balani Foundation, SJDM Water District, and City Government of CSJDM, paved the way for the way for the creation of the Learning Resource Centre which is very essential in the learning and development of students, the installation of Drinking Fountain, and the recently constructed school perimeter fence. The overwhelming supports from these organizations and the community had definitely elevated the current status of the school. The school has a well- designed principal’s office and faculty room that was established in a short period of time. The school’s outside environment was also well planned that visitors used to visit public schools are amazed to the transformed status of school comparable to private schools.
But the goal in education doesn’t stop there. There are still children out there left in the dark. There are still a lot of works that need to be done in San Jose del Monte Heights and the school can’t do it alone. We need people that will continue the plans that have been laid out. We need people that will pursue the future that have been envisioned for our students. We need more people with a heart, compassion and a sense of selflessness.
After giving thousands of houses and lots to informal settlers, the next project of the government was to provide them a school that will cater to the needs to give their children formal education. And that was the mission of San Jose del Monte Heights Elementary School, to promote quality education, child-friendly and conducive school environment.
The school was inaugurated in 2014 with initially fifteen classrooms. June 2014 was also the opening of its first school year of operation. SJDMHES, for its acronym, welcomed 2,141 students on its first school year that composed of pupils from kindergarten to grade six. Classes were first handled by 48 teacher aides under the leadership of Ms. Maria Fatima Felicia, OIC during that time. Despite the fact that the school lacked the resources, important facilities and enough number of teachers, SJDMHES managed to stand on its own and did its mandate. No water, no electricity, life in SJDM Heights Elementary School was very difficult especially for students. However, these hindrances did not discourage the school to provide quality education for its students. Instead these were used as a motivation to strive harder and to find better ways to deliver the services towards quality education.
With the combined support, effort and diligence of the school Division Office of City of San Jose del Monte led by Division Superintendent Germelina H. Pascual, SJDM Heights Elementary School Principal Maria Fatima D. Felicia, teachers, parents and students, the school now has 30 classrooms, 36 permanent teachers, improved facilities and increased number of books which somehow eased the burden of students. With the determined effort of School Head, government and private organizations were tapped and encouraged to donate to the school. Donations from Colegio De San Gabriel Arcangel (CSDGA) with their partner Quota International, Bato Balani Foundation, SJDM Water District, and City Government of CSJDM, paved the way for the way for the creation of the Learning Resource Centre which is very essential in the learning and development of students, the installation of Drinking Fountain, and the recently constructed school perimeter fence. The overwhelming supports from these organizations and the community had definitely elevated the current status of the school. The school has a well- designed principal’s office and faculty room that was established in a short period of time. The school’s outside environment was also well planned that visitors used to visit public schools are amazed to the transformed status of school comparable to private schools.
But the goal in education doesn’t stop there. There are still children out there left in the dark. There are still a lot of works that need to be done in San Jose del Monte Heights and the school can’t do it alone. We need people that will continue the plans that have been laid out. We need people that will pursue the future that have been envisioned for our students. We need more people with a heart, compassion and a sense of selflessness.