An 11 million, three-story building with 9 classrooms was inaugurated last Friday at the Pines City National High School (PCNHS)in preparation for the start of senior high school this year.
The inauguration was attended by Congressman Nicasio M. Aliping, Jr., DPWH Director Alex Casatañeda, Department of Education (DepEd) Curriculum Imple An 11 million, three-story building with 9 classrooms was inaugurated last Friday at the Pines City National High School (PCNHS)in preparation for the start of senior high school this year.
The inauguration was attended by Congressman Nicasio M. Aliping, Jr., DPWH Director Alex Casatañeda, Department of Education (DepEd) Curriculum Implementation Division chief Rachel Bugtong and School Governance & Operations Chief Elma Donaal.
Also present are MRR Queen of Peace Barangay Captain Catherine Quiñones, 3K Rock Construction Representative Atty. Vandolph Ngipol who turned over the symbolic key to PCNHS principal Leticia Sab-it.
The final 6 rooms and other amenities of the new building was sourced out from DepEd School Building funds facilitated by Baguio Congressman Nicasio M. Aliping, Jr. It was added to the old building with 3 classrooms initially funded by the City Government under Mayor Mauricio Domogan. Aside from the classrooms, additional rooms for offices and toilets were added. It was constructed by 3-K Rock Construction.
Guest speaker Elma Donaal narrated how PCNHS rose from the ashes after the earthquake that devastated Baguio in 1990. Donaal was the assigned principal after the earthquake fell most of the school buildings.
Thanking the people behind the construction of the new building, the contractor 3K Rock construction, Engr. Alex Castaneda and Congressman Aliping for facilitating the budget, she dedicated her speech to the young students who she said were luckier than the earlier students of the school. “After the earthquake, our students had to study in make-shift tents and they have to raise their feet everytime it rains,” she said.
She finished here statements by asking the teachers and students to use the facilities well and to care for it for the future generations./Carl C. Taawan
