Zaragoza National High School

            The Zaragoza National High School was founded on July 1, 1947. It was truly an answer for a long felt need. Undoubtedly, it was one of the most visible achievements of the town’s senior citizens at that time.

             It was the idealism of the group entrepreneurial, determined and dedicated civic leaders, who pooled their resources together eventually made the dream establishing a secondary school in Zaragoza in reality.

        During that time, constructing even just a simple school building that will house the teachers and students during class hours was hours was already a problem. The country had just emerged from the ruins of chaotic and destructive World War II that damaged not only properties and physical beings but even that moral fibers of the most Filipino.

There stood the Zaragoza Municipal Building, the pioneer school venue with an irrefutable school administrator, Mr. Daniel Pagaduan Jr. as the principal. The initial faculty member were Engr. Ramon Belmonte who graduated from the Columbia University, U.S.A.,Mr. Romulo De Pano, proficient Filipino teacher, Mr. Gerundio Palapal, a graduate of BSA in CLAC, now the Central Luzon State University and Mrs. Aurora De Jesus who handled Home Economics subjects.

Since her founding, the Zaragoza National High School was administered by competent leaders. Mr. Daniel P. Pagaduan started as the first principal in1947 until 1972 followed by Mr. Macario S. Salvador who ascecded to office as the principal and consequently in 1984 to 1985 Mr. Emilio P. Cortez took the principal post.

            Mrs. Gloria G. Gabriel was assigned as the principal in 1985 until 1990, followed by Mr. Quirino P. Guevarra Education Supervisor, who held the position as officer in charge of the school from 1990-1991. Miss Juanita T. Tomas followed the path of leadership in1991 until 1994. In the year 1995 to 1997, Mr. Macario A. Cabico handled the school administration.

            The school was under the management of Mrs. Nenita E. Masibay in 1997 to 2006 and shortly for a year and two months in 2002, Mrs. Nely V. Pangilinan became the school principal. Mrs. Nenita E. Masibay returned in 2003 and continued her principalship until she past away in 2006. Mrs. Ruby S. Mendoza, princiapal IV, started grooming the school since 2006-2011.

In October 2011, Mrs. Nila E. Mactal, started to lead the school, after she was assigned by the school division superintendent as a school principal IV. Unexpectedly, she was only given a year and month being the administrator of the school after her sudden death in December 2012. In times or mourning the School stand to be strong enough to resolve problems that were existed after what happened. With the supervision of Mr. Ronilo E. Hilario EPS-1 Research assigned as school officer-in-charge for more tha a month, the school made to be united.

         In January 11, 2013, the school welcomed the new School Principal, Mr. Norberto M. Calma who then promoted as principal IV. He came from Pudlod National High School where he served exemplary in managing the School for a very short time. Now evident to his dynamic managerial skills, he started programs and projects that truly leading the school towards academic, non-academic excellence.

           The enrollment has increased through the years. Hence, from the municipal building, the school site was transferred from one place to another notably the first floor of the house of Engr. Roman Belmonte, Don Cirilo Acosta and Mr. Jose Bauto.

          Sometime during the early fifties, Mr. Tomas Roque, with a philanthropic heart and genuine concern for the youth, he was persuaded to donate a sizable area of his landholdings at San Rafael, Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija as permanent site of the school. Moved by the triumvirate efforts of the late Mayor Francisco Custodio, Don Cirilo Acosta and Dr. Aniceto Belmonte, the community extended its broad support by successfully solicitation the aid of the government and an administrative five classroom building was built. The Zaragoza Provincial High School came into being which was then known as Zaragoza Provincial Junior High School.

           On December 5, 1988., the heirs of the late Tomas Roque namely Angelina Roque Reyes amd Georgina Roque following the ideals of their forebears executed a deed of donation of about 13,440 sq.m. to the school. The present school site, now became the permanent and lasting memory of the Roque-Reyes family.

         The fast growing population of the school calls the need of additional classrooms. Spearheaded by the principals during their terms together with civic spirited citizens of the town and the benevolent contributions of Alumni Class Organizations, the simple administrative classroom building grew into a school building complex as it is presently viewed.

             The school was a recipient of the Marcos Type Building, the SEDP Building Package, The FVR Building the Mathematics Center Building, the Home Economics Building, the Administrative Building, the School faculty room and Clinic., donated by the Alumni of the School, the JICA Building, the two story Vicente R. Belmonte Hall, donated by speaker of the house Feliciano C. Belmonte and the School Gymnasium from the Community Development Fund of Representative Josefina Joson.

The school conducted the first Grand Alumni Homecoming in the year 2000. The school purchased a school van as the project and proceeds of the activity. The twelve-year old van is being used by the Zaragoza National High School and faculty and staff in all travels involving competition, seminars, and trainings participated by the school.

The school stage was constructed through donations of parents of graduating students together with the initial extension of the school gym. The office of the supreme student government erected through the initiative of Governor’s office and DepEd Central Office, respectively.

Moreover, the Alumni of the School extended their ceaseless support to the school. An entrance shade at the school gate and a pergola at the Science building were built.

         On May 25, 2012, the Zaragoza National High school annex was inaugurated. The two-story building situated at Brgy. Macarse, Zaragoza, Nueva Ecija was given y the Speaker of the House of Representative, Honorable Feliciano C. Belmonte, a native of this town. Through the initiative of municipal Mayor, Honorable Lovella Belmonte-Espiritu and the ever dynamic principal Mrs. Ruby S. Mendoza, three section in Grade 7 at two sections in second year level started the operation of the newly rised school annex this school year.

           The vision of the school in bringing quality education near to the client now caters high school students from Macarse, Sro.Rosario Old,Valeriana, and nearby barangays from San Antonio, Nueva Ecija. This profound mission materialized when Ms. Janice S. Juaquin, donated the one hectare land area which served as the site of this newly installed school annex.

         In preparation for the k-12 curriculum, the school was indeed affluent for being one of the recipient of Public Private Partnership Building (PPP), a two story building with four classrooms and the other with eight classrooms which were erected in front of the administration building and the other at the back of Belmonte building. The ZNHS mark and the school Groto were also built through the effort of the SSG and Campus Youth Ministry, respectively. The commencement speaker for the school hear 2014-2015, 2LT PAF Aldrin M. Serwit donated the donated century gate to the school.

         Today, the Zaragoza National High School maintains competitiveness among national high schools in the division and even in the regional and national level in terms of academic excellence and non-academic proficiency. The school is focusing on strengthening the curriculum and instruction to cater a quality education to her clientele. Truly, a pride of the municipality. Parents and guardians ward their children to the Zaragoza National High School to quench the thirst for a quality secondary education.

            Bound by the vision of putting the school in the forefront towards the pursuit of excellence, the school will reap her goal on the occasion of the first commencement exercises of the Special Science Curriculum this year. The said curriculum started in 2008 supervised by the DepEd Regional Office and Department of Science and Technology.

        The school administrators, the faculty and staff with the ember of enthusiasm, unquestionable character, competence and commitment in the service fervently stand onwards in bringing the school into the helm of public service with morally upright dedication to her mission and vision