Doña Montserrat Lopez Memorial High School
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Rizal Street Silay City, Negros Occidental Philippines | |
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| Type | Public school |
| Principal | Rodito R. Badian |
| Teaching staff | 241 |
| Enrollment | 4835 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Green |
| Website | http://dmlmhssilay.weebly.com/ |
Doña Montserrat Lopez Memorial High School, also referred to by the acronym DMLMHS, is a public national high school in Silay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.
History
Doña Montserrat Lopez Memorial High School began as a city high school during the incumbency of then-Mayor Natalio G. Velez (1968-1986). At that time, the school was located near the Silay South Elementary School. It was envisioned to accommodate poor but deserving elementary school graduates and consequently offered free tuition.[1]
The school later became known as the Silay City National High School. After the donation of a parcel of land was made by the affluent Lopez family for the new school edifice, the school was renamed in honor of Doña Montserrat Lopez.[1]
Montserrat Lopez
Maria Faith Montserrat Lopez was one of the richest women in Negros Occidental in the 1930s. Educated in Spain, she married Rico Barbona, a poor farmer from Cadiz City in the late 1950s. They had three children. She died of heart cancer in the late 1960s.
Curriculum
- Secondary education
- Special Program in the Arts
- Strengthening Technical Vocational Educational Program
- Information and Communication Technology
- Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics
See also
- Silay Institute
- St. Theresita's Academy
- Silay South Elementary School
- La Purisima Concepcion Elementary School
References
- 1 2 Pacete, Severino F. (2 December 2011). "Leader school in Western Visayas". Sun.Star Bacolod. Retrieved 7 October 2014.