Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus
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| Established | 1988 |
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| School type | Public science high school |
| Principal/School Head | Mrs. Delia C. Legaspino (Campus Director) |
| Enrollment | 358 (school year 2009-2010); 361 (school year 2007-2008) |
| Location | Sto. Nino, Tugbok District, Davao City |
| Information | (+ 63 82) 293-0002 to 04 |
| Website | www.pshssmc.edu.ph |
Philippine Science High School Southern Mindanao Campus (colloquially called Pisay Davao) is a campus of the Philippine Science High School System, a public science high school in the Philippines. It caters to scientifically- and mathematically-gifted high school students from all over the country. It is located in Davao City.
PSHS-SMC started as a very humble school, having its beginnings at the Philippine Coconut Authority grounds in Bago Oshiro, Mintal, Davao City. It started with a limited number of classrooms and a handful of scholars who sat on the floor for a few months. Despite the scarcity of resources, the school was officially founded on July 8, 1988.
However, due to the increasing number of students, the school administration decided to construct a larger school area in Tugbok District. By 1990, the new building's infrastructure was already built. In chronological order, the classroom building, the faculty building, the girls dormitory, the canteen, the boys dormitory, the gymnasium, the classroom wing, and the administrative building were constructed.
By 1995, the school grounds' muddy and asphalt lanes were cemented, the gardens were replanted and redesigned, and cleanliness was maintained. The school surroundings gradually evolved into a park. Years after, a spacious gymnasium was put up at the back of the boys dormitory. You have to cross a small cement bridge before reaching the gym.
In 2008, renovation of the gym resumed. With the new stage completed, it was temporarily opened in March that year for the recognition and graduation rites.
Currently, work on the gym continues as well as the construction of a new Science and Technology Building. New basketball and volleyball courts have also been made in the space past the gym.
[edit] Class Sections
Each class (batch) is divided into three sections, each with at most 30 students (in recent years, usually with a balanced sex ratio). As students progress from one year level to another, section assignments are reshuffled making it impossible to have exactly the same set of classmates for the entire four-year program.
1st year
- Diamond
- Gold
- Pearl
2nd tear
- Dalhia
- Rosal
- Kamia
3rd year
- Calcium
- Lithium
- Sodium
4th year
- Proton
- Neutron
- Electron
[edit] Student Organizations
The Student Government (SG) is "the sole autonomous body of the PSHS-SMC studentry and its power emanates from the PSHS-SMC students" (PSHS-SMC SG Constitution Article 3, Section 1).
Other clubs or Student Organizations include:
- Math-Sci Club
- Junior Ecologists' Movement (JEM)
- Sci-Wings, the English publication
- Bagwish-Agham, the Filipino publication
- Sports Club
- Communication Arts Club (CAC)
- Company of Artists, Musicians and Performers (CAMP)
- Children of Light (COL)
- Information Technology and Computer Science Organization for the Nation's Scholars (iCoNs)
- Oasioas, the dance troupe
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