If there will be a school that i feel i will always belong to, it will be Sagada National High School. I have passed through other schools from my elementary to my graduate studies but those schools cannot supersede my love for this growing Sagada NHS.
Sagada NHS was just established in 1996. I entered the school as a teacher in 1997 just fresh from college. Since then, it became an inseparable part of me. I am part of its past and its present and that thought alone jerks me to reality that together with my co-teachers, parents, students and the alumni, we have gone a long way.
And though, until now, Sagada NHS can only be proud and yet humbled by the fact that there are only two buildings that they can call as their very own. One is a two-storey building which was built jointly by the 1st two batches of students (BAtches 2000 and 2001), teachers, parents and lately for finishing with the aid of the municipal government. It is now being utilized as a faculty room (upstairs) and a computer laboratory (downstairs). The other one is still unfinished which hopefully will finally be finished within this year. It had been a project which was started in 1997 (or 1998? - i am not yet so sure) but was stopped due to lack of funds (accordingly). It is only last year that the provincial government, DepEd and now the Municipal government all joined hands to finish it.
Sometimes, it grieves us that millions and millions of pesos were budgeted but we are only realizing the building as something to be used now. Jokingly, we would sometimes say that if only they will give the money directly to the school so the school and not the DPWH will work it out, we're sure that we're already using a first class building. But, trying to examine and critically think about it will just make my head ache and make me hate the system we are in. What consoles us, however, is the fact that the provincial as well as the municipal LGU's heard our plea. Now, hopefully before the end of this year, the new building will be ready to use.
Since its second year, i have been a part of this school's ups and downs, including how it grew to become one of the schools which other people look up and recognize. Until now, what infrastructure we have is nothing compared to what established schools have but we are proud to say that what we have are things we really worked for. They are symbols of how we worked as a team - all the teachers, parents, students, alumni and the community.
Yet, one factor could also be attributed to the very fact that all the teachers in this school never stops to learn. they are always willing to learn something new. They always want to try something new. They are an epitome of what we call, "educators are forever learners."
I entered this school when it was still an annex of Bangaan National High School. It had nothing then. I was honed in this school and whoever am i as a teacher will forever be because of this school and my co-teachers whom i worked with. I will not move out from this school without my own contributions whether those contributions will be recognized or not and even if those contributions will not be seen nor sensed by the normal eye.
Sagada National High School, you will forever be a part of me.
Parents, teachers, students, alumni and the community, let us continue to support Sagada National High School. It is still a very young school but like a person, whether young or old, it needs people to support it. And, with that i guarantee you that Sagada National High School will always give its best to serve you.
MABIAMABIAG NAN SAGADA NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL. Matago-tago tako am-in. WITH YOU SNHS WILL ALWAYS FLY LIKE AN EAGLE.
