Republic of the Philippines

Bagong Silang Elementary School

Schools Division Office Caloocan City

          Bagong Silang used to be a part of 800 hectares Tala Estate in Rizal province. It is bounded at the North by Francis State which is a part of Bulacan province. Some residents from Tala Leprosarium or Eulogio Rodriguez Rehabilitation Center used to fly in the area for bird hunting like pugo because this was a vast talahib grassland and to fish on the river bounding the place to Bulacan where big fat carps, shrimps, and other fresh water fishes were plentiful. Farmers from nearby San Jose Del Monte , Bulacan and Meycauyan filled on the northern part for rice and other crops. Some farmers moved in and cultivated the area. They are so called Old Tenants of Bagong Silang. They were natives of Bulacan , From Tala on the Eastern Part, a place for the patients of Dr. Jose Rodrigues Memorial Hospital  also moved in. They began cultivating the area and had plenty  of agricultural plants or crops . Soon friends of old tenants and some patients settled in the place  and engaged themselves in farming. This place was developed gradually and grew bigger in terms of population  and physical expansion. Different establishments and government buildings sprouted  and one of these was the Bagong Silang Elementary School which could hardly absorb all children of relocates.

           Bagong Silang Elementary School was formally opened on July 16, 1974 with Mrs. Teresita Maravilla now Mrs. Cipriano and Mrs. Juanita Agosto as its pioneer teachers for the first two primary classes with 47 pupils. The school room was  a makeshift or shanty extension  of the barangay chairman Mr. Sotero Desaville the pioneer residence of the area. It became a daughter of Tala Elementary School . In 1980, the school had its complete elementary grades and had its first commencement exercises.

           The school is seven (7) kilometers away from Novaliches, Quezon City proper.  It can be reached by jeepney from Novaliches proper  or from SM Fairview. The school site which is located at Phase 1 at the center of Sto. Niño Parish Church, the National Housing Authority (NHA) Office, Bagong Silang Market & the GOZAP Supermarket,.

           The principals assigned were Dr. Marcelino P. Lorenzo, 1974-1976, Mrs. Ananiana Leonardo, 1976-1977, Mr. Inosentes Noble, 1978-84, Mrs. Norma Mendoza, 1984, Mrs. Venus S. Batino, Dr. Natividad T. Velasco, Dr. Abegail Ignacio, Mrs. Wilma Coching, (1 week) Mrs. Luisa E. Manangan, 1998-2000, Dr. Victoria F. Martinez,  August , 2001- February 09, 2005. Mr. Pedro P. Inocando February 10,2005 – July 23, 2007, Mrs. Wilma M. Coching July 24, 2007 – April 18,2013, Dr. Nimfa R. Narcise April 2013 – January 2021, Dr. Ofelia Y. Naguit January 18 2021 – 2023. At present the School’s Principal is Dr. Angelo L. Eduardo who assumed his office last 2023.

         The  yearly increase in enrolment  brought to the construction of Three-Storey, Six classroom Building sponsored by the Congressman Oscar Malapitan on July 2008 , still the school is implementing an emergency three-shift plan to accommodate the  5971 pupils  and  the expansion of its daughter schools  in its compound namely Sto Niño Elementary School, 1994, Gabriela Silang Elementary School, 2002, Jose P. Rizal Elementary School- June, 2004 . The school, being the mother school  known as, Bagong Silang Elementary School.

 At present, the school has its 7 ancillary service rooms with 70 classrooms. It has also  a Special Education  program which was established in 1992 through the joined efforts of   the DECS, RBI and PNU consisting of  three storey, nine-classroom building. It started with only seven (7) blind pupils , but now there are 208 pupils. (visually impaired, hearing impaired and intellectual disability) with 15 SPED trained teachers, fourteen of them are  DepEd permanent  teachers appointment.

 On June 17, 2006 ,Bagong Silang Elementary School also launched Madrasah Classes  every Saturday. It has almost 180 enrolled Muslim Pupils in all grade levels in the present school year .It  provide Muslim children equal access to the prescribed basic education curriculum besides learning the Arabic Language and Islamic Values

 Today, Bagong Silang Elementary School is one of the six (6) schools in Caloocan North II  District, envisioned every learners to be functionally literate and prepare them to become a responsible citizens , under the administration  and supervision  of its  School’s Principal Dr. Angelo L. Eduardo, who assumed in her office last 2023, with  208 strong and energetic teachers,  who are  working their best to improve and perform  in excellence not only in academic and physical aspects  but  also in other fields of Music, Arts and Sports .