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Coordinates | 15°28′55″N120°35′21″E / 15.48194°N 120.58917°E |
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Type | Public school |
Established | September 2, 1902 |
Principal | Dr. Yolanda Gonzales (2022) [1] |
Faculty | Around 300 |
Grades | 7 to 12 |
Enrollment | 7,268 (2014) |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Maroon and Yellow |
Newspaper | The Melting Pot Ang Supling |
Tarlac National High School (TNHS; Filipino : Pambansang Mataas na Paaralan ng Tarlac), formerly Tarlac High School (Filipino : Mataas na Paaralan ng Tarlac), is a public high school in Tarlac City, Philippines. Established on September 2, 1902 by American Thomasites, it is one of the oldest public high school system in the country. [2] It is one of the largest secondary schools in the region with over 7,000 student population. [3]
The current head of the school is Dr. Yolanda Gonzales. TNHS has two campuses within Tarlac City—the main campus, located along Macabulos Drive, San Roque, and the annex campus, located along MacArthur Highway in San Miguel.
The annex campus has been officially known as Jose V. Yap National High School since October 5, 2021 but locals still regard it as TNHS annex due to the fact that it has been an annex of TNHS for a long period of time.
Tarlac National High School was founded on September 2, 1902 by the American Thomasites during the early years of the American period in the Philippines, becoming one of the oldest public high school in the country. Tarlac deputy division superintendent Frank Russell White served as its first principal. [4]
The school celebrated its 110th anniversary with an alumni homecoming, as well as the construction of the Alumni Building, which will house the memorabilia from the school's history and alumni. [2]
On October 28, 2015, a fire razed the original main building as well as the social hall of the school, prompting the creation of a resolution that sought the school to be recognized as a national historical site by the National Historical Commission in 2017. [1]
The school celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2022. The school had a Mass as well as a video presentation shown to its students regarding the school's history. [1]
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