LAGUINBANUA INTEGRATED SCHOOL
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Category: Significant Cultural Institution
NAME OF INSTITUTION: LAGUINBANUA INTEGRATED SCHOOL
- Formerly Laguinbanua Elementary School
I. Background Information
The new logo/seal of the school has a laurel wreath, an open book, a lighted torch, a quill, sunrays, black dots with yellow outlines, the year 2023, Laguinbanwa Primary School - 1918, Laguinbanua Elementary School - 1952, two opposite stars encircled with color green, and a golden rope in the background.
| The Laurel Wreath | symbolizes success, victory, and the achievements of every learner. |
| An Open Book | stands for learning, knowledge, and wisdom shared freely with everyone. |
| A Lighted Torch | stands for education to serve as the guiding light that enables everyone to see the path toward a bright future and eradicate the darkness of ignorance. |
| A Quill | represents an institution where knowledge and wisdom are passed on from teacher to student. |
| Sunrays | represent hope, and passion for learning with innovative and creative leaders and are employed by cooperative, resourceful, and value-laden teachers. |
| Black dots with yellow outlines | represent quality graduates who are productive, responsible, courteous, obedient, and God-fearing. |
| 2023 | represents the year the Laguinbanua Integrated School was converted from Laguinbanua Elementary School. |
| Laguinbanwa Primary School - 1918 | shows the year the school was founded and named Laguinbanwa Primary School. |
| Laguinbanua Elementary School – 1952 | shows the year Laguinbanua Elementary School was granted as complete elementary. |
| Two Stars on Opposite Sides encircled with green | illustrate the two Barangays, namely Laguinbanua East / Laguinbanua West associated with the color of life, nature, growth, harmony, prosperity, progress, and safety. |
| The Golden Rope in the background | stands for unity, wholeness, and a binding force for every ideology of stakeholders, including administrators, teachers, staff members, students, parents, families, community members, local business leaders, and elected officials. |
Type of Cultural Institution
Laguinbanua Integrated School, formerly Laguinbanua Elementary School offers formal education with K-12 Basic Education Curriculum from Kindergarten to Grade VII.
Narrative Description
Laguinbanua Integrated School, as a center of excellence, has existed for more than a century (105 years to be exact, this year, 2023) to give quality education to our youth, molding them to become effective and productive citizens of our community and country. It is located at Barangay Laguinbanua East, Numancia, Aklan, founded on June 12, 1918. Bounded along the National Highway, it has a total land area of 7,340 square meters from different donors and benefactors. Roselo Garcia, popularly known as Maestro Seloy, with his heir Bernardino D. Garcia, donated 5, 278 square meters of land property to start the school. The family of Juanito I. Igtanloc donated an additional lot of 1,000 square meters located in the Southern part of the school on June 9, 1979. On the Eastern side, another 1,000 square meters was donated to the school by Ana C. Abello with her heirs Soledad A. Kimpo, Rizalina A. Rasco, Daniel S. Abello, and Genaro S. Abello. The latest donor was Ernesto De Felipe and his family who donated 62 square meters of lot to the school on April 26, 1995.
After World War II, the school, which was formerly known as the Laguinbanwa Primary School, housed Grades I through IV in the Modified Gabaldon Building. In 1952, the construction of new classrooms for Laguinbanua Elementary School for incoming pupils in Grades V to VI began. Classes were initially held in temporary locations that were private homes before the classrooms were completed. Home Economics classes were held in a temporary building, made of light materials, while Industrial Arts classes were conducted in a shanty. The first graduates from Laguinbanua Elementary School emerged in 1954. Later, the classrooms of the said Modified Gabaldon Building started to deteriorate. The emergence of the new School Site Development Plan (SSDP) gave way to the relocation of the school buildings. The remains were used for some fixtures in the classrooms.
The current school facility features complete classrooms for pupils in Kindergarten through Grade 6. It has a Covered Court, Cultural Stage, Home Economics Building, School Clinic, School Canteen, the Principal's Office, and a Computer Laboratory.
Every structure has a distinct history. The Industrial Arts Building was built in 1967. It was demolished in 2019, to make room for a 2-storey, 4-classroom school building, supported by the 2018 Basic Education Facilities Fund (BEFF). Currently, the Principal's Office and the ICT Room occupy the first floor. The second floor is still unfinished and is awaiting the government's approval of the corresponding budget.
The Marcos Type Building was constructed in 1970. It has three classrooms for Kindergarten, Grade II-Dove, and a Computer Lab. On July 9, 2016, it was completely consumed by fire, along with the P358,452.79 worth of computer packages from the Department of Education's Batch 24 Digitization and Computerization Program. This building was demolished and is now being used as a parking space, in front of the new 2-storey, 6-classroom school building.
The Two-storey, Six-classroom Building was constructed in 2018. The Basic Education Facilities Fund (BEFF) was in charge of funding it, while Jemar V. Isturis, School Principal I, served as its implementor. On May 30, 2022, after a three-year lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, limited face-to-face classes from Grades I (Rose and Dahlia), Grades II (Dove and Maya), and Grades III (Chico and Atis) were conducted in this new building.
The School Canteen and Office of the Supreme Pupil Government (SPG) as well as the School's Parent Teacher Association (SPTA) are currently located in the Bagong Lipunan School Building (BLSB), which was constructed in 1980. A year later, in 1981, the Parents Teacher and Community Association (PTCA), funded the construction of the Cultural Stage utilizing proceeds from the annual Master and Little Miss Christmas popularity contests, and additional cash donations from Dr. Charles Villanueva and former Governor Carlito S. Marquez, now the Congressman of the Eastern District of Aklan.
The historical construction of the Covered Court was first built in 2012. The teaching staff, the Parent Teachers Association (PTA) Officers under Catherine Cosipe and Nelmar G. Melgar, and the Alumni Association under Sir Winston Carrillo and the late Sir Richard Vega all worked under the guidance of Jocelyn N. Nillasca, School Principal I. Then, the project continued in 2015 with the help of stakeholders under the supervision of Jemar V. Isturis, School Principal I, in collaboration with the late Sir Richard Vega, President of the Alumni Association, Catherine Cosipe, PTA President, and their representatives. With the help of the Local Government Unit (LGU) led by Governor Florencio "Joven" T. Miraflores, Congressman Carlito S. Marquez, one of the alumni of the school, and Congressman Teodorico T. Haresco, Jr., the project was completed in 2020.
In the year 2000, the resourceful teacher, Mrs. Florence Imperial, solicited from the Parents’ Teachers Association (PTA) and approached her friends and acquaintances. As a result, two classrooms were constructed; but, because of financial constraints, it was not finished immediately. Due to its inclusion in the national government's renovation plan for Grade VI-Pearl and Jade classrooms in 2021, Ma'am Florence Imperial's incomplete classroom is currently a Grade V-Saturn classroom.
The kindergarten class was moved by Ma’am Rovie C. Abello, from the former Principal’s Office (Bagong Lipunan School Board) to the former Grade 1-Rose classroom (Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation or PAGCOR). The Bagong Lipunan School Building II was converted into two classrooms. On August 22, 2022, the Department of Education ordered the reopening of face-to-face classes. The said reopening requires the facilities for the health, safety, and well-being of all schoolgoers. So, the Bagong Lipunan School Board's old Principal's Office is now a School Clinic and Guidance Office. In addition, there were four thermal scanners, three handwashing stations made possible by donations, and an isolation room, screening area, and triage area directly outside the school because of the pandemic. This school has seen many changes, and we are confident that it will continue to develop. Thanks to its stakeholders and successful alumni who frequently return to the school to honor it by promoting the welfare of the learners.
The following School Heads served the school: Roselo D. Garcia, In-charge; Felipe V. Villanueva, Head Teacher; Francisco L. Tabing, Teacher In-Charge; Alejandro Salvador, Principal; Dominador Ureta, Principal I, Mrs. Myrna M. Escalona, Principal I, Mrs. Elma M. Tabing, Principal I, Eduardo I. Beltran, Principal I; Mrs. Fe Emelinda T. Nable, School Principal I (September 17, 1986-February 12, 1996); Mrs. Feliza V. Solina, School Principal I (September 1996-January 2007); Mrs. Marchelle I. Briones, School Principal I (February 26, 2007-January 31, 2008); Mrs. Florida V. Araque, Master Teacher I/ Officer-In-Charge (February 1, 2008-June 21, 2008); Mrs. Patrocenia Y. Mamburam, Head Teacher III/OIC (June 22, 2008-February 12, 2008) and School Principal I (February 13, 2008-January 3, 2012); Mrs. Jocelyn N. Nillasca, School Principal I (January 4, 2012-January 25, 2015); Mrs. Rheyda T. Tejada, School Principal I (January 26, 2015 - September 25, 2015); Mr. Jemar V. Isturis, Head Teacher III/OIC (September 26, 2015 –June 5, 2016) and promoted to School Principal I from June 6, 2016 to January 7, 2022; and Mrs. Rovie C. Abello, School Principal I (January 7, 2022 to present). On August 8, 2023, the Government Recognition (RO VI), No. E – 05, s. 2023 was granted to Laguinbanua Integrated School, formerly Laguinbanua Elementary School. Under Rule III, section 3.2 of RA No. 9155, otherwise known as the Governance of Basic Education Act of 2001 and DepEd Order No. 4, s. 2014 entitled "Establishment, Merging, Conversion and Naming, Renaming of Public Schools and Separation of Public-School Annexes in Basic Education.” This was signed and approved by Victor G. De Gracia Jr. Ph.D., CESO V, Assistant Regional Director, as recommending approval, and for the Secretary of Education was signed by Ramir B. Uytico EdD, CESO III, Regional Director, Department of Education – Region VI, at Duran Street, Iloilo City.
The 14 regular permanent teachers at this school are the teaching force under Mrs. Rovie C. Abello, School Principal I: Mrs. Christine C. Arroyo, Mrs. Hasmin L. Maagad, Mrs. Shiela Marie G. Barrios, Mrs. Alona G. Roldan, Mrs. Ma. Teresa R. Salvador, Mrs. April Joy De La Peña, Mrs. Debbielyn D. Zonio, Mr. Arnel R. Concepcion, Mrs. Caroline F. Nagtalon, Mr. Juan George P. Supranes, Mrs. Jessel F. Supranes, Mrs. Merly G. Solina, Mrs. Analyn M. Pamatian, and Mrs. Princess Joy V. Tirazona, with 2 Municipal School Board, Mrs. Rea V. Sampani and Mr. Kynt Yrill M. Regalado. Today, the school is recognized as the epitome of success in terms of both academic achievement and the production of successful graduates.
Description of Significant Milestones: It was in 1954 when Laguinbanua Elementary School produced its first graduates. The first valedictorian was Gilda V. Villanueva-Esmeralda and the first Salutatorian was Carlito S. Marquez who served the Province as Governor for three (3) successive terms. In his term as Governor of Aklan, he initially funded the construction of the LES Covered Court. Presently, Marquez is the Congressman in the 1st District of the province of Aklan, who continually supports the improvement of the school.
Many benefactors and stakeholders also extended their support to the projects initiated by the LES Alumni Association and General Parents and Teachers Association (GPTA). More prominent persons successfully graduated from this school in different professions like, Education, Medicine, Law, Priesthood, Business Management, Information and Communication Technology, Agriculture, Criminology, Hotel and Restaurant Management, Pharmacy, Nursing, Dentistry, Seafarers, Marine Engineering/Transportation, and all other professions. They have served and some presently serve both public and private offices, here and abroad.
To name some of the following successful alumni, Rodrigo B. Tarantan, Wilfredo Tarantan, Regina Beltran Tarantan, Dr. Minvilus Garcia Hiatt, Ph.D. - Batch 1955, Mr. Jovincio Angeles, Batch 1955. Engr. Joel Gonzales – Batch 1956 and his siblings, Mrs. Feliza Villanueva Solina – Batch 1956, Attorney Wilfredo Igtanloc Imperial, Batch 1957, Miss Violeta Fernandez – Batch 1957, Mrs. Fe Emelinda T. Nable – Batch 1960, Dr. Charles C. Villanueva – Class 1960, General William S. Macavinta – Batch 1977, presently the Representative of the Patrol Party List, and his siblings, Mr. Elmer Tarantan – Class 1977, Rev. Fr. Josue R. Escalona, Jr., Mr. Richard Vega and his brothers, Atty. Joan Tabing-Adams and Frietzi M. Tabing, Juanito Igtanloc, and children, Emie Macogue Cawaling Batch 1983, Police Chief Master Sergeant Nida Lachica Gregas, Batch 1989, Dr. Jeanne Michelle Igoy Isturis, Batch 1992, and her sisters, Mr. Nelmar Melgar Batch 1978 and his siblings, Hon. Lilyn V. Jauod, SB Member of Numancia, Batch 1978, Hon. Lalaine V. Tan, Punong Barangay-Laguinbanua East and her siblings, Engr. Arnald G. Gonzales Batch 1981 and many more. So many of them would return to their Alma Mater sharing whatever they have achieved.
On December 16, 2022, the school received a Division Level-Gold Award for Year 2 implementation of the Child Protection Policy Program (CPPP) and Gender and Development Program. The school was also awarded as Brigada Eskwela - Champion in 2022 Home Learning Space Best Implementing School and 1st Runner-Up in 2022 Medium School Category-Elementary Level. Last December 2021, Jemar V. Isturis, former principal, was recognized as the best-performing school leader across the Aklan division in terms of MOOE Utilization and Liquidation - Top 1 out of 319 Elementary Schools. Ever since, the school has focused on the academic performance of learners and the training of children in sports, specifically volleyball, both boys and girls. Some of our athletes even played in the Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association Meet (WVRAA) SY 2016 to 2022. Aside from this, many of our pupils garnered awards in the District and Division Levels, especially in Math, Filipino, Science, TLE, English, and Araling Panlipunan. The Laguinbanua Integrated School is one of the first schools in the District of Numancia that passed the School Safety Assessment Tool (SSAT) Validation from the District to the Regional level. Then, the school officially re-opened for the Limited Progressive Face-to-Face classes from Kinder to Grade 3 last May 30, 2022, and Intermediate classes from Grades 4 to 6 on June 6, 2022, and they gave preference to vaccinated learners after three (3) years of lockdown because of the pandemic. The school also received three (3) Stars in the School-Based Management - Wash in School (SBM-WINS) program of the DepEd.
Stories and Narratives
On July 9, 2016, at around 3:00 AM, the entire barangay Laguinbanua East and West woke up due to the blazing fire coming from the burning classrooms of the school. The spirit of bayanihan was seen again because of the cooperation of everyone to put out the fire immediately but it was too late because three classrooms of the Marcos Building were consumed by fire. The saying: behind the dark clouds- the sun shines, is quite true because, in 2018, the school received good news. Two new buildings with 10 classrooms will be built. The Industrial Arts rooms were demolished to make way for the building to be constructed. The Office of the Principal occupies one of the rooms in the new building. The Computer Laboratory is also situated in the same edifice
Significance
Indicate the type of significance, e.g. historical, aesthetic, economic, social, political, spiritual, and then explain
Historical Laguinbanwa Primary School was established in June 1918 and is considered one of the oldest schools in the District of Numancia. Visitors can find the monument or statue of Datu Bangkaya in front of the school. The monument signifies that a long time ago, people from Borneo settled in this place. The headstone or statue of Datu Bangkaya shows and commemorates the rich history of the barangay of Laguinbanua. Thus, we will continue to improve in politics, culture, agriculture, tradition, religion, and education for the betterment of our future generations. Laguinbanua Elementary School was converted to Laguinbanua Elementary School on August 8, 2023.
Aesthetic The Laguinbanua Integrated School has a covered court, a playground, twelve CCTV cameras, three (3) handwashing facilities, an accessible toilet, “Baeay it Kaaeam”-an area for reading, a School Clinic, a Home Economics Room, a canteen, and 13 classrooms for Kinder to Grades 1 – 7 learners.
Social Laguinbanua Integrated School Covered Court is currently used for social gatherings and activities not only by the school but also by the entire Province of Aklan. The Regional Management Committee (MAN-COM) Meeting and Welcome Party of Dr. Ramir Barberan Uytico, EdD, CESO IV, Regional Director of DepEd Region VI, was held at the LagIS Covered Court on April 28, 2021. It also served as a venue for the 2015 Western Visayas Regional Athletic Association Meet specifically in boxing, on February 11, 2015. The school served as a location for the volleyball tournaments during WVRAA last June 2022, and from different schools, offices (private and public), and Local Government Units or LGUs. It also serves as the polling place during national and local elections. In-service training (IN-SET) and the District Innovation Showdown, called Teachers and Personnel Innovation Showdown or (TAPIS) last July 22, 2022, were conducted in the said venue. The structure is a witness to the bayanihan, teamwork, and love for the children of stakeholders.
Spiritual The Laguinbanua IS has been celebrating monthly masses with the help of volunteer catechists. Religious classes are also conducted. One of the alumni became a priest in the person of Rev. Father Josue Escalona Jr., who serves as the school’s spiritual director.
Assessment of the Institution
A. Condition/Status of the Institution
(/) in good condition ( ) deteriorated ( ) ruins
B. Constraints/ Threats/ Issues/ Challenges:
Because of the school’s proximity to the national highway, school administrators and stakeholders are challenged to sustain the school’s improvement. The school properties are being taken and damaged by outsiders. The school often experiences flooding due to heavy rains because the drainage from the courtyard to Barangay Bubog is not yet fixed.
C. Measure and description of Safeguarding Measure Taken:
Through collaborative efforts of the school administrators and stakeholders, the school improves its performance and safety.
References
Key Informant
- FELIZA V. SOLINA, Retired School Principal I of Laguinbanua Elementary School
- Patrocenia Mamburam, Former School Principal I of Laguinbanua ES
- Jocelyn N. Nillasca, Former School Principal I
- Jemar V. Isturis, Former School Principal I
- Florida V. Araque, Retired MT-I of Laguinbanua ES
- Fe Emelinda T. Nable, Retired Public Schools District Supervisor of Numancia
- Analyn M. Pamatian, Teacher II – School Property Custodian
- Marites R. Reyes, Teacher III of Laguinbanua ES
- Hasmin L. Maagad, Master Teacher II of Laguinbanua ES
- Arnel R. Concepcion, Teacher I of Laguinbanua ES
- Michael V. Solina, grandson of the Late Felipe Villanueva
Name of Profiler/Mapper:
- Merly G. Solina
- Teacher III
- Laguinbanua Integrated School
Content Validators:
- Dennis E. Bontogon
- Master Teacher III
- Kalibo Pilot Elementary School
- Kristine V. Sumugat
- Aklan Historical and Cultural Society, Inc.
Language Editor:
- Dionadith Gay H. Isturis
- Teacher III
- Numancia Integrated School
- Fresalyn B. Honrado
- Teacher III
- Aguinaldo T. Repiedad Integrated School
- Juvinna R. Dela Cruz
- Master Teacher I
- Numancia Integrated School
Layout Artist:
- Dave Richard J. Santiago
- Master Teacher I
- New Washington Elementary School
Wiki Editor:
- Marvin M. Abao
- Teacher II
- Numancia Integrated School
APPROVED BY:
- RUBY AGNES B. ESTRADA, PhD
- Education Program Supervisor in Araling Panlipunan
DATE PROFILED:
- December 9, 2022
- October 19, 2023
REFERENCE/S AND OTHER RESOURCES:
- School Improvement Plan
- Brief History of Laguinbanua East, (Property of the Barangay Laguinbanua East by
- Fe Emelinda T. Nable, Retired District Supervisor, a resident of Laguinbanua East, Numancia, Aklan)
- Tax Declaration, Deed of Donations
- Old photos of the school building
