Philippine Science High School Eastern Visayas Campus
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| Established | 1992 |
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| Type | Public, Specialized High School |
| Affiliation | Department of Science and Technology, Republic of the Philippines |
| Campus Director |
OIC - Director III |
| Students | approximately 360 |
| Location | Government Center, Palo, Leyte,  Philippines |
| Newspaper | The SCIENCE Net |
| Phone | (053) 524-9129 |
| Website | http://www.pshs.edu.ph/ |
The Philippine Science High School - Eastern Visayas Campus, colloquially known as Pisay-EVC or PSHS-EVC, is one of the campuses of the Philippine Science High School System located at Pawing, Palo, Leyte. It is claimed to be the top high school in the region and one of the top high schools in the country. The creation of the PSHS Eastern Visayas Campus was signed into law on April 10, 1992 as the Republic Act 7373 known as An Act Establishing The Eastern Visayas Science High School. The school officially started its operations on July 4, 1994. In 1997, Republic Act 8496 known as An Act To Establish The Philippine Science High School System And Providing Funds Therefor unified all existing PSHS campuses into a single system of governance and management. Eastern Visayas Campus is currently under the supervision of the campus director Dr. Pedrito G. Padilla. However, the PSHS System temporarily assigned Dr. Padilla as OIC-Director to Cagayan Valley Campus. Dr. Estrella A. de Dios, the former CISD Chief, was immediately posted as OIC-Director in temporary lieu of Dr. Padilla. As soon as Dr. Padilla returns to Eastern Visayas Campus, Dr. de Dios will assume office as a teacher of the Biology Unit.
As part of the PSHS System mission, Eastern Visayas Campus provides scholarships to students with high aptitude in both science and mathematics, "helping the country reach a critical mass of professionals in science and technology." Its students usually come from various parts around the Eastern Visayas region. The students hailing from provinces such as Biliran, Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar, Samar, and Southern Leyte thus come from a diverse background.
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[edit] Class Sections
Each year level is made up of three section, each with at most 30 students.
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1st Year:
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2nd Year:
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3rd Year:
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4th Year:
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[edit] Academic Year 2008-2009
The Academic Year for 2008-2009 officially opened on the 2nd day of June, 2008. It started with an Opening and Freshmen Orientation Program at the DPWH Hall, Government Center, Palo, Leyte. Subject Orientations were also held during the first week in order to provide scholars enough preparation time before the formal classroom instructions starts the week after.
[edit] School Officials
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Estrella A. de Dios, Ph.D. |
Director III, Officer-in-Charge |
[edit] Batch Advisers
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Edna C. Festejo |
Freshmen |
[edit] Section Advisers
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Divina D. Villalino |
Diamond |
[edit] Achievements
Pisay is more known for its more than impressive performances in both national and international science, technology, and mathematics competitions. As of S.Y. 2007-2008, the following students brought pride to Eastern Visayas Campus by bagging national grand awards from different competitions in both science and humanities:
Gilbert Campo
2007 PopCom On-the-Spot National Essay Writing Contest
Irwin Angelo Amago, Lawreanne Sanico, John Isaac Merin
2008 Intel Philippine Science Fair; "Mathematical Representation of the Resistance Trends Exhibited by E. coli
and K. pneumoniae through different generations against Amoxicillin with Clavulanic Acid"
The SCIENCE Net
2008 National Secondary Schools Press Conference
[edit] Summer Program
PSHS-EVC luanched its initial run of the PSHS System's Science Summer Internship Program for the period of one month starting the 14th of April up to the 9th of May. The program is meant for incoming senior students of PSHS-EVC and is aimed at enriching the scholar's experience in the fields of science, technology and engineering. Students are expected to learn and apply the scientific principles behind the research projects, activities and other operations being made in participating institutions. The intternship is meant to be an exposure for these students to the real undertaking of scientists.
Students need to accomplish a total of 100 working hours in their institution as part of the requirements for graduation. As this is the initial run of the program, many requested institutions were not able to accommodate scholars due to various reasons. Still, there were institutions who gladly welcomed the students. The participating institution for SSIP 2008 are:
- Department of Science and Technology - Regional Office No. 8
- Department of Public Works and Highways - Regional Office No. 8
- Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Regional Office No. 8
- Leyte Marine Biotoxins Testing Center
- Philippine National Police Regional Office 8
- Technical Education and Skills Development Authority - Regional Training Center No. 8
- Visayas State University - Main Campus
- Biliran Provincial Hospital
- Our Lady of Porziuncola Hospital, Calbayog City
- The Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines - Tacloban Plant
- The Pepsi Cola Company - Tanauan Plant
School-based internship program will also be offered to scholars that will not be accommodated by the participating institutions.
