| Angeles City Science High School Mataas na Paaralang Pang-Agham ng Lungsod ng Angeles |
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| Doña Aurora St., Brgy. Lourdes Sur East, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines |
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| Type | Public, Science High School |
| Established | 1993 as Angeles City National High School - Special Science Class, renamed in 2006 |
| Principal | Mrs. Ma. Esperanza S. Malang |
The Angeles City Science High School (Mataas na Paaralang Pang-Agham ng Lungsod ng Angeles) is a Secondary Public Science High School system located in Doña Aurora St. Lourdes Sur East, Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines Angeles City, Pampanga, Philippines. It was founded in 2006. It is a DepEd-recognized science high school.
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Formerly known as the Angeles City National High School - Special Science Class, the school has been chosen as one of the 110 Science and Technology High Schools in the Philippines. The school currently has 13 classrooms, a computer laboratory, a covered court, a math laboratory, a research laboratory, a science laboratory, a library, and a MAKABAYAN building. The old science laboratory put up in 1995 is now named the Benedicto G. Tablante Building, in honor of Mr. Benedicto G. Tablante. A new laboratory was put up in front of the Audio Visual Room.
Dr. Wilfredo S. Ocampo, then a science teacher in the Pandan campus of Angeles City National High School, was sent by the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) to attend a training program in Malaysia. A Special Science Class class was started, with him as coordinator of the program. The pioneer batch was composed of 120 students, all of which are passers of the imposed DOST requirement. The students were divided into three sections, namely Argon, Boron, and Carbon.
The Special Science Class (ACSHS) was one of the schools to bag the UP-Pautakan Oblation Trophy after winning three years in a row. The Acad Team were winners in the Philips Mind Challenge of 2001 and the Sharp Minds Challenge in 2006. The school produces victors in DepEd sponsored competitions such as press conferences, science and math festivals, the MTAP, and many others. It also stands out in invitational contests hosted by the schools in the city.
In 2005, the school ranked 7th, among the 500 schools in the regional press conference. It also ranked second in the English regional achievement test among the seventeen divisions comprising Region III.
The SSC, which was turned-over by the DOST to DepEd in 1998, stood no tenant to the Pandan campus of its mother school, the Angeles City National High School. It was allotted a portion of the lot where the Dr. Clemente N. Dayrit Sr. Elementary School stood. Today, the school address is at Dona Aurora St. Lourdes Sur East, Angeles City. The campus has nine buildings and a covered court- a joint project of the local government, PTA officers, teachers and parents.
When Dr. Wilfredo S. Ocampo's term as consultant came to an end, Mr. Wendell C. Cabrera was appointed as officer-in-charge in January 2006. Hence, through the initiative of Dr. Antonieta B. Tiotuico, the School Division Superintendent and the collective efforts of the different stakeholders, the Regional Director, Dr. Dinah F. Mindo, has granted Angeles City Science High School, which is a newly established specialized high school. Its establishment as an independent public high school is a take off from Angeles City National High School-Special Science Class organized in 1994.
It began accepting enrollees for its pilot school year 2006–2007, admitting 100 students divided into three sections: Archimedes, Joule,Kelvin and Pascal with advisers, Mrs. Rowena S. Pangilinan, Mr. Cristian F. David and Mrs. Lelanie Pineda-Soriano, an alumna of the SSC and Mrs. Emily Romero, respectively. Second-year sections are: Aristotle, Darwin, Leeuwenhoek and Mendel. Third-year sections are: Avogadro, Cavendish and Dalton. These students passed the reformed SSC entrance examination and interview process, and are still set to undergo deliberation for failure to comply with the set standard. These pioneer students have already finished their fourth and last year in Angeles City Science High School and graduated last March 2010 with 77 graduates in hand which were divided into two sections, namely Einstein, and Galilei. For the succeeding batches, however, a new section named Newton was added to accommodate more students.