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• Rizal High School opened with an enrollment of 28 students during the incumbency of Governor Ambrocio Flores


  October 1, 1902
• Notable graduates of Rizal High School

  • Former Senator Neptali Gonzales
  • Former Senator Jovito Salonga
  • Former Senator Rene Saguisag
  • Maestro Lucio San Pedro
  • National Artist Carlos "Botong" Francisco
• Rizal High School celebrated its centennial

  2002
• The Pasig Secondary School had American teachers named Messrs. Laughlin, Click, and Scruton, with Mr. Charles Rummel as the Superintendent of Schools
• Rizal High School has been evaluated as the largest enrollment worldwide by the Guinness Book of World Records since 1993
• Envisioned future of Rizal High School

  • Fully equipped buildings with modern facilities and multimedia equipment
  • Highly qualified teachers committed to service and possess moral strength and stability
  • Empowered student body who are creative, inventive, and inquisitive
  • Advanced research and development to eradicate illiteracy in Pasig City
  • Extensive moral training to impart proper values, attitudes, and outlook in life within the school and the community
• The school building was occupied in 1915
• The Pasig Secondary School was the first secondary school in the province of Rizal
• Education in Rizal High School aims to produce citizens of Pasig City who are God-loving, nationalistic, disciplined, productive, competent, and ready to meet the technological demands and industrial challenges of the 21st century
• Rizal High School is named after the Philippine national hero, Dr. Jose P. Rizal
• Dr. Josephine M. Cruz, an alumna and a former teacher at Rizal High School, is the current and youngest Principal to date
• Rizal High School reported an impressive student population of 22,959


  2000-2001
• The Pasig Secondary School was established with an enrollment of 28 pupils from five neighboring towns, including Pasig proper
• The first secondary school in the province of Rizal, known as the Pasig Secondary School, was formally established on October 1, 1902, during the incumbency of Governor Ambrosio Flores with an enrollment of 28 pupils
• A modern reinforced concrete school building was constructed in 1914 during the tenure of Governor Mariano Melendres and completed in 1915
• The enrolment increased to 45 pupils in November, 65 in December and 88 in January and February in 1903, all intermediate pupils. The pupils were taught in a room of a rented building. 30 meters by 30 meters. The cost of the rent was $15, local currency, the amount paid from the provincial fund.
• At the beginning, the Provincial Board was against the establishment of a provincial school in Pasig. Pasig is near Manila. The provincial aid therefore was very limited. The increase in financial support by the provincial government was subject to the condition that the pupils from adjoining towns would prefer attending classes in the provincial school rather than seeking enrolment in Manila.
• The basement of the building was used as a woodworking shop
• Teachers assigned to this school

  • Messrs. Laughlin
  • Click
  • Scruton
• Superintendent of Schools

  Charles Rummel
• Immediately after the military post occupied by American soldiers was vacated, it was turned over to the provincial government for the use of the Pasig Secondary School in November 1903
• The building was quite spacious but old and dilapidated with a badly damaged roof
• A first year class was organized
• The military post was vacated

  November 1903
• A new building was constructed


  Sometime in 1902
• The military post was vacated when a new building was constructed
• A first year class was organized

  1902
• Since 1905 steps had been made to acquire a spacious site for this secondary school. It was however only in 1913-1914 when a site made of ten lots containing 63,707.41 square meters was acquired through expropriation proceedings from several landowners. The estimated value of the site was P38,540. It was surveyed on November 8, 1928 and registered on October 27, 1931 under Certificate of Title No. 4553. Soon, after the acquisition of the site, a modern, reinforced concrete and modified Standard Plan No. 20 school building was constructed.
• The change to the present name Rizal High School was made


  1915
• The new building was completed and occupied by the school in 1915
• Since its establishment in 1902, the intermediate classes were under the supervision and administration of the secondary school principal
• The province was already putting up the greater bulk of the financial support for the school in 1907
• A first year class of eleven pupils was organized in 1907
• The name of Pasig Secondary School was changed to Rizal High School


  1907
• Mr. Steward Laughlin was the first principal of Pasig Secondary School
• U.P. Professor Cecilio Lopez and Dr. Elpidio Alcantara were graduates of the first graduating class and later distinguished themselves in their chosen professions
• The first graduating class of Rizal High School

  1918
• The intermediate classes were considered the preparatory department of the secondary school
• Of the 30 fourth year students in March 1918, 27 qualified for graduation
• The complete separation of the intermediate classes as a preparatory department to the high school took effect

  1924-1925