Doyong Elementary School: Its History Untold,  A Legacy to Behold 

      Doyong Elementary School is situated at the heart of many barangays namely Barangay Doyong Centro in the northern part, Barangay Bolingit and Barangay Cruz in the western part, Barangay Matagdem and barangay Nelintap in the southern part and Barangay Inerangan and Barangay Songkoy, Calasiao in the eastern part.

      DES is about five (5) kilometers away from the city proper and one hundred fifty (150) meters away from Doyong Barangay Hall. It has a total land area of eight thousand twenty-one (8,021) sq. meters. However, in School Year 2008-2009, the school donated a portion of its land to its adjacent secondary school, Doyong National High School.

        The school is one of the public elementary school under the jurisdiction of District I-A, San Carlos City Division with School ID 102218. The school is managed by a Principal II with eighteen (18) nationally-funded female teachers and two (2) security personnel being paid through school MOOE. At present, the school offers Special Education (SPED) Class.

        Doyong Elementary School together with its faculty members are committed to serve the learners in providing quality education. Barangay officials, parents and other stakeholders are all supportive to the school’s programs, projects, and activities.

HISTORY UNTOLD

     Throughout its history, Doyong Elementary School has maintained a commitment to providing the high caliber of educational experience to adverse type of learners from the community.

     If Baroque churches were to the Spanish period, public schools were to the American colonial regime. During the stay of Americans in the Philippines where education is greatly valued, Barangay Doyong has received this opportunity to avail such good education.

    In 1925, the Gabaldon building was built in Barangay Doyong. All children aged seven years old and above were required to enter the primary grades regardless of their age. The medium of instruction used in teaching was the English language. Grade I and II were the only classes offered during that year. After few years, Grade III and IV classes were offered. When the schoolchildren finished Grade Four, they were encouraged to go to the city to continue their fifth and sixth grades.

     In 1939, the school finally offered complete elementary education. It was named Doyong Community School. The school has few classrooms and limited facilities. Few decades later, more classroom were built and school facilities were improved for the convenience of both pupils and faculty members. The school name was changed to Mababang Paaralan ng Doyong.

    Since then, the school, which was then called Doyong Elementary School, continued to expand and increased its enrollment every year because it was the only elementary school that serve as catch basin for the other nearby barangays – Matagdem, Nelintap and Inerangan. Additional land area was donated through the PTA fund under the initiative of former PTA President Mr. Luis Garcia to provide a bigger avenue to construct additional classrooms and accommodate the increasing number of pupils.

       When Nelintap Elementary School was organized in 1987, there was a decrease in school population. Grade I and Grade II learners from Barangay Nelintap were transferred to the new school together with the two (2) teachers of the school, Mr. Gabriel G. Flores and Mrs. Rita A. Flores. Nelintap Elementary School then became a satellite school of Doyong Elementary School.

       In 2009, there was another decrease in the enrolment of the school because of the opening of the newly organized schools in Barangay Inerangan and Barangay Matagdem, the Julian Valerio Resuello Elementary School (JVR ES) and Don Vicente G. Ferrer Elementary School (DVGF ES) respectively. Learners who were residents of the two barangays were transferred from Doyong Elementary School to the two (2) newly-established schools. Teachers and some furniture were also transferred to the new schools.

      At present, there were many changes and improvements done in the school. New facilities were added. An Information and Communication Technology Room (ICT Room) was constructed to assist teachers in their work and to teach children their lessons using modern technologies to keep them abreast with the current trends. The school gymnasium located at the back of the primary classrooms is a place where school activities were held and performed. The covered pathways were built to protect and keep learners away from direct sunlight and from getting wet during rainy seasons.

       Instructional rooms were equipped with facilities like television, radio and electric fans for the comfort and convenience of the learners. Washing facilities for primary grade learners and intermediate grade learners were built. The Gabaldon Building was repaired and was now restored back to its grandeur.