HISTORY

Old  Balara  Elementary  School  sits  on   water  aqueducts  installed by MWSS along Tandang Sora Avenue, Quezon City,  a few blocks away from the University of the Philippines. The school was put up in 1950 with only two  (2)  classes  which  were  housed  in  the  Chapel  of  Old  Balara. Mrs. Basilisa U. Rivera  was t he founder,  first teacher,  teacher in-charge of the school with the supervision of Mrs. Felisa dela Paz, the former principal of Cubao Elementary School.

    Later on the two  pre-fab  building  were  constructed  on  the partial  lot owned by MWSS,  and  the  frontal  space   was used by Mr. Decena, a long time resident of the area.  The  said  building  was  the  project  of  the PTA headed by  Mr. Roman  Perez  with  the  support  of  the  former  Barangay Captain Mr. Ignacio Juanson.

    Due  to  the rapid  increase  of   enrolment   additional   buildings    were constructed  in   1954,  1965,  1967, 1985 and  1995 a total of six(6) pre-fab buildings consisting of 25 substandard classrooms rose from this low lying area.