The Philippine Science High School was established in 1963 by virtue of RA 3661. All PSHS campuses would later be united under one System in 1998 by RA 8496. Each region would then be guaranteed one campus in 2001 by RA 9036.
We are the leading science high school in the Asia Pacific Region preparing our scholars to become globally competitive Filipino scientists equipped with 21st century skills and imbued with the core values of Integrity, Excellence and Service to Nation.
Advancing premier high school STEM education for the people.
Location: Agham Road, Bagong Pag-asa, Diliman, Quezon City
Landmarks: Beside the Office of the Ombudsman
Demographic profile: Around 1,400 students
Gatekeeper: Department of Science and Technology
The objective of this project is to keep an archive of PSHS-MC’s awards throughout its existence. Currently, it has no such database yet in spite of the many awards its students over the years have earned.
We took photos of the awards in the mini-museum at the back of the 2nd floor Science and Humanities Building. We then proceeded to make a database in Google Sheets containing all their details.
Before implementing the project, we first consulted with the Social Science 6 teachers to teach us basic history writing skills. We started the project on May 2, 2023 by taking photos and then making the spreadsheet catalog until May 11, 2023
By making the catalog, we are helping preserve PSHS-MC’s history. However, while we were able to take down most awards’ details, some awards had no clear details. Moreover, unforeseen circumstances among the group members caused a little delay to the project.
PSHS-MC has earned lots of awards throughout its history, including championships in competitions abroad, as well as in the humanities and social sciences. However, some awards have no clear details, so the final output is not yet complete. Nevertheless, it is a good start at the very least
The catalog can be accessed here
The project will benefit the community should its staff decide to throw away the old awards. It will also serve as a testament to its competitiveness not just in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), but also in the humanities and social sciences (HUMSS). Should we be given a chance to continue this project, we recommend an in-person implementation in order to clearly capture the remaining awards’ details.
To continue this project, the catalog will be passed on to school officials. Pisay will receive more trophies in the coming years as they attend more events. In order to preserve the next upcoming trophies, the school officials will be given access to editing the catalog so that they can add the new trophies to the catalog.
The project forced us to recall how to look for primary sources in writing history, a skill taught in Social Science 1. As we immersed ourselves in historiography, we learned that writing history is not easy because some primary sources are so outdated that their details are not clear anymore.
Furthermore, we recalled basic computer skills as taught in Computer Science 1, in the form of creating a catalog in spreadsheets like Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel. As we move into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, IT skills are becoming more in-demand.
Within the photo taking procedure, there are some details that are hard to decipher due to bad camera focus and unfavorable lighting. Some reflections in the gold-plates where there’s text ingrained in them made it hard to read, and there are even some of the text that are impossible to reach up close.
The recommendations for the next implementation of the project are to keep a notebook at all times to list down all of the details, while also keeping a reference image as to where the details are linked to. This is so that we do not have to continuously go back and forth to the trophy storage room to get clearer details and not ruin the accuracy of the details analyzed.
There are two more recommendations to make. The catalog should also include a list of winners, specifically individual people. This is so that anyone can know whose trophy or award belongs to and what each winner’s feats are.
A Physical Organization of the Museum is another recommendation. Instead of only just keeping the online catalog, there should be an area in school where all of the trophies can be put up to display and where everyone can check for all the awards. Not only that, but not everyone is used to looking for online resources.