Overview

OVERVIEW

Matulatula High School (formerly Domingo Yu Chu National High School-Matulatula Annex) is one of the public secondary schools in Pola, Oriental Mindoro. Founded in 1999, it is located in Barangay Matulatula which is eleven kilometers away from Poblacion. The site is 13 kilometers away from Strong Republic Nautical Highway passing through the Barangays of Sto. Domingo (Lapog) and Matungao, Socorro.

Its school ground is 10,000 square meters with different fruit-bearing trees surrounding the area. The topographic ambiance which likens to an inland resort adds beauty and comfort to become an ideal place and conducive for young learners.

MHS is strategically situated free from hazardous elements. This may have been a contributing factor to the increasing population of the school despite of established high schools located within the municipality and nearby locality.

With the continuous increasing number of population of the nearest barangay where the school is located, there is also an increase of yearly enrolment. As a result, this contributes to recognize different priorities for improvement that the school needs to be addressed.

School Curriculum

The school is implementing the K to 12 Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum, which has two division, the Junior High School (JHS) for the first 4 years in high school, Grade 7 to Grade 10 and the Senior High School for the next two years, the Grade 11 and Grade 12. There are five (5) learning areas for JHS, four (4) of which are the tool subjects and the fifth one is a cluster of subject areas called Makabayan. The tool subjects are indispensable learning areas and are basic tools to learning on how to further learn. They are as follows: Filipino, English, Science and Technology, and Mathematics. Makabayan is composed of Araling Panlipunan, Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE), Music, Arts, PE and Health (MAPEH) and the Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao (EsP) which provide the students with an appropriate knowledge which will guide them in dealing with themselves, relating and serving others, country and God. For SHS, we are offering the Humanities and Social Sciences (HUMSS) and General Academic Strand (GAS) for the Academic track while Horticulture for the Technical Vocational Livelihood (TVL) Track.

Department of Education’s Vision, Mission, and Core Values Statement

As one of the nation’s leading exponent of 21st century learning, Matulatula High School and all its constituents commit to accord a quality education to every learner in the best way possible.

To do so, the school adheres to the DepEd’s vision to build a strong nation founded upon Filipino learners who passionately love their country and whose skills and values can be utilized to benefit others. It intensifies its commitment of providing quality, equitable, culture-based, and complete basic education by keeping learners abreast of the challenges in the 21st century education. Teachers continuously pursue professional development to cater students’ individual differences in learning styles and intelligences. To prepare students to the competitive and real world of work, the school provides opportunities to actually engage students in the competition in the field of journalism, sports, research and the like. Likewise, teachers are relentless in developing academic excellence in various fields to place them in the pedestal of learning.

The school is constantly introducing innovative ways to develop every learner’s full potential and nurture their sense of righteousness and other virtues that would enable them to meet the end goal of education – to make every learner a worthy member of the society.

Furthermore, the school finds means to be responsible in promoting the right of every individual to learn in a child-friendly, gender-sensitive, safe, and motivating environment where bullying and other possible threats are avoided. Programs and projects related to ensuring students’ safety were properly funded. This small but noble endeavor ensures that learning will be fun and something to always look forward.

Since teaching and learning process is not solely confined between teachers and students and within the four corners of the classroom, we seek the aid of family, community and other stakeholders to respond positively to be partners in the holistic development of every unique individual learners. It is also school’s advocacy to prove that MHS is indeed an institution that C.A.R.E.S. (Cultivates talent, Advocates of Change, Responsible, Environment-friendly, and Service-oriented).

Moreover, the school, through its teachers, manifests the development of the mind and body of the students to strengthen human personality by possessing the true essence of being Maka-Diyos, Maka-tao, Makakalikasan at Makabansa. By equipping our learners with the competencies and leading them to live through these core values as moral and ethical guidelines to set clear directions, we can put our vision and mission into reality.