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HISTORY OF PINTONG BUKAWE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Because of educational demand, it was then during the “American Friendship Day” on July 1975 in Brgy. Pintong Bukawe San Mateo, Rizal where Pintong Bukawe Primary School was constructed. It was constructed through the help of Mr. Bernardo Laceste who donated a ½ hectare of land area and other stakeholders of the locality. The wall of the school is made up of sawali and the ceiling is made up of bamboo tree. Mrs.Daluso was the first teacher who handled the Grade I up to the Grade IV class with 70 pupils enrolled. It was then Mr. Jose San Miguel as the School Principal of San Mateo Elementary School and Ms. Diaz as the School Supervisor who appointed her. On the other hand, Hon. Mayor Nemisio Roxas, donated a blackboards, tables, chairs, chalks and other school materials to use. The appointed PTA President was Claudio Laceste Sr. , Bernardo J. Laceste as treasurer, Teofilo Bonilla as Secretary and Oscar Banggi as the adviser.

On 1976, Pintong Bukawe Primary School has been transferred to a plain land formation. Since then the enrollment was getting bigger. Came a newly hired teacher named Mrs. Vilma Montajes and the appointed PTA President was Mr. Teofilo Bonilla. In 1993 , Mrs. Daluso migrated outside the country due to her own personal purpose. That is why Ms. Cynthia Tajaran was appointed as the new Grade I and Grade II teacher and Mrs. Vilma Montajes as the Grade III and IV teacher and Mr. Angelito S. Dasalla as the School Principal of the institution and Mrs. Vergara as the District Supervisor of San Mateo district.

In 1994 to 1997, the location of the school had been obstructed with undesirable odor because of the garbage in the landfill area nearby the school. The teachers got sick as well as the other pupils too. Upon hearing the news, the Division Monitoring Official Mrs. San Antonio planned to transfer temporarily the teachers to Sapinit Elementary School, Brgy. Sapinit , Antipolo City. Unfortunately, the Brgy. Captain Danilo C. Laceste Sr. did not allowed the said plan to happen so he provided a temporary venue for the pupils and the teachers which happen to be the current geographical location now of the school. For some personal reasons, Mrs. Vilma Montajes transferred to Sapinit Elementary School while Ms. Cynthia Tajaran stayed alone and teaches Grades I to Grade IV pupils. Because of the insufficient number of teachers, the district supervisor appointed Ms. Wilma G. Arellano as the new School Principal of Pintong Bukawe Primary School.

It was then on June 1998, Mr. Gelacio donated a 1 hectar land area to the school through the initiative of the acting brgy. Captain Mr. Danilo C. Laceste and some individuals like Mr. Sadi Inamarga the land caretaker of Mr. Gelacio, Mr. Teofilo Bonilla, Mr. Bernardo C. Laceste, and Berto Dariano, the whole school populace transferred to the newly constructed 1 storey MMDA Building with 6 classrooms. The school opened for another two grade levels, Grade V and Grade VI were in Mrs. Charita C. Jalaman and Mrs. Violeta A. Bautista as the newly appointed teachers. Since then, Pintong Bukawe Primary School was change to Pintong Bukawe Elementary School upon completion of the grade levels. From then on, the number of enrollment increases so as the teachers too. Thus, Ms. Marilyn F. Ailes, Mr. Aaron C. Cabello and Mr. William C. Cabello were appointed as new teachers again and Ms. Wilma G. Arellano as Principal of the School.

While the number of pupils and teachers increases, the institutional school heads also change. It was Ms. Wilma G. Arellano spearheaded the school from 1997- 2005. Followed by Ms. Cleta Fetalvero on 2005-2008 with 6 teachers, Next is Mr. Noel C. Martin from 2008-2011 with 8 teachers, Mrs. Elvira A. Tapel with 10 teachers from 2011-2012, Mrs. Maricel Bagang from 2013- 2014 with 12 teachers, Mr. Marlon S. Marquez from 2014-2016 with 14 teachers and 566 number of enrollment and Dr. Vivian D. De Lemos from September 2016 up to present with 554 pupils.