Older than the Davao City National High School (DCNHS), Davao Elementary School, later Davao Central Elementary School, was built early in 1905 with a budget of P6,421.58. A year later, it got an a…
Older than the Davao City National High School , Davao Elementary School, later Davao Central Elementary School, was built early in 1905 with a budget of P6,421.58. A year later, it got an added P1,264.15 appropriation but failed to get any in the next two years. On February 3, 1909, the Mindanao Herald reported that the construction of the school continued.
One of the most recognized educators that served the institution was Januario Puruganan. In 1923, due to a lack of materials for the yearly Mother’s Day program, he composed the poem, ‘To Mother,’ which the pupils of teacher Encarcacion Bernardo recited and sang. The following year he wrote ‘We Halt Not Here,’ also a poem, which became the graduation song of Class 1924.
When war broke out, KTMCES became a concentration camp for Japanese internees. Hiroyuki Mizugichi, a student of Davao City High School recruited to the Davao Japanese Vigilante Troop, was one of those who were detained on the premises. In ‘Jungle of No Mercy: Mercy of a Japanese Soldier,’ he detailed what the school looked like during his incarceration:
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