Eastern Samar National Comprehensive High School
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Eastern Samar National Comprehensive High School (ESNCHS) is located in
Borongan Borongan, officially the City of Borongan (Waray-waray language, Waray: ''Siyudad han Borongan''; ), is a Cities of the Philippines#Legal classification, component city and capital of the Provinces of the Philippines, province of Eastern Sam ...
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Eastern Samar Eastern Samar ( Waray-Waray: ''Sinirangan Samar''; ), officially the Province of Eastern Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Borongan, which is the most populous. Eastern Samar ...
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. Formerly named Borongan National
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, Eastern Samar National Comprehensive High School was shortly established after the issuance of Republic Act No. 4221 in 1965, which divided the old province of Samar into three provinces:
Western Samar Samar, officially the Province of Samar (; ), or also known as Western Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is the city of Catbalogan while Calbayog is the most populous city in the provin ...
(now simply known as Samar), Eastern Samar and
Northern Samar Northern Samar (; ), officially the Province of Northern Samar, is a province in the Philippines located in the Eastern Visayas region. Its capital is Catarman, the most populous town in the province and is located at the northern portion of ...
." ESNCHS is the largest high school in Eastern Samar in terms of both population and school area size. It is also considered the flagship high school of Eastern Samar.


Campus

One of the most notable features of the high school is its oval, the school park, the gymnasium, the DOST laboratory, the
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, and the administration building.


Organizations

Among the most notable organizations within ESNCHS are: *ESNCHS Rondalla – It enjoyed championships in the whole
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Region and represented it a couple of times in the National Music Competitions for Young Artists (NAMCYA) Finals held in the
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. *ESNCHS Ensemble – It was able to send many competitors to the NAMCYA Finals in Manila getting spots in 3rd Place and the semi-finals. *ESNCHS Speakers' Guild – Recently revived last 2006, the ESNCHS Speakers’ Guild once enjoyed a 10-year undefeated feat in the Provincial Choral Speech Championships from 1991 - 2000. The Guild disbanded a few months after winning the title. It won the title once again last year after its recent revival. *ESNCHS
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Corps – One of the clubs which ESNCHS is much known for. Enjoyed a 9-year dominance in the Provincial Drum and Lyre Corps Championships from 1994 - 2002. The ESNCHS DLC disbanded around early 2003 and was revived last 2007. Last year, it won again the said title after its revival. *ESNCHS
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– Established 2006, its members and trainers were from many different clubs of the high school who worked together in competing for the First Rizal National Festival of Excellence Music Theatre Competition. It had to win the District, Provincial, Regional and the Island Group (
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) championships for it to be able to join the National Finals held at the GSIS Theatre in
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. The group was among the finalists and landed 4th place. *ESNCHS Shuttlers (
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team) – Established 2004, it immediately was able to send participants to the Eastern Visayas Regional Athletic Association Finals. Last 2007, it clinched for the first time the overall championship in the said games winning 4 of 5 slots, giving the chance to represent the region in the
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(National Games) in
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. *ESNCHS SSLG - The ESNCHS SSLG is the
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that represents all students, promotes their welfare, organizes school activities, fosters leadership, encourages active participation, and bridges communication between students and administration. *ESNCHS The Courier - The ESNCHS The Courier is the school's English publication. It reports on events, shares opinions, and promotes student journalism, creativity, critical thinking, and community engagement within the school. *ESNCHS Ang Sinag - The ESNCHS Ang Sinag is the school's Filipino-language publication, reporting on events, sharing opinions, and promoting student journalism, cultural pride, and community engagement through writing in the Filipino language.


References

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