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- Villamor High School before was Araullo High School, Sta.

Ana Annex which was


located on Jose Syquia St.
- Then by the power of the Municipal Ordinance pushed through by the late Councilor
Angel Linao, the Araullo High School, Sta. Ana Annex became independent as another school on
February 7, 1958 and became Sta. Ana High School.

- On September 26, 1958, through the power of Municipal Resolution No. 536 the Sta.
Ana High School name was changed to Villamor High School in honor of Justice Ignacio Borbon
Villamor, one of the first Filipinos who had established a worldwide feat in implementing laws
and jurisprudence.
- In 1963, twelve (12) night classes were formed to sustain the need of working
students.
- In July, 1970, through the power of Municipal Ordinance No. 6920, night classes for
vocational education were officially approved.
- Sad to say, the Home Economics and Science Vocational Building got burned on 1980
but were rebuilt in 1990 with the help of former Manila Mayor Gemiliano Lopez.
- The former Administration Building, made of wood, built in 1958, was replaced by a
concrete building that has three (3) floors with a deck floor with the help of former Manila
Mayor Alfredo S. Lim.
- The offices of the principal, and the department heads, 20 classrooms, audio-visual
room, property room, conference room and clerical and records offices can be found in the new
Administration Building.
- The Vocational Building was also built consisting of eight (8) classrooms, office of the
TLE department head and the retail store. This building was built with the help of the former
representative of 5th District of Manila, Amado S. Bagatsing and DepEd-DPWH.
- Last July, 2005, the H.E Building was demolished. Soon after, Phase 3 of the
construction of the H.E. building was completed at the end of the school year. This school year,
the library has been modernized and the science laboratory rooms have been improved,
courtesy of the VHS Alumni Foundation. The EMIS Room was converted into a museum while
the former Molave Room was made into a Computer Room. The second phase of the four
storey Home Economics Building commenced and hoped that the building will be finished in the
time for the opening classes in June.
- The First phase of the VHS Annex Building located on San Andres Extension was
finished in 2006, while the rest parts of the building were gradually completed until 2008 but
not totally finished yet.
- After years of the waiting, the much-awaited opening blessing of the newly-built Home
Economics Building was held on March 17, 2008 by Msgr. Bert Espenilla, parish priest of Holy
Family. This was attended by Mayor Alfredo S. Lim of Manila as guest of honor with Mrs. Evelyn
R. Gabuya, VHS Principal, together with the different Department Heads and guests.
- In August 2008, when the Home Economics Building was used by the H.E. Food
Laboratory, holding of two H.E. classes and at the same time home for VHS canteen at the first
floor; other H.E. classes in the second; journalism and H.E. classes in the third and other classes
of the year students in the fourth. One comfort room for each floor can be found and a bridge
in the Administration Building in the East side and a connecting corridor to the TLE Building in
the West at the third floor of the building.

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