REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOCOS SUR
STA. LUCIA DISTRICT

BULICLIC
Monday,
July 11, 2022
ELEMENTARY Issue
#01

SCHOOL:
Remembering its History!

The humble beginnings of Buliclic

Elementary School were the start of the
new learning environment for the
residents of Buliclic, Sta. Lucia, Ilocos
Sur. Before the name of the school was
Buliclic Primary School. It is one of the
17 schools of Sta. Lucia District. Located
at the eastern part of Sta. Lucia, Ilocos Sur
with a distance of 9 kilometers away from
the town proper.

Buliclic Primary School was founded

in the year 1969 with the help and efforts
of barangay and school officials of the
said barangay. It is also called an interior
place because most of the residents there
was called Bago or indigenous people.
The Bago tribal group is a product of
The Marcos Type Building at Buliclic Elementary School build in the year 1970. This building caters the grade 1 -3
intermarriage between the Ilocanos of the learners.
lowlands and different indigenous cultural
communities of the Cordillera. They They built classrooms made of cogon grasses and bamboo. The people had no capacity
settled between the mountain ranges of to build a concrete building. The school faced so many challenges aside from the
Ilocos and the boarders of the Ilocos improvised classrooms. Before the school become an elementary, it was one of the multi-
Provinces, La Union, and Pangasinan. grade schools in the district. This was not only challenging to the teachers but also for the
learners.
During the early days, there was no
school in the barangay. The learners had
The school was made to a complete primary with two combination classes and two
to study at Palali and Nagtablaan
teachers. But now it is already renamed to Buliclic Elementary School, this was under
Elementary Schools adjacent to the
Deped Order No. 40, s. 2014 or also known as Establishment, Merging, Conversion and
barangay. Because of the distance the
Naming/Renaming of Public Schools and Separation of Public School Annexes in Basic
children were doing hiking every day just
Education and of course because of its increasing enrollment. It caters Kinder to Grade 6
to attend their classes. At some point, the
and have 7 nationally funded teachers.
parents asked the barangay officials to
open a school in the community. With
Today, Buliclic Elementary School continue its reputation for academic excellence,
their approval, the people of the barangay
being child friendly, culture friendly and following all the basic standards under the
decided to buy a parcel of land which is
Department of Education because doing our best in BES is the best.
about 1,500 sq. meters for them to use for
a school site.
 REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES
Department of Education
Region I
SCHOOLS DIVISION OF ILOCOS SUR
STA. LUCIA DISTRICT