BACKGROUND

          In accordance with Section 58 of the Republic Act no 926 as shown in the surge done in June 4-5, 1913 and approved on July 17, 1913, the school had a total land area of 9.809 square meters through donations from Mariano Adel, Toribio Lacsa, Calixto Zaballero, Fernando Llagas, Sorio Jader, Sofia Sacristia, Emiliano Jabrica, Jeremias Lavarres, Florencio Reyes, Simplicio Capistrano, and Claudio.

The Thomasites

The Thomasites came to Tayabas Province and organized classes in 1902.The early principals were Americans and among the Filipino principals were Francisco N. Baltazar, who was the first graduate of the school who held such a position, and Pacencia A. Daleon who was the first woman-principal.

  The first Filipino Teachers

In the 1902-1935, the teachers were mostly Americans and five graduates of Tayabas High School who graduated from the University of the Philippines whose areas of concentration were English, Agriculture, Reading, Grammar, Geography, and Mathematics. Currently, there are 347 Filipino teachers in QNHS (1999 figures).

Curriculum Description

Fifty (50) enrollees, who met difficulties in the use of English at the start of 1902, was organized in a convent of Lucena by Aubrey Boyle as principal. It was in 1912 that principal Henry H. Balch, decided to use a nipa building at the north of Saint Ferdinand parish church a building near the market.

In June 1906, the building was destroyed by a typhoon that the provincial government relocated the school at the Southwestem~part of Lucena. It became the first high school in the province of Tayabas (now Quezon).

Education centered on general course, trade course, and courses in housekeeping and household arts. Household Arts had twenty‑three (23) girls who were then placed in the first, second, third, and fourth year respectively. Sewing, crocheting, and cooking were added to reading, grammar, and arithmetic.

The Trade school in 1910 had twenty-four (24) boys who studied Manual Trading, Mechanical drawing, freehand drawing and had reading grammar and arithmetic as well. Athletics for boys were baseball and, track and field while girls enjoyed tennis, indoor baseball and basketball.  

Students took time in improving their literary crafts by joining the Rizal and Oriental Literary and Debating Societies. Endowed with talents and skills, they became staffers of the school paper... The COCONUT.

The Coconut, the four-page tabloid served to enhance the name of the school in 1928 which was issued twice with Filemon O. Juntareal Jr. as Editor-in-Chief. The magazine was published as the graduation issue. Gabriel Tuazon was the first Pilipino co-adviser and later in 1944, Rosario Atienza became the first Pilipino Adviser.

In 1948, Maria Delicia T. Unson became the adviser under whose administration the Coconut gained multitude of awards landing the paper is the third best in the country. Succeeding advisers of the school paper like Marcelito Morong Sr., Venmar Ruanto and Evangeline Nerpio continued the feat as they secured a position for the Coconut as one of the best in the country. At present, Nerpio (Class '61) is again at the helm of the most prestigious school organ in the city.

The present school program that Quezon National High School adopts includes Science, Mathematics, Social Studies, Filipino, Values Education, English, Physical Education, Health and Music, Technology and Home Economics as requirements in every curricular year.  

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