Our School History
Sometime in the year 1928 when the Philippines was still under the Commonwealth Government, Gabaldon Building was erected in the heart of the lot owned by the Bureau of Public Schools of Jimalalud, Negros Oriental. The said building was located in the eastern portion, catering the primary grades, the Grades I to IV classes. On the southern portion was the intermediate building made out of mixed materials housing the Grades V to VII classes.
Hovering the campus were two flags, the flags of the United States of America and that of the Philippines. Every Monday was the flag raising ceremony. The National Anthems of the United States of America, the Star Spangled Banner, and the Land of the Morning of the Philippines were sung one after the other respectively as the flags were raised .
Unfortunately however, the entire poblacion was razed to the ground in fire made by the Japanese soldiers during the Second World War. Solid materials were the sole living witnesses of the brutalities and hostilities inflicted on the Filipino people by the Japanese Forces which until then proudly stood firm.
Sometime in the year 1945, the Municipal Government of Jimalalud initiated the putting up of a temporary school rooms which were made of coconut leaves, known locally as salirap to house the elementary grade classes. Successfully, the Bureau of Public Schools then was able to graduate a number of pupils in the year 1946.
Time and again new improvements were introduced gracing the campus with many arrogant and precious remembrances which posed a great challenge to any in-coming administrators to continuously do the same if not maintain the beauty of JIMALALUD CENTRAL SCHOOL (JCS) atmosphere.