Demographics and Student profile Initially, when the school was created in 1969; it only had a number of 512 students. Expansion of the school grounds and the urbanization of
Metro Manila helped swell the numbers up to approximately 10,000 by the mid-1980s. Since then, the number of students studying in the school is slowly rising at a steady rate. When the school first implemented the senior high school program during school year 2016-2017, it had a population of 10,638 students. The population of the school is at an increasing rate and is unlikely to decrease in population. As of the school year 2020–2021, there were 11,479 junior high school students and 4,603 senior high school students. The total number of students as a whole numbered about 16,082; this is the total number of students in the main campus alone. For school year 2022-2023 on the other hand, the school had a total of approximately 17,000 students in both junior and senior high school programs in the main campus alone.
Hymn The hymn of Parañaque National High School is called "PNHS Alma Mater", formerly called "PMHS Alma Mater". It was written by Mrs. Marina Flores and composed by Mr. Apolonio Dandan, Jr. This is sung after the singing of the national anthem during the flag ceremony. The lyrics used for the school hymn were slightly modified to reflect the school being nationalized.
Lyrics: I. O', PNHS Alma Mater Thou stand majestic in the verdant plains. With strength and hope, You make us live; With braver hearts, With bigger dreams. II. 𝄆 You make our lives complete. You vanish all our fears. The joys of wisdom, The laughter of youth, All these we'll treasure; All through the years. 𝄇
Events The first day of school is considered as one of the most important days of the school year, and during that day a flag ceremony is held to officially start the school year. This usually takes place at June on a Monday. The first day of school is noted to have shortened class hours as well. Parañaque National High School, like many other public schools here in the Philippines, observes the weekly flag ceremony every Monday of the school year. The flag ceremony is starts a quarter before 6 AM and is usually headed by a department head and after the flag ceremony the school principal makes his announcements at times about important issues or important events that will happen within a school week or school month. At certain occasions students or outsiders may use the opportunity to perform or make announcements in front of the students. The school departments celebrate a month for a particular subject; such as Nutrition Month in July,
Buwan ng Wika ( by the Filipino department) in August, Science Month in September,
United Nations Month in October, English Month in November,
Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao () Month in December, and Mathematics Month in January. Usually a school
mass held at the first Friday of the month at either the school quadrangle or audio-visual room and it is led by the department celebrating that particular month. February is considered as the most special month of the school since it is the month when the school was established and it is also the month of Parañaque Day, a special non-working holiday of the city held every February 13. Foundation week is celebrated at the fourth week of February and Foundation Day is celebrated every February 24. The school, like all public establishments, observes both working and non working holidays even during the middle of the school year. These holidays that are observed are included but not limited to
New Year,
Chinese New Year,
Day of Valor,
Holy Week,
Independence Day,
All Soul's Day, and
Christmas. The school conducts a quarterly evacuation drill twice during the day: one for the morning batch and the other for the afternoon batch. The school's active response team is responsible in maintaining order in conducting the quarterly evacuation drill pursuant to RA no. 10121. Flooding is a perennial issue that the school faces every school year especially that the school is surrounded by a creek. This usually leads to class suspensions for the school. The bridge was elevated and also a box
culvert was installed at different points in time in order to mitigate the effects of flooding in the area. Before the pandemic, the End of School Year (EOSY) rites such as recognition, moving up, and graduation happen usually between late March or early April. The rites usually happen in the school quadrangle; however, in rare instances, the rites may be held outside such as the case of the first batch of K-12 graduates from the school that held their rites in the nearby New Barangay San Dionisio Sports Complex. During the height of the pandemic; the rites for recognition, moving up, and graduation were done online. Face-to-face EOSY rites only returned in 2022, this time at late June. The school joined the annual
Brigada Eskwela () program every May in anticipation of the next school year. The school is sometimes visited by celebrities. Examples included the Hashtags that performed in June 2016 during a report from
Umagang Kay Ganda and Filipino Boy Band
SB19 visited the school as part of the Korean Culture Caravan in August 2019. Because of the notably large school population and location within Metro Manila, news programs from different TV networks and radio stations occasionally visit the school to report and feature notable events in the school.
School organizations The school has multiple school and student organizations dealing with a wide range of disciplines: from both academic and extracurricular activities. The PNHS-Main Supreme Secondary Learner Government (SSLG) is the highest governing student body of the school. This organization is part of the School-Based Committees. It is led by a president and has other officers such as the vice president, secretary, treasurer, auditor, public information officer, peace officer, and batch representatives that represent every grade level. The Supreme Student Government has an adviser and co-advisers that overseer the duties of the officers. The PNHS-Main Campus Integrity Crusaders (PNHS-Main CIC AKAP) is another governing student body in the school, but it is more focused in combatting corruption within school premises. Other School-Based Committees include the PNHS-Teachers Association, PMHS/PNHS General Alumni Association, PNHS-Faculty & Employees Multi-Purpose Cooperative (PNHS FEM COOP), and the General Parents-Teachers Association (GPTA). The school has two school papers, and these papers differ in the language used in writing. The English publication is called
The Spark while its Filipino counterpart is called
Ang Dagitab, which is a literal translation of the name of the English publication. Both publications release print newspapers annually with the help of student funding although recently online news articles are posted in their respective
Facebook pages. The Spark is now under the PNHS-Main Journalism Club. Recently, the school now has a radio broadcasting station that reports in both English and Filipino named
GW Radyo-TV ng PNHS-Main (). Other school organizations that are accredited by the school are the Glee Club, SHS Art Club, Science Club (divided into the Junior High School and Senior High School Branch), PNHS-Main E-Club (English club for junior and senior high school students), PNHS-Main Deutschklub (German language and culture club), PNHS-Main SIKAP (
Samahan ng mga mag-aaral tungo sa Integrasyon ng Kaalaman sa Araling Panlipunan; ; Social Studies club for junior and senior high school students), Speakers Club, PNHS-Main TED-Ed Club, The PNHS Curtain Rhapsody (a theater club), Math Club and
Sinag Sipnayan (; Math club for junior and senior high school students from the STEM Strand respectively), SYBEX Club (an organization for students from the ABM Strand), YES-O (Youth for Environment in Schools' Organization),
Boy Scouts,
Girl Scouts, Senior Scouts, PNHS-Main Wash In School (PNHS-Main WINS, a sanitation organization), and Active Response Team (Student
Paramedic Organization). Students in the school may also join organizations and movements that are not from the school itself. These organizations may range from a religious to a political nature. One such organization is Elevate, an
ecumenical Evangelical Christian organization that is based from
CCF. Another such example is the Youth for Mary and Christ (YMC), a
Marian Catholic organization. ==References==