History
Victorino Mapa High School opened its first classes (Manila East High School) as one of the four schools in City of Manila together with Torres High School (Manila South High School) and Arellano High School (Manila North High School) in June 1923.
Mapa Has been under the administration of 14 principals since it was founded in June 1923. The three of these were Americans namely, John Carl, Sarah M. England and James Burns. The first Filipino principal of the School was Indolencio Madamba in 1951. In his term, the Parents-Teachers Association was organized and succession of principals took over, after Madamba retired in May 1956.
Student population of VMHS traditionally come from the district of San Miguel, Quiapo, Sampaloc and Santa Mesa consisting of family homogenous in economic and social standards with a few transferees from provinces.
Discipline, despite of the crowded rooms and economic status of the students, is well-maintained. The students, because of the strict implementation of school policies and the presence of the Supreme Student Government, are generally clean; and good attendance is still expected and even in days of suspension around the vicinity of rallies and mass action.
VMHS once had a biggest student population of 11,481 with a faculty of 488. Victorino Mapa at present boasts of a big and well-equipped auditorium (now know as "Bulwagang Velayo") and a more sprawling gymnasium, an elevator and well-epuipped and updated science laboratories, thus is always the venue for many educational, civic, cultural and social gatherings in the city of Manila.
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