Silay South Elementary School

Silay South Elementary School is a public elementary school in the Philippines that it is managed by DepEd. It is nestled on a 30,000 square meter lot along Rizal Street, Silay City. Gabaldon Building dominates the campus with the most number of classrooms housed in one building.
History
It was from the persistent efforts of Don Emilio Gaston, the town president and his vice-president Atty. Roque Hofeliña who donated the 4 hectare lot school site that made possible the organization of Silay South Elementary School.
An academic building- Gabaldon Building was constructed in 1919 consisting of 20 rooms and Home Economics to accommodate 23 teachers handling 60 pupils each from Grade 1 to 4 and 52 pupils per class in the intermediate grades. The school turned out its graduates in 1934.
Disaster
In the later part of 90’s, a strong typhoon swept through the city and totally wrecked the facade of the building. It destroyed its roofing and walls, leaving five classroom devices were soaked and damaged and were no longer usable.
Hence, the five classrooms were reconstructed using concrete materials. Since then, only minor repairs on the building have been made.
Classroom teachers with their homeroom PTA make annual minor repairs on classroom flooring's that have obviously served their purpose through the years.
Present day
In the 80 years since the school was founded, 20 buildings have been added to its 2 original buildings with a constructed covered walk. It has 78 teachers and 3008 pupils.
There are Grade 1-6 that are now covering and appearing this year.
In 2013, Silay South Elementary School won a band contest.

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