The History of Bayorbor NHS
Bayorbor National High School was founded in 1970 upon the initiative of the late Quintin Magpantay and Eduardo Reyes. This institution was an answer to a long-felt need of the community as well as the municipality of Mataasnakahoy. During the infant years, the school had merited the appreciation and support of the parents, students and benevolent persons because of good quality education, experienced competent faculty members and administrators, its efficient and sound methods of instructions, its deep interest in training the individual to become upright patriotic Filipino citizens.
For twenty three (23) years, the school has been squatting in the Bayorbor Elementary School site. In 1987, Mrs. Minda S. Castillo, a secondary head teacher was designated and promoted to the position hence marked the beginning of her long aspiration to have a school site of its own. Since then the teaching staff, PTCA, Barangay Officials and student worked hard to solicit funds for the purchased amounting to Three Hundred Thousand Pesos (PHP 300, 000.00), surveyed and titled in the name of the school. Working out further for the school improvement, Mrs. Minda S. Castillo was able to acquire one package of SEDP building and one classroom building in School Year 1993-1994.
The History of Brgy. Bayorbor
HISTORY AND CULTURAL LIFE OF THE BARRIO OF
BAYORBOR
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* PART ONE: HISTORY *
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1. Present Official Name of the Barrio
Bayorbor is the present official name of the barrio. It was the name given to it since its establishment.
2. Popular name of the barrio present and past, derivations and meanings of this names. Names of sitios included within the territorial jurisdiction of the barrio.
Since this barrio came to existence, the popular name given to it was Bayorbor. It has no derivation whatsoever. It was the whim of the old settlers to call it so.
As a barrio, it has three different sitios [known] as Mahabang Parang, Munting Sulok and Tangkaban. Tangkaban and Mahabang Parang are well-populated.
[Editor's Note: From the antique book “Vocabulario de la Lengua Tagala” or Vocabulary of the Tagalog Language, the word “bayudbod” or “bayorbor” in old Tagalog is defined as “buhaghag” or loose, particularly in reference to the soil.]
The History of Municipality of Mataasnakahoy
Mataasnakahoy, officially the Municipality of Mataasnakahoy (Tagalog: Bayan ng Mataasnakahoy), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Batangas, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 30,621 people. It has 16 barangays and its total land area is 22.10 square kilometers (8.53 sq mi). It is bounded by Balete and Lipa City with Taal Lake on its western edge. The town is known for its cool climate due to its high elevation of 379 meters (1,243 ft).Although the town's name is written as one word, it comes from the Tagalog phrase mataás na kahoy, which means "tall tree."It is explained in a May 1953 documented written by a commission composed of the town's schoolteachers. According to them, the name "mataas na kahoy" dates from 1862, when the Capitan Municipal of Lipa first decided to establishment the settlement in that particular place as a barrio of Lipa. The head of the settlement recalled a tall tree - literally "mataas na kahoy" - which was in their settlement, and named the new barrio after it.
