It traced its humble beginning to two rented classrooms at San Pedro Street with only 30 students.

Seeing the necessity of acquiring a permanent school site, Don Francisco Villa-Abrille Lim Juna (林全份), a charter board member, donated a 10,000 square-meter lot, which became the present school site.

Classes were held in the new site in January 1925 with the aim of preserving and propagating Chinese language and culture.

After twenty years of development, three classroom buildings and one dormitory were constructed, with a student population of more than 300.

Another grand project, the Jolly Central Covered Court, was donated by an alumnus, Tony Tan Caktiong.

After the term of Delfin Go, Chua Tun-Chuan and Jesus Uy succeeded one after the other, as the chairmen of the Board.