Both JHS and SHS offer Open High School Program to expand access to basic education.

[2] The first teachers were three Thomasites, namely Miss Ella King Vogel, Mr. James A. Fairchild and Mrs. Lillie Turner.

The province had to financially support the high school as prescribed by the Philippine Commission Act of March 7, 1902 (Alzona, 1932, p. 228).

Construction began in July 1905, was finished by February 1, 1906, inaugurated by March, and was occupied at the beginning of the school year in June 1906.

Fernando, Baltazar, and Ochoa graduated in Medicine while Bernardo will get a bachelor of arts and will eventually become UP's chief librarian.

That was the banner news of the Plaridel community newspaper two months after the start of classes at Bulacan High School in 1912.

In the Plaridel newspaper, Romualdo Vijandre expressed the side of the students and their reasonable response to the decision of the Bureau of Education: “Huwag sabihing ang ganito’y pag-aaksaya ng panahon at gugol, pagka’t ang mga pusong nagtatanggol ng matuwid at katapatan, ay talagang naglalaan ‘di lamang dugo kung ‘di sampu ng buhay.” (Don't say that this is a waste of time and effort, because the hearts that defend what is right and honest, can sacrifice not only blood but also their very lives.)

Statements about the strike reflect the courage and reason of BHS students on issues related to education and social justice.

Whoever is awarded this receives a financial reward, medical benefits, free hospitalization, a monthly pension and the full honor of burying their lips in the Tomb of the Heroes.

Like the entire nation, BHS and its students were not spared of the violence brought by the Japanese occupation during the Second World War.

Below is an extract from the recollections of Reynaldo P. Enriquez of the Class of 1942 who honored his classmates who gave their lives for the country during the war.Good times always seem so short.

Claro Carpio, frail-looking during high school, was among the early members of the guerilla movement in his hometown of Bulacan.

The name change sought to instill in the minds of the youth of Bulacan the life and contributions of del Pilar.

Pagsinta'y laging nag-aalab Sa puso at bait sagisag, Ang mahal naming Marcelo H. del Pilar.

The Republic and Ang Malaya are the official English and Filipino publication of Marcelo H. del Pilar National High School, respectively.