[1] This is an “Act Establishing the Philippine Science High School – Lanao del Norte Campus and Appropriating Funds Therefore”.

It was stipulated in the MOA that the Provincial Government will Lanao del Norte Campus formally opened on July 1, 1998, housed temporarily at Maranding Central Elementary School in Maranding, Lala, Lanao del Norte.

The administration was composed of five faculty members — Jose Marlon A. Caumeran Richard B. Jumawan, Dulce Corazon Kenady, Franklin L. Salisid and Teodulo Miranda — and three administrative staff — Lucia Cielito A. Gillamac, Gerard M. Santos, and Elena C. Pasahingue-Marmes.

On October 29, 1998, Prof. Ciriaco M. Gillera, Ph.D. of MSU-IIT, was appointed campus director on secondment status.

The Provincial Government of Lanao del Norte was able to release 2.3 million to cover Personal Services (PS) and Maintenance and Other Operating Expenses for July–December 1998.

With the increasing number of scholars, faculty and staff, there was a need for more classrooms and spaces for science laboratories, dormitories and other instruction facilities.

The provincial government let the school use the second floor, Main Stadium Building at Mindanao Civic Center, Tubod as temporary site from April 2001 to March 2007 while the construction of Academic and Dormitory Building in Nangka, Balo-i was in progress.

Since Academic Building I is up to concrete works and roofing only, temporary walls and partitions are installed using coconut lumber and plywood.

The mosque which was in front of the Academic Building was removed through negotiations with municipal officials and imams.

[2] The Mindanao Civic Center in Tubod, Lanao del Norte was the temporary site for this campus.

On the opposite side of the gym were the sections III-Lithium, IV-Proton, II-Kamia, III-Sodium and IV-Electron.

This was changed amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, requiring only grades from the previous school year and an essay, although this has been reverted to the original way of admission.

A scholar who earns a general weighted average of at least 1.50 at the end of each quarter is included in an honor roll known as the "Director's List".

The SCS hosts the Leagues, in which scholars are grouped into four (patterned from the Houses of Hogwarts, Harry Potter).

The League names progressed into Red Dragons, Yellow Flares, Blue Fawkes, and Green Gryphons.