Visiting An Old Elementary School in Manticao, The Manticao Central School

@angelann15 · 2025-08-19 10:41 · Worldmappin

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All of us has many different childhood memories specially in Schools and this kind of remarkable situations cannot be easily forgotten. I decided to visit my old School here in Manticao, the Manticao Central School my Alma Mater. This place is where I studied during my Elementary days and there are lots of childhood memories happens here. As years passing by, most of the primeses are now renovated but some parts of it are still remain its images. Manticao Central School is located in the Municipality of Manticao, one of the most popular Public school in the Municipality. Even my Grandma was also studied here so it will expected an known as the oldest School here in the Town. It is quite far from the National road but near from Public plaza just few meters away. This School is also known as District School were different school activities happens here just like Intramurals or Palarong Pambansa. Upon intering the Site, this large and huge wall is the Main gate of the School decorated with names on it made with steel so it can easily seen and read by the pass goers. The walls are well painted with colorful paints and installed with solar lights to make it shine during at night.

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Inside of the place is the wide and plain School playground, Different activities like Soccer, baseball and even Dance competition always done in here. The Ground is covered with grasses and it is surrounded with structures old and new. Those structures are the classrooms and new built Two storey building for Junior and Senior Highschool. There is also a small structure were tall flag pole placed surrounded with concretes particularly chairs and floors. Parking lots are also built near at the School ground and huge School Gymnasium.

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This unique School stage is built near at the School Gymnasium, it helps to all children to avoid intense heat or wet when there is a heavy rain during flag ceremony and the Gym is made of solid concrete painted with different colors of paint to make it very attractive. At the back of this structures are the Classrooms of Third level and lots of big trees like mahogany planted in here many years already to make the place cool because of its shades.

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This two building was once a laboratory during our time, but now it was already used into a classrooms. Near of the structure ia the colorful landscapes made of solid concrete designed with line markings with ornamental plants inside. It is near at the Main Gate that is why it can easily find and locates this classrooms.

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This Series of classroom are the First and Second Level, Manticao Central School also holds a historical stories about the Place. During the Second World War, Japanese Take a camp here in school for a few weeks but this place is not well renovated and only few classrooms still conatructed. Aside of that, this two buildings was once built with knetted coconut leaves on walls and rooftops just as my Grandparents told. But during our time, the structures are renovated changing into a concrete walls with metals on the top near at the ceiling.

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This is one of the oldest corridor here in the School and this is still the exact images of structures the time when I studied here. On the other other side of the place is also the landscapes and few ornamental plants planted. The slowly renovated the buildings until today to have a newlook but some of it are remains on each images because of its historical stories.

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This small space here is the School park were lots of tall trees planted. The park is very cool and relaxing because of its shady areas and aside of that a perfect place to do rest. Every summer season, lots of dry leaves falls to the ground, it is surrounded with concrete walls and classrooms and a concrete pathways going to the main gate. This place really missed and because of its historical stories, there are also lots of people visited here and see the historical place in actual. Thank you for visiting my post, have a safe travel everyone.

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