The IMSHS, officially established on July 26, 1971 as the GSIS Village High School. High School, formerly called the GSIS Village High School (commonly known as GSISVHS). The alumni and students of the IMSHS are nicknamed the Ismaelians, also popularly addressed as the IMSHSians or Mathayans. Likewise, the graduates from the former GSIS Village High School are now dubbed the Ismaelians. They were
formerly called the Villagers and Pioneers. The Ismael Mathay, Sr. High School is centrally located along Branches Extension in Sangandaan, a prominent district in Quezon City, former capital of the Republic of the Philippines. The former GSIS Village High School was established on July 26, 1971 at the exclusive compound of the modern village market on Grants Street in the village, originally known as GSIS Village, Project 8 - an upper middle class residential subdivision. From its humble beginnings, the GSISVHS moved to Branches Extension when the village market turned into ashes in 1976. The former Quezon City mayor, Ismael Mathay, Jr. (1992-2001) contributed in the transformation of the GSISVHS. During his incumbency, the GSIS Village High School was renamed after his late father, statesman and lawyer Ismael Mathay Sr., who was Commissioner of Budget and Finance for the War Cabinet (1944-45) and later as Secretary of the Budget during the U.S. Commonwealth of the Philippines. The former Secretary of the Budget then served as auditor of the Central Bank of the Philippines and retired from office on May 12, 1964. Subsequently, he held positions as auditor general, board director, and general manager of the National Marketing Corporation. In addition, the IMSHS-Annex in nearby Bahay Toro district is now an independent school and renamed Pugad Lawin High School on June 21, 1998 as part of the Centennial Freedom Trail. The Pugad Lawin High School took its name from the historic Pugad Lawin, location of the Filipino martyrs’ dramatic fight against the brutal 400-year Spanish colonialism at the final chapter of the Philippine Revolution. Today, the Ismael Mathay, Sr. High School is a prime public secondary school in the Philippines and currently headed by Dr. Jenilyn Rose B. Corpuz, Ed. D., Principal IV. The Incumbent Principal
Dr. Jenilyn Rose B. Corpuz holds a doctorate degree in Home Economics. An outstanding mentor, she has earned various awards and recognitions for her extraordinary performance in teaching and school management. An active practitioner of the Theory of Constraints for Education (TOCfE) in the Philippines, she has initiated and facilitated school-based seminars and trainings for teachers and students mainly concentrated on creative thinking and conflict management. Dr. Corpuz is an official facilitator of the National Level Conferences of Philippine Association of Home Economics for State Colleges and Universities, also an active member of the Division Team for School-Based Management Training for school administrators. Likewise, she has presented a research on the integration of TOCfE tools in selected Technology and Livelihood Education components during the 8th International TOCfE Conference in Seattle, Washington, USA on August 11-14, 2005 as member of the Philippine delegation that also included Mrs. Corazon D. Santiago (Ret.), NCR Director; Dr.Levita V. Ramos, Principal of the New Era High School; and Dr. Elvira D. Dumlao, Principal of the Manuel L. Quezon Elementary School. In addition, she was a featured speaker at the 14th International Conference on Thinking held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on June 22-26, 2009. Dr. Corpuz is an active member and currently officer of the Quezon City Principals and Supervisors Association. She was principal of both Culiat High School Main campus and Culiat High School-Pasong Tamo Annex in Quezon City prior to her appointment as Principal IV of the IMSHS in 2006. http://gsisvhsaa.tripod.com/
