About Us

The Journey Begins...

From modest beginnings, E. Rodriguez Jr. High School has risen and continued to stand out as an institution of learning, synonymous with academic excellence and discipline.Born out of clamor for a public secondary school in La Loma District of Quezon City, La Loma Annex of Quezon City High School was created on July 2, 1952. Pioneered by six teachers, namely, Ms. Aurora Taguba, Mrs. Purificacion Zamora, Ms. Lolita Castañeda, Ms. Zenaida Saludares and Mr. Nathan Santos, with Juanita Santos-Reyes as head teacher-in-charge, the school organized the first batch of 138 first year students comprising four sections, who were housed in an old rented building located at Ipo Street.

From 138, enrolment increased to 355 and faculty to 15 in 1953-1954. In order to accommodate five first year and three second year sections, a six-room building on the D. Tuazon side of La Loma Elementary School was constructed. Later on, a Home Economics Building and Vocational Room were also added to the existing structure.

The annex had its first batch of 88 graduates in 1956.Toward the end of 1957-1958, the annex was granted independence as Quezon City High School - La Loma Annex with Mrs. Juanita S. Reyes as its first principal. It was during the school year 1958-1959 that the school paper “The Heights” came into being.

On October 2, 1960, by virtue of Resolution No. 4139 passed by the Quezon City Council, the La Loma High School was renamed E. Rodriguez Jr. High School in recognition of the tremendous contributions made by the late Congressman Eulogio Rodriguez Jr. to the development of Quezon City.

The mission to deliver basic educational services paved the way for the expansion of the school. In 1960 – 1961 another building was rented at the corner of Isarog and Maria Clara Streets to be later known as Maria Clara Annex, which housed first and second year students. Another building, the Retiro Annex, was also occupied for sometime by second year students.

In 1963-1964, with the conversion of one of the public market buildings into a school along Mayon Avenue, ERJHS realized its vision of having a site of its own. Moreover, the Balingasa and San Jose Annexes were created as a response to the increasing population before they became independent schools.

The school produced heroes in the persons of Scout Roberto C. Castor and Scout Oscar Magan Alcaraz.Castor was one the 24 Filipino Boy Scout delegates to the 11^th World Jamboree in Marathon, Greece in July 1963. They never made it to Greece however, because their plane crashed over Bombay Ocean enroute to the jamboree site. Castor’s monument is seen as one among the twenty four monuments found at the Quezon City Rotunda of Timog and Morato Avenues. One of the streets at the Roxas District of Quezon City was also named after him.

Scout Alcaraz on the other hand made a heroic deed when he saved the life of adult Scout Asst. Camp Director Tim Amper at the La Mesa Dam Water Reservation Site during a tree-planting activity in May 1970. Alcaraz lost his life but saved the adult Scout from drowning.

The late President Ferdinand Marcos awarded him a Posthumous Presidential Medal of Merit, the highest award for heroism in the country. He also ordered the remains of Alcaraz to be transferred from the Manila North Cemetery to the Libingan ng mga Bayani, the first and only Boy Scout laid to rest in the prestigious cemetery.

The Quezon City Council also passed a resolution renaming Morong Street to Scout Oscar Alcaraz Street in honor and memory of the hero.