Victorino Mapa High School

Victorino Mapa High School
Facade showing the name of the School
Location
300 San Rafael St. San Miguel, Manila Philippines
Coordinates	14°35′52″N 120°59′32″E / 14.597905°N 120.992108°E / 14.597905; 120.992108
Information
Type	Public with Special Science
Motto	Soar High Mapa High, Excellence Forever
Established	1923
Principal	Mr. John Butch P. Locara
Grades	7 to 12
Number of students	approx. 8,000
Medium of language	English, Filipino
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Blue, White
Nickname	VMHS, Mapa
Newspaper	The Mapazette, Ang Gabay and Ang Likha
Affiliations	Division of City Schools-Manila
Hymn	"V.Mapa High School Hymn"

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Victorino Mapa High School (Filipino: Mataas na Paaralang Victorino Mapa) (formerly Manila East High School), situated in San Miguel, Manila, is one of the oldest public high schools in the city. It has produced a list of successful graduates in various fields since its foundation in 1923.

Along with Manila Science High School, Ramon Magsaysay High School, Manuel Roxas High School, Arellano (Manila North) High School, and Araullo High School, Victorino Mapa offers rigorous Special Science courses to selected top students. The institution is considered as one of the top schools in Manila in terms of its performance in achievement tests and competitions. In 2007, VMHS was named one of the cleanest schools in Manila.

Victorino Mapa High School opened its first classes (Manila East High School) as one of the four schools in City of Manila together with Torres High School (Manila South High School) and Arellano (Manila North) High School in June 1923.

The school has been under the administration of principals since it was founded in June 1923. The three of these were Americans namely, John Carl, Sarah M. England and James Burns. The first Filipino principal was Indalecio Madamba, installed in 1951. In his term, the Parents-Teachers Association was organized and succession of principals took over, after Madamba retired in May 1956.

Student population of VMHS traditionally come from the district of San Miguel, Quiapo, Sampaloc and Santa Mesa consisting of family homogenous in economic and social standards with a few transferees from provinces.

The school once had a biggest student population of 11,481 with a faculty of 488. Victorino Mapa at present boasts of a big and well-equipped auditorium (now known as "Bulwagang Velayo") and a more sprawling gymnasium, an elevator and well-equipped and updated science laboratories, thus is always the venue for many educational, civic, cultural and social gatherings in the city of Manila.