Regional Science High School for Region 2

Regional Science High School is located at Camp Samal, Arcon, Tumauini, Isabela. It is among the top performing schools in the Cagayan Valley Region. Its present principal is Sir Peter A. Batarao. Past principals include Sir Inocencio T. Balag, Dr. Fabio M. Macalling, Jr. and Ma'am Nelia Z. Angoluan. Regional Science High School has a curriculum that specializes in science and mathematics.HistoryRegional Science High School was established during the School Year 1994-1995 by virtue of the Department of Education, Culture and Sports Order No. 69, series 1993 "to provide for a more intensive and advanced secondary education program with special reference to science". RSHS - Ilocos, Cagayan Valley, Central Luzon, Bicol and Cordillera were among the 11 RSHSs instituted during that year.The RSHS for this region was originally initiated by Mr. Tomas A. Ratum, the former regional director of the DECS . The then chief of the Secondary Education Division for Region 2, Mr. Francisco P. Taccad, proposed that the Tumauini National High School be the mother school of the would-be RSHS. There were many places to choose from before, like Naguilian, Isabela and Tuguegarao City, Cagayan. When the petition was granted in the National Office, Mr. Taccad went straight to the Office of the Municipal Mayor then, Hon. Ricardo M. Angobung. When everything was set, the construction of the school began.The institution expected about 210 students for that school year, 1994–95, with 6 sections, that will house 35 students per section. But since it was only an infant then, RSHS didn’t get the targeted population. Only 79 students enrolled, most of them came from Tumauini. Many traveled all the way from Cagayan to Tumauini just to be able to be listed as the first omnipotent batch of the RSHS Cagayan Valley.