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known as the "Mei Hua." The tiny pink flower blooms in the coldest winter. The colder the weather, the more the beautiful its bloom. This rare quality symbolizes nobility and the strength of the character, as well as courage and persistence. Hence, it was chosen as the school emblem for the same
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at San Pedro Street with only 30 students. Seeing the necessity of acquiring a permanent school site, Don
Francisco Villa-Abrille Lim Juna (林全份), a charter board member, donated a 10,000 square-meter lot, which became the present school site. The first building was a one-storey wooden structure.
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The Davao Chong Hua High School, formerly known as the Davao
Central High School and Davao Chinese High School, was founded on June 3, 1924. It traced its humble beginning to two rented
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