In 2016, a four-story building rose within the compound of Esteban Abada Elementary School that will soon be the planned Senior High School for the Performing Arts.

But it was not long after that when it responded to the community’s aspiration to have its very own senior high school.

It was Dr. Leila V. Ancheta who was assigned to guide it through its first steps as a new school. By that time, the faculty was composed of 7 senior high school teachers with one section for each strand, HUMSS and ICT.

In 2017, the four-story building in Esteban Abada Elementary School was ready to be occupied. There were 8 sections in Grade 11 who enrolled in different strands: HUMSS A, HUMSS B, ABM A, ABM B, ICT A, ICT B, STEM, and Performing Arts, together with two sections in Grade 12 HUMSS and ICT.

It was Dr. Arliana A. Arboleda who took charge of the school, which was then called Senior High School Within Esteban Abada. During her time, the STEM section was transferred to San Francisco High School as instructed by the QC Schools Division Office. Her administration was later replaced by Ms. Irene SF. Canon.

In 2018, the school received the typology of stand alone and on August 31 of the same year, Lucrecia R. Kasilag celebrated her birth centennial as a National Artist. This was the time that the school was officially named after her.

Lucrecia R. Kasilag Senior High School continued to make reforms under the supervision of Ms. Canon. These reforms included school structures and the improvement of facilities.

With continuous progress in 2019, Esteban Abada Elementary School’s Mathay Hall was officially turned over to Lucrecia R. Kasilag Senior High School by former Superintendent Natividad Bayubay.

The building is currently used by Grade 11 and 12 Performing Arts students. Plans and projects for the school’s total reform were lined up, while Ms. Canon continued to demand excellence from both students and teachers.