Gusa Regional Science High School

Students who belong to upper 10% of the Grade 6 graduating class, recommended by their respective principals are qualified to take the entrance exam.

To acquire an entrance examination form, examinees should have:

• A final grade of 85% in English, Science and Mathematics
• A final grade of 83% in all other learning areas, and
• A weighted average of at least 85%.

Students should maintain a grade of 85 for major subjects and 83 in minor subjects. If a student fails to meet this requirement, he or she would be put under probation for the following year. If the student still fails to meet the requirements he or she will be due to disqualification, hence, he or she is to transfer to another school by the end of the school year.

Grade 10 or Junior High School completers that will take up the Science and Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) strand in Senior High School shall take up the pre-registration and Senior High School Admission Test (SHSAT).

Requirements for Senior High admission are as follows:

• Senior High School Admission Test (SHSAT) results
• Certificate of Junior High School or Grade 10 completion
• National Career Assessment Examination (NCAE) results
• A final grade of at least 85% in all subject areas, and
• A weighted average of at at least 85%.

Gusa Regional Science High School uses the universal language, English, as a prerequisite on communication. English is used by the school personnel and the students inside the campus premises, excluding on their Filipino and Spanish time. The Filipino Language is also used, as an enhancement in learning more about the national language. The school has an elective Spanish subject, for the Grades 9 and 10.

The school is following the new curriculum by the Department of Education, the Enhanced K to 12 Curriculum, as of the school year 2012-2013 and Curricula of English, Science and Mathematics is enriched by additional subjects and electives prescribed in DepEd Order no. 49, s. 2003. [4]

A number of six (6) classes for each year level. Minimum of thirty (30) and a maximum of forty (40) students per class for better instruction and improved laboratory work. Managed by School Principal in coordination with DepEd Regional and Division Offices.

Four (4) grading periods Numerical and Letter-grade system of grading and in multiples of one Final grade of 85% in English, Science and Mathematics and a final grade of 83% in all other learning areas, without grades lower than 80% in all subjects.

To develop morally upright, competent, and research-oriented citizens through standard-based performance with the support of the community.

A regional center of excellence in science and technology, math, and research education that develops productive and value laden members of the society who are equipped with 21st century skills.

The Supreme Student Government (SSG) is the foremost co-curricular organization and the highest student representation that is mandated to organize pertinent programs in the interest of the studentry.

Under the 2014-2015 SSG administration (Yap, J.S., Mutiangpili, R.F., Santos, C.M., et al.), sub-committees were created. These include the creation of the Central Information System (CIS), a centralized system in information dissemination that ensures reliability and fast track sharing of threads. Also established the Council of Class Presidents (COCP) for the vision that decision making procedure is not just for the SSG officers alone but also for the class presidents and even for the commoners as well through break out sessions and year level group participation. The Committee on Transparency (COT) that guards the collection and secures the auditing procedure was also created. The Desk on Rights and Welfare (DRAW) that defends the helpless and invite volunteers advocating for peace was also introduced. Adding lastly is the launching of Convergence of Clubs and Departments (ConCluDe). Each committees were assigned to the SSG officers depending on their position.

Gusa Regional Science High School - X is recently known as the journalism hub of the Division of Cagayan de Oro City for having numerous achievements in campus journalism contests. Since then, the school sends participants in the Regional and National Campus Journalism Competitions.

This year (2016), the institution recently won as the Overall Champion in the 2016 Cagayan de Oro Division Schools Press Conference, garnering its sixth (6th) consecutive overall championship (since 2011) in the said journalism event.

In 2016, 7 campus journalists from Gusa Regional Science High School - X won 3rd place in Collaborative Desktop Publishing - Filipino in the 2016 National Schools Press Conference held in Koronadal City, South Cotabato on February 22–26, 2016 (the school's most recent win in the NSPC). The school also sent 40 campus journalists to the recent Regional Schools Press Conference in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon where 22 of them proceeds to the 2017 National Schools Press Conference in Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur.

Nudo Veritas is the official English student publication of Gusa Regional Science High School - X with the motto "The Power to Write is the Power to Achieve". The publication is awarded as the Best School Paper in the Division of Cagayan de Oro City and in Region X over the past years, until now. Recently the publication was recently awarded as the Best School Paper in the 2016 Regional Schools Press Conference in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon.

Ang Sinagtala, the counterpart of Nudo Veritas, is the official Filipino student publication of Gusa Regional Science High School - X with the motto "Ang Bakas ng Karanasan, Ang Tanda ng Kaalaman". The publication is also an award-winning paper and recently garnered awards having the best pages. It was also recently awarded as the Best School Paper in the 2015 Division Schools Press Conference in the Division of Cagayan de Oro City, and the Best School Paper in the 2015 Regional Schools Press Conference in Region X - Northern Mindanao.