Eight hectares of undulating land in Area E were turned over by the Philippine Housing and Homesite Corporation to the Department of Education for the School site. Witnesses to this historic inauguration were the outgoing Division Superintendent Jose Cruz and the incoming Dr. Felicita G. Bernardino, Bureau of Public Schools Director Clodualdo Leocadio, San Jose Del Monte Municipal officials and some civic leaders.
Originally, the school was to be put up in Area D, but Tata Nano Elfa, the Barangay chairman at the time, objected to this proposal and insisted that this school he advocated for be established in its present site. Like a flickering candle in the dark, the nativity of SPNHS was gladly welcomed by the Sapang Palayans who had an ardent desire for education.
Mr. Jorge Evangelista was the officer-in-charge. When Ms. Borcena was reinstated in 1973, more classrooms were built through the RP-US Bayanihan constructions. But the school buildings couldn't still sufficiently accommodate the growing population. Therefore, classes at UST continued.
As the years passed, the more structures sprouted throughout the campus: a garden house which served as a seed bank, a propagation area and a store room, three learning kiosks for vocational classes and a cosmetology building and an industrial building for laboratory shops.
In the late seventies, SPNHS became a benchmark of beauty for other schools to emulate as gardens bloomed along the asphalted avenue. The street lights and the model Orchard along the school avenue, a few examples of well-thought of projects of Ms. Borcena and her teachers, are an addition to the school's dazzling look.
In 1980, the SPNHS Canteen/Activity Center was constructed. This magnum opus of architect Jose