Dr. Flordeliza Mayari Heads Valenzuela Division of City Schools

by: Vera Paola E. Reyes

Dr. Flordeliza R. Mayari is the new Schools Division Superintendent of Valenzuela City.

Dr. Mayari was the former Superintendent of the Division of Marikina City where she served for about a decade. She replaced Dr. Joel T. San Luis who is now assigned at the Division of Parañaque City.

Dr. Mayari was instrumental in making the Division of Marikina rose to greater heights. It was also in that division were she received various awards and recognitions. She was named “Gawad Lider” awardee for leadership for her groundbreaking efforts to reach the general public and educate them on Science and Technology through her radio segment “Bago ‘Yan, Ah!” over DZMM. She has volunteered her free time to co-host the radio program for the last 11 years which showcases the talents students in investigative Science projects.

Dr. Mayari started as a classroom teacher in 1969 then she climbed the ladder of success by becoming principal, regional Science supervisor all the way up as the assistant chief of Elementary Education Division DECS-NCR, until her present position today.

Her other awards include 2007 outstanding Local Scout Commissioner, 2004 National Award Science Specialist of the Philippine Normal University, 2003 Department of Education Outstanding Public Official, 2003 Presidential Lingkod ng Bayan Awardee. Dr. Mayari also authored Science books from kinder to grade six. She got involved first in “Sineskwela” of ABS-CBN Foundation as editor and imple-mentor of the show before joining the radio program “Bago ‘Yan, Ah!” in 1996.

Apart from all these, she has also been a recipient of various international scholarships and travel grants mostly in South East Asian countries such as Hongkong, China, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore. She also attended the 2007 World Council for Curriculum and Instruction North American Chapter Conference in Massachusetts, USA.