The Principal part 1

Mario Maestrado Guy, the principal of New Generation International School is a very energetic and sportive person. Unlike other educators who seemed to be nerd looking, his kind is the opposite. He earned his black belt in Wonwha-do martial arts during his college days. At present, he is a cycling enthusiast. He is not just an ordinary cyclist but an organizer and President of a cycling club... By the way, He is also a swimmer, he spent time swimming and teaching scientific approach of the sport. He shares Bruce lee's philosophy that a person should be like water which can adapt any given situation. Recently, he is into mountain climbing, he firmly believes that education and training is not limited only for intellectual enhancement but for physical development as well, as the saying goes....healthy mind goes with a healthy body.

He was born in Ginggoog City in November 15, 1964. His father is half chinese but both grand parents from his father's side are full blooded chinese from Amoy City in China. His grandparents migrated to Philippines to explore a better economic opportunity and upon their arrival in the country, they started trading coffee and copra.

Mr. Guy could never forget a story once told by his father that during the war her grandma took his father in haste out of the crib to hide from the coming Japapese army, but later realized that what she brought instead was a pillow while the baby was left in a crib.

Mr. Guy became the OIC-Principal of NGIS in June 1, 2008 he was the second principal in the history of NGIS.

In his college days, he joined as a volunteer social worker, teaching college students and out of school youths about the Divine Principle, He was active by then organizing Collegiate Association For the Research of Principle (CARP). It was during those period where he started learning martial arts that leads him to actively teach the art and its philosophy among his students.

He graduated in accountancy in 1985 in liceo de Cagayan University.

He became the Head of Research and Development Section of Ideal World Corporation and later was given the position as the Chief Finance Officer (CFO) in the same company owing to his profession as accounting graduate.

Though he has no background as educator in an elementary school, he was able to adjust easily in the many challenging situations inside the campus.

His little difficulty is more on curriculum planning and management, which is overseeing teachers accomplished their task in accordance with school curriculum (program)... and implementing documents required such as permits, periodic reports to Department of Education, and other legal documents for a school to operate.

Supervising teachers is not that difficult since most of them are obedient. For parents, there are some minor difficulty especially with parents whose children are still in NKP (Nursery, kinder, preparatory). Parents are over concern about their children that they sometimes get so involved and resulted to frictions with teachers. Children that don’t do well in their family in terms of cooperating in household chores do better in school, so parents learn from teachers how to handle children better.

But on higher grader, most parent give complete trust and confidence with their teachers in handling their children.

He had more difficulty with high school students, where sometimes students fight over jealousy. He had to deal with the growing children in their puberty age, their experience of attraction to opposite sex that Love triangle sometimes exist that results to anxiety among peers, teachers and even parents.

To be continued....