Valdez is District IV's 'Makatang Guro'

“BAYANG Pilipinas, ito ang bansa ko. Wikang Filipino, ito ang wika ko!”
There goes the concluding lines of Allan David Valdez, The Beacon adviser and this year’s “Makatang Guro” of District IV hailed during the Pampurok na Paligsahan sa Read-a-thon held at Bakod Bayan Elementary School, recently.
Valdez got the judges’ nod with his pleasant delivery of Pat Villafuete’s 27-stanza poem entitled Pilipinas ang Bayan Ko, though he buckled in remembering four lines of the poem.

‘Pleasant delivery of poem is essential. Though it is a must that the piece should be memorized well, delivery is still vital. Poets need not to be always looking angry throughout the delivery,” Mr. Christopher Francisco, one of the judges said in Filipino during an interview.

Valdez beat seven teacher-contestants and is scheduled to compete in the division level early November where he is to face three “Makatang Guro”.