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With the selection of ten meritorious Dominican students or students of Dominican origin living in Spain, both for their grades and for their civic behaviour, and two honourable mentions to students for their efforts to excel, the Embassy of the Dominican Republic <\/strong>is culminating the twelfth edition of the School Merit Awards 2022.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n After studying the more than seventy nominations received and after an arduous selection process, the jury was chaired by Juan Fern\u00e1ndez,<\/strong> Dominican psychiatrist, and composed of Jeannette Alfau,<\/strong> Dominican lawyer; Thelma Kundhart, <\/strong>Dominican dentist; Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez,<\/strong> Spanish, director of CEPI Tetu\u00e1n, and Pablo G\u00f3mez Tavira,<\/strong> Spanish, head of the cabinet of the Ministry of Education, Universities, Science and Spokesperson of Madrid.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The twelve young laureates were selected: Fernando Linares Tavarez,<\/strong> 11 years old, resident of Valladolid; Joel Reyes Mercado,<\/strong> 17 years old, resident of Madrid; Mari\u00e9n S\u00e1nchez M\u00e9ndez,<\/strong> 12 years old, resident of Madrid; Carmen Luc\u00eda Acosta,<\/strong> 12 years old, resident of Madrid; Lisbel Francisco Salcedo,<\/strong> 15 years old, resident of Madrid; Rodrigo Gonz\u00e1lez Abreu,<\/strong> 11, resident of Ourense; Noelia L\u00f3pez Rivera,<\/strong> 15, resident of Seville; Daiana Zulueta Sierra,<\/strong> 12, resident of Seville; Emmanuel Acevedo Valdez,<\/strong> 11, resident of Madrid; and Emily Gal\u00e1n M\u00e9ndez,<\/strong> 18, resident of Madrid. Honourable mentions went to Charlene B\u00e1ez Matos,<\/strong> resident in Madrid, and Estrella Bl\u00e1zquez Taveras,<\/strong> resident in Zaragoza. In the photo: Ra\u00fal Jim\u00e9nez, Gleirys Cruz,<\/strong> Counsellor in charge of the Embassy’s Education Section; Thelma Kundhart <\/strong>and Juan Fern\u00e1ndez,<\/strong> on the day of the selection of the winners of the XII School Merit Award.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The presentation of medals to the winners will take place today, 22 July, in a ceremony led by Ambassador Juan Bol\u00edvar D\u00edaz.<\/strong> Ten of the award winners will receive a laptop computer, as well as a cultural trip to Santo Domingo, sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, where they will meet President Luis Abinader Corona<\/strong> and visit the main Dominican institutions, museums and cultural centres.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" With the selection of ten Dominican students, the Dominican Embassy is culminating the twelfth edition of the School Merit Awards 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55396,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"jnews_post_split":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[178,176],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77365","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture-art","category-leisure"],"yoast_head":"\n