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Domínico Americano School recognizes its outstanding students

With great joy and satisfaction, we close the 2024–2025 school year with an honors ceremony for our students who demonstrated academic excellence throughout the year. From 1st to 11th grade, each student received recognition for their dedication, effort, and commitment to learning.

The ceremonies were filled with emotional moments, applause, and immense pride as we witnessed how our educational community continues to grow and achieve important milestones.

We congratulate all the students and encourage them to keep working enthusiastically to continue building a bright future.

Our Cougars Win Second Place in the GBC Inter-school Volleyball Cup

We enthusiastically celebrate the conclusion of the GBC Inter-school Volleyball Cup, an exciting tournament held at the Domínico Americano School Complex, the official venue for this year’s event.

Our Cougars showed commitment, discipline, and sportsmanship in every match, proudly achieving 2nd place in the competition.

We thank the GBC team for trusting our institution as host and for promoting spaces where sports, healthy competition, and personal growth take center stage.

Congratulations to our players for their effort and dedication! You make us proud and honor the values of our community.

We closed the school year with the traditional Summer Bash

At Domínico Americano School, we celebrated the end of the school year with our highly anticipated Summer Bash 2025—an event filled with joy, fun, and loads of Cougar spirit.

Students, teachers, and staff enjoyed a day packed with games, great music, burgers, pizza, ice cream, and most of all, countless smiles. It was the perfect occasion to come together, unwind, and say goodbye to a year full of achievements, learning, and growth.

Positive energy filled every corner, proving once again that our school community knows how to create lasting memories.

We’re grateful to the organizing team, our dedicated teachers, and our beloved students for making this day an unforgettable finale. We’re proud to wrap up the year with so much excitement and togetherness.

See you next school year!

The Domínico Americano Holds Its 2025 General Ordinary Assembly of Associates

Last Tuesday, June 17, 2025, the Instituto Cultural Dominico Americano held its General Ordinary Assembly of Associates, a space for dialogue and accountability in which the institutional advances of the year 2024 were presented and new members of the Board of Directors were elected for the period 2025–2027.

The activity was presided over by Mrs. Darys Estrella, president of the Board of Directors, who offered opening remarks highlighting the impact of initiatives developed during the past year and reaffirming the commitment to responsible leadership that guides the mission of Dominico Americano.

During the day, Eng. Ramón Sosa, Executive Director, presented the institutional management report; Mr. Frank Abate, Treasurer, shared financial information based on audited statements; and Mrs. Hilda Patricia Polanco, Secretary of Council, conducted the voting process and validation for the new board composition.

The Executive Committee Board that begins its functions with immediate effect is composed of:

Darys Estrella – President
Lucy Threan de Lamarche – Vice President
Hilda Patricia Polanco – Secretary
Francisco J. Abate Franjul – Treasurer
Darío Lama Reyes – Vice Secretary
Robert Valdez – Vice Treasurer

Additionally forming part are:
Francisco J. Abreu Vitetta, Bassa Isaac Castañeda, Enrique A. Fernández Malla, Marielle Garrido, Jeffrey Johnson, Mari Carmen Orizondo, Leonardo Santoni, Arthur Valdez

We thank all associates who participated actively in this assembly, contributing to strengthening our institution’s mission to promote cultural exchange between the Dominican Republic and the United States.

U.S. Embassy and the Domínico Americano lead Working Group for the Advancement of English in the Dominican Republic

The United States Embassy in Santo Domingo, in collaboration with the Instituto Cultural Domínico Americano (ICDA), held the Working Group for the Advancement of English, a space for inter-institutional dialogue and collaboration focused on strengthening English language teaching in the Dominican Republic.

During this event, held at the ICDA’s main campus, representatives from the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (MESCyT), universities, research centers, and partner organizations gathered to share initiatives, establish strategic alliances, and outline joint action plans among key stakeholders in the Dominican and U.S. education sectors.

One of the main announcements of the meeting was the availability of funding from the United States Embassy for the development of collaborative English teaching projects, aimed at institutions that promote access to and quality in English language learning.

Additionally, a new joint initiative was presented between the Dominican Institute for Educational Quality Evaluation and Research (IDEICE) and the Domínico Americano University (UNICDA), aimed at analyzing the current state of English in the country, with the goal of generating evidence-based recommendations to influence public policies and training programs.

Through its support of this working group, the Domínico Americano reaffirms its commitment to promoting English as a key tool for academic, professional, and global integration, strengthening its role as a bridge between both nations in the field of education.