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Santo Domingo, January 8, 2020 –<\/b>\u00a0 The Dominican Ministry of Education, through the General Directorate of Community Participation, announced the names of the public schools that won the \u201cMake Your School Beautiful for Christmas\u201d contest.\u00a0 <\/span>This is the first time the Ministry sponsors the contest and, all together, 54 schools participated in the innovative initiative. Ten of the participating schools won first-place honors.<\/p>\n The schools that participated in the contest decorated their facilities with all recyclable materials, such as car tires, bottles, cardboard, shopping bags, plastic bottle caps and school-lunch containers.\u00a0 <\/span>Some schools also used materials found only in their particular regions.<\/p>\n The first-place winners received their prizes for their innovative designs and creativity in the use of the recyclable materials.\u00a0 <\/span>The following schools received top honors: Escuela Adriana Mar\u00eda Guillu, from San Juan Province, in the country\u2019s westernmost region; Escuela Santa B\u00e1ez, from Azua Province, in the southwest region; Escuela B\u00e1sica Domingo Asencio Arias, San Crist\u00f3bal Province, situated on the western edge of Santo Domingo and Parroquial San Jos\u00e9 Obrero, from San Pedro de Macor\u00eds Province, on the country\u2019s eastern region.<\/p>\n Also winners were the Centro Educativo Jos\u00e9 Antonio Guzm\u00e1n, La Vega Province, in the D.R.\u2019s central region; Liceo Dr. Jos\u00e9 Francisco Pe\u00f1a G\u00f3mez, from San Francisco de Macor\u00eds Province, also in the central region; Centro Educativo San Francisco de As\u00eds, Santiago Province and the second largest city in the country; Centro Educativo\u00a0<\/span>Juan Isidro P\u00e9rez, Montecristi; Centro Educativo Nurys Zarzuela Campusano, Bahoruco Province, in the border region area.<\/p>\n Second place winners were Escuela Profesor Gil de Oleo, San Juan Province; Liceo Modalidad de Artes Maestro Bienvenido Bustamante, from San Pedro de Macor\u00eds Province; Centro Educativo Am\u00e9rica Urbino, La Vega Province and the Centro Educativo Los Limones II, from San Francisco de Macor\u00eds Province.<\/p>\n Other schools distinguished with a second place award were the Centro Educativo Juan Antonio Collado, from Santiago; Liceo Le\u00f3nidas Ricardo Rom\u00e1n, from Mao Province, in the country\u2019s northwest region; Centro Educativo Te\u00f3fila Rivas, Montecristi Province, also in the northwest region; the Centro Educativo Madre de Teresa de Calcuta, in Santo Domingo; Escuela Primaria Salom\u00e9 Ure\u00f1a\u00a0Henr\u00edquez, Bahoruco\u00a0Province and the Centro Educativo los Rieles II, from the north coast city of Puerto Plata.<\/p>\n \u00a0Third place winners were also announced: Escuela Emilio Prud’ Homme; Liceo Don Pedro Mir, both from San Pedro de Macor\u00eds Province; Polit\u00e9cnico Andr\u00e9s L\u00f3pez, La Vega Province; Centro Educativo Los Ca\u00f1os, Santo Domingo; Centro Educativo Emilia Concepci\u00f3n, de San Francisco de Macor\u00eds Province. Also, the Centro Educativo Padre Luis Variara, Mao Province; Polit\u00e9cnico Las Am\u00e9ricas, Santo Domingo and the y el Centro Educativo Victoria Pe\u00f1a Duverg\u00e9, Bahoruco Province.<\/p>\n \u00a0 \u00a0The contest kicked off on December 1 and ran until January 13.<\/p>\n The goal of the contest was to encourage Christian values, family values and highlight the Christmas spirit.<\/p>\n Another main objective was to become aware of the environment and learn to use recyclable materials in their decoration projects. 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