Belen Jesuit Preparatory School

Key Club Wins at DCON

Teresa Martinez | Director of Communications
The 87th Annual DCON was held from April 24 to 27 at the Ocean Center Convention Center in Daytona Beach, FL. DCON, or District Education and Leadership Conference, is a 4-day event filled with leadership, education, service, and connection among more than 1,000 Key Clubbers from across the Florida District. Fourteen members of the Belen Jesuit Key Club took part in the conference ( Yunier "Tatico" Martinez, Jonathan Fuentes, Kamden Walters, Michael Karakadze, Roberto Alonso, Jayden McFarlane, Simon Hincapie, Marcelo Koch, Albero Sosa III, Alejandro Munoz, Cesar Aguado, Daniel Orta, Joshua Duran and Luca Toledo). 

The Belen delegation had a strong showing, showing how our students are working in the community and becoming excellent service leaders. The board, led by members of the junior class, worked diligently to keep records of everyone's progress and ensured that we were present whenever service was needed throughout the school year.

In all, the Belen Key Club delegation won 42 awards. The breakdown is as follows:

In the individual awards: 
  • Tatico Martinez = Distinguished Club Vice-President Award
  • Milo Figueroa = Distinguished Club Secretary Award
  • Cesar Aguado = Distinguished Editor Award
  • Alejandro Uno Munoz = Distinguished Treasurer Award
  • Simon Hincapie = Distinguished 11th Grade Class Director Award
  • Andres Lopez -Gottardi = Distinguished 10th Grade Class Director Award
  • Fernando Mendoza = Distinguished 9th Grade Class Director Award
  • Alberto Sosa III = Robert F. Lucas Outstanding Lt. Governor International Distinction Award
  • Thirteen of our members received the Distinguished Club Member Award  (Yunier "Tatico" Martinez, Milo Figueroa, Roberto Alonso, Alejandro Munoz, Simon Hincapie, Cesar Aguado, Andres Lopez Gottardi, Alberto Sosa III, Jonathan Fuentes, Nicholas Guede, Daniel Orta, Fernando Mendoza, and Michael Karakadze) with 1,836 Key Club Hours calculated with just their hours.
  • Thirteen of the members received the governor's project member award (Yunier "Tatico" Martinez, Matthew Vila, Cesar Aguado, Alejandro Munoz, Roberto Alonso, Milo Figueroa, Alberto Sosa III, Jonathan Fuentes, Simon Hincapie, Nicholas Guede, Daniel Orta, Andres Lopez-Gottardi, Fernando Mendoza) with over 450 Key Club combined hours in the Governor's project.
  • Alberto Sosa III = was appointed to Financial Chair for the FL District.
In the Club Awards: 
  • The early bird patch award
  • The Governor's Project Banner Patch Award
  • The 100% Monthly Report Submission Award 
  • 2nd Place in the Club Project Display Board
  • Tatico's Warm Hugs received Third Place in the Single Service Award 
  • Tatico's Warm Hugs also received Third Place in the Signature Service Project Award
“I am so excited and proud of our boys, and most of all, I am so pleased to say that our boys are making a difference in the community,” said Club Moderator Rosa Prieto. “It has been a fantastic experience, and I am proud to say that our Key Club is leaving its mark on our community.”
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BELEN JESUIT PREPARATORY SCHOOL
500 SW 127th Avenue, Miami, FL 33184
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Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was founded in 1854 in Havana, Cuba by Queen Isabel II of Spain.  The task of educating students was assigned to the priests and brothers of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits), whose teaching tradition is synonymous with academic excellence and spiritual discipline.  In 1961, the new political regime of Cuba confiscated the School property and expelled the Jesuit faculty.  The School was re-established in Miami the same year, and over the next decade, continued to grow.  Today, Belen Jesuit sits on a 30-acre site in western Dade County, only minutes away from downtown Miami.