SINT MAARTEN (HARBOUR VIEW) – The Governor of Sint Maarten, His Excellency drs. E.B. Holiday, announced the Governor’s Youth Awards For Excellence Program today. Governor Holiday considers it important and as a result encourages young people to develop the qualities required to take an active and constructive role in Sint Maarten.
The Governor believes that cultivating an attitude of excellence is instrumental to developing such qualities. The Governor’s Youth Award for Excellence Program has as a result been designed to recognize youths, ages 13 through 19, who have performed above and beyond and excelled in specific fields in our community. The categories for which young persons will be recognized are:
The Governor’s Youth Award for Excellence will be awarded to youths who have attained a level of excellence in the selected fields greater than that achieved by others or whose performance have been so exceptional that these achievements have identified this youth as being clearly outstanding from others.
Selected nominees, their parents and their nominators will be invited to attend the Awards Ceremony. Winners will receive their Youth Award for Excellence at the Award Ceremony during the King’s Day Reception on April 24, 2020.
Starting March 9, 2020, educational institutions, sports organizations, creative industries, environmental organizations, youth organizations, faith-based organizations, service clubs, community organizations or others who know a young person who deserves to be recognized for their outstanding achievements are requested to submit nominations using the nomination forms.
Nominations must contain details and examples with supporting documentation of the achievements and activities of the nominated youth as well as evidence of compliance with eligibility, general and specific criteria established in the award guidelines. Winners are selected based on a recommendation by the evaluation committee. The evaluation committee is comprised of the following multi-disciplinary panel of professionals: Mrs. Oldine Bryson-Pantophlet (Chairperson), Ms. Cassandra Janssen (Secretary), Dr. Rolinda Carter, Mr. Maikel Cornet, Ms. Clara Reyes, Mr. Rueben Thompson and Mrs. Fabiana Vanterpool-Arnell.
Persons and organizations are requested to submit typed nominations electronically via the nomination form no later than 11:59 p.m. on March 31, 2020.
For further details on the nomination process please see the Governor of Sint Maarten website http://www.kabgsxm.com or contact the Cabinet of the Governor of Sint Maarten via email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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. Responses to questions will be provided via the Governor’s website.
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