Joaquin Groves

A person who I consider completely amazing at this school is Joaquin Groves. He is a very active student in our school community and participates in a variety of school clubs, activities and groups, “One should have an integral balance in order to succeed in life,” he says. Joaquin plays basketball since the 9th grade and was so good at it, he was asked to not only play in the National’s Team, but he was also the youngest player of the school’s Central American team, positions that all the players, from 9th to 12th grade fight for. After this, he played in all the Nationals, all the Central American games, and even went to Mexico to represent the school in the Latin American basketball tournaments. In his career as basketball player at EIS, Joaquin and his teammates have earned numerous awards and trophies, putting the school’s reputation in the very top. Joaquin Groves is also a member of the school’s Model United Nations (MUN) team. He’s been part of this club since it was available to him in the 10th grade. He has attended several of the global MUN meetings that are held around the continent, specifically to one in Virginia and another one in Baltimore. In Virginia, his team received the “Best Delegation” award, the first trophy E.I.S. had received regarding MUN. In Baltimore, Joaquin proved himself and earned the award of “Best Position Paper”, a merit that more than 1,200 students were competing for.Even though he was born in Honduras, Joaquin has lived in many different places around the globe due to his father’s work. Some of these places include Mexico, Guatemala, Cameroon, and Costa Rica, where his ability to adjust and socialize made it easy for him to feel at home in everyone of these places. Due to his enormous amount of traveling, Joaquin has only attended E.I.S. for 5 years. He entered this school in the 8th grade and has already done as much as anyone who has been a lifetime here.
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