Brittany Kubicko’15
EE Senior Features Editor
Our school has many successes under our belt. Clubs such as Mock Trial and Academic Decathlon have earned recognition and gained spots in national competitions, and the Marching Band has, for years, traveled across the United States to compete at the national level, bring home trophies.
Another club that has won many awards and achieved greatness is the Model UN team. Over spring break, the team finished their competition season with an incredible performance at Dartmouth College. Trumbull High School left the competition with six awards, plus compliments from the staff at the conference.
If you are unaware of Model UN, it is a club at Trumbull High that is run like the actual United Nations in New York City.
“The students represent different countries, and they solve problems through diplomacy,” says Mrs. Boland, advisor of Model UN. She also mentions how the members in the club, around 45 of them, enjoy being in the club and solving these important problems with their countries.
Model UN has attended many conferences this year, and at each conference it gets better and better. At conferences such as the UConn Model UN Conference in November, the Fairfield University Conference in November, and the Yale University Model UN Conference in January, the team has brought home prestigious honors, such as Best Delegate and Outstanding Delegate. This past competition was no different. As mentioned before, six awards were presented to delegates attending Trumbull High School.
The Best Delegate Award and Gavel was awarded to Augie Haam (’13) for his work as the Minister of Reunification in the South Korean Cabinet crisis committee.
Christopher LoBosco (’13) received the Outstanding Delegate Award for his work as South Korea in the United Nations Security Council.
The award for Best Position Paper went to Jeffrey Netting (’13) for his work as Israel in the Committee on the Status of Women.
Both Brandon Capece (’13) and Evan LeClair (’13) received the Honorable Mention Award. Brandon received it for his work as the National Security Advisor in the Council of Persia historical crisis committee and Evan got it for his work as the Minister of Energy in the Chinese Politburo crisis committee.
Finally, Kunal Jhaveri (’14) accepted the Verbal Accommodation award for his work as Sweden in the UN Human Rights Council.
Mrs. Boland enjoyed this Dartmouth conference greatly. She mentions that the students enjoy going to this conference greatly, and that going to a conference at an Ivy League school is “amazing.”
This conference especially is high up there, and it is an honor for Trumbull High students to be attending this great conference at a high-status school. Boland is also “very happy” about the outcome of this competition because it shows that the club keeps growing and growing as the years go on.
In Model UN this year, there are “a lot of graduating seniors,” Mrs. Boland says. She hopes that Model UN, as a club, is able to grow as much as it has, and she hopes that the current freshmen and sophomores in the club can become better and better to achieve great awards. Students have fun with Model UN and the conferences that they go to, and Boland does not want that to ever change.
If you are interested in seeing what Model UN is all about, the Trumbull High Model UN team is hosting their 3rd Annual Trumbull Model United Nations Invitational on May 18th at Trumbull High School. 8-10 schools, including the Trumbull High team, are participating in the conference, and any student at THS who is interested in joining Model UN is encouraged to attend.
Right now, the Model UN club successfully on top of the world, and nothing can change that.