Model UN Club
CM's Model UN club is moderated by history teacher Vincent Bradley. The Model United Nations program for secondary schools is designed to help students develop creative problem solving skills, improve interpersonal communications, and master complex materials. Attending tournaments and conferences over the course of the year, students work together within strict parameters and time limits to represent an assigned nation's interests.
CM’s Model United Nations second season started off on Saturday with a big bang.
CM traveled to the Saint John's Shrewsbury Novice Tournament to begin it its 2011 2012 campaign.
With many new comers to the Model United Nations team, this was a great start for the year.
Two new member's joined the fray this weekend as Joseph Toscano '13, and Ryan Reid '13 participated in their first conference.
Many current topic's were debated in the various conferences at St. Johns, including electoral violence, solving obesity in the world today, the delicate topic of nuclear arms, and even a Historical NATO conference.
The Model United Nations Team saw the return of a few seasoned veterans with Gus Erikson '13, Dennis Muldoon '12, Daniel Shulman '14, and Ryan Walsh '13 participating in the conference.
Quoting Gus Erikson, current Model UN President,
"I feel like its going to be a good year, [last year] we were still putting everything together. But now I feel we have a chance to really shine. We have a great bunch of kids returning to the team this year, and some extremely promising delegates have joined as well. From what I can tell, we have a group of smart talented kids who want to win... and will."
The CM Model UN Team is excitedly preparing for their next conference at Clark University on December 3rd.
MUN Team Weekly Schedule
The Model United Nations team currently meets every Wednesday after school in Room 8.
2011-2012 Conference Schedule
First Semester:
Sat, Oct 12, 2011 - St. John's High School
Sat, Dec 3, 2011 - Clark University
Sat, Dec 10, 2011 - St. John's Prep
Second Semester:
Sat, March 3, 2012 - BC High School
Fri, March 30 - April 1, 2012 - Dartmouth College
Sat, April 28, 2012 - Sandwich High School
Catholic Memorial Model United Nations Delegate Awards:
Ron Claude:
Outstanding Delegate, BC High 2011
Outstanding Delegate, Sandwich HS 2011
Honorable Delegate, Clark University 2011
Gus Erikson:
Outstanding Delegate, St. John's Prep 2010
Outstanding Delegate, St. John's Prep 2011
Aiden Joyce:
Outstanding Delegate, Concord Academy 2011
Ryan Lepore:
Honorable Delegate, St. John's Prep 2011
Dan Shulman:
Outstanding Delegate, Sandwich HS 2011
Ryan Walsh:
Honorable Delegate, Clark University 2011
Model United Nations Conference Research Links
Catholic Memorial MUN Team in the News:
Delegate Gustav Erikson In Local Paper
Moderator: Mr. Bradley
President: Gustav Erikson
Vice-President: Ryan Walsh
Chief Content Officer: Kevin Gill
Social Council Head: Daniel Shulman
If Team members need to contact the MUN Team President, please email him at CMmodun@yahoo.com