Secretaries General Alex Brunner and Fatima Shahbaz, McLean High School 12th graders, and Sungmin Kang, 11th grade, at the Opening Ceremony.
McLean — McLean High School Model United Nations held its second conference, McMUNC, on Oct. 21 -22. Thirty-two area schools attended with more than 600 students participating.
The Secretariat was made up of Secretaries General Alex Brunner and Fatima Shahbaz, Chief of Staff Tashi Gyatso, Director of Crisis Camille Richter, and Directors of Technology Siddarth Shankar and Sungmin Kang. All were pleased with the conference and proud of the club's work in putting it together.
Langley High School took home the Best Large Delegation Award, Thomas Jefferson High School won Outstanding Large School, while Loudon High School won Best Small Delegation and Falls Church High School won Outstanding Small Delegation. Longfellow Middle School won Best Middle School.
In a Model UN conference, each student plays the role of a specific world leader in a scenario the students develop, and the judges, who in this conference were students from the Model UN teams at Georgetown University, The College of William and Mary, and University of Virginia students, evaluate the students’ performance during the weekend competition. The guest speaker was Glenn Kessler from the Washington Post, who is the "fact checker" for political statements - the guy who Trump/Clinton referred to during a debate. Glenn evaluates their statements for truthfulness and awards 1-4 "Pinocchios" based on the veracity of the statement.
McLean High School Model UN team just took home the "Outstanding Large School" award at the University of Virginia VAMUN conference held Nov 18-20. http://vamun.org/