Congratulations MUN
Congratulations to the 23 6th, 7th, and 8th graders who participated in the Global Classrooms DC Winter Training Conference at the Pan American Health Organization on Friday, March 6. Students discussed the Outbreak of Infectious Diseases and The Political and Health Crisis in the 1962 West New Guinea Dispute. Deal students were leaders in both committees and received numerous compliments on their skills from chairs, topic experts, other teachers, and conference staff! This is such a great conference and is exciting because it’s in a UN Building.
Congratulations to the students who earned awards:
In the New Guinea Historic Crisis committee:
Honorable—Zeren Brannon
Outstanding—Alex Elton-Melzi and Evelyn O’Horr-Flaherty
In the WHO Committee (with a total of 67 delegations!)
Verbal: Cambodia 2–Hannah and Iris Dodson-Green
Honorable Mention: Haiti: Stella Johnson and Sasha Habyarimana
Best Delegate: Cuba: Alma DiRuggiero and Jojo Whitelaw
