CTL students attend Model UN Conference
These students at the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb attended the Model United Nations Conference at the University of Southern Maine. Pictured from left are, back row: Kate Friant of Boothbay Harbor, Payton Sullivan of Brunswick, Nicholas Miaoulis of Newcastle, and Parker Elkins of Edgecomb; middle row: Sophia Stafford of Alna, Charlotte Collins of Woolwich, Claire Dauge-Roth of Bath, Teagan Guenther of Bath, Wallace Jackson of Woolwich, Teddy Matel of Round Pond, and Noah Jordan of Alna; front row: Elizabeth DiGiulian of Boothbay Harbor, Amelia Genus of Edgecomb, Noelle Timberlake of Southport, Helena Solorzano of Alna, Xander Bartone of Bath, Emily Sanborn of Alna, and Nathaniel Sinibaldi of Phippsburg. Courtesy of CTL
These students at the Center for Teaching and Learning in Edgecomb attended the Model United Nations Conference at the University of Southern Maine. Pictured from left are, back row: Kate Friant of Boothbay Harbor, Payton Sullivan of Brunswick, Nicholas Miaoulis of Newcastle, and Parker Elkins of Edgecomb; middle row: Sophia Stafford of Alna, Charlotte Collins of Woolwich, Claire Dauge-Roth of Bath, Teagan Guenther of Bath, Wallace Jackson of Woolwich, Teddy Matel of Round Pond, and Noah Jordan of Alna; front row: Elizabeth DiGiulian of Boothbay Harbor, Amelia Genus of Edgecomb, Noelle Timberlake of Southport, Helena Solorzano of Alna, Xander Bartone of Bath, Emily Sanborn of Alna, and Nathaniel Sinibaldi of Phippsburg. Courtesy of CTL
The seventh and eighth grade class of Edgecomb’s Center for Teaching and Learning spent three days at the University of Southern Maine, as participants in Maine’s Model United Nations Conference (MeMUNC). The students represented the countries of Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cape Verde, Comoros, El Salvador, Italy, and Nepal. They served in the General Assembly, Security Council, European Union, or African Union and participated in the deliberations of the UN Special Session on Women and Girls and the UN Population Fund.
CTL students started preparing for MeMUNC in January, as part of the school’s current events program. They worked with Graham Parker, a USM student, and their history teacher, Nancie Atwell.
They learned UN rules of procedure, practiced debating and negotiating, conducted research about their assigned countries, and prepared position papers about their countries’ stances on a range of issues. Those issues included the ethics of free and fair trade, small arms trade and trafficking, African democratization, the civil war in Syria, reproductive rights, green jobs and youth empowerment.
Almost 950 students attended this year’s MeMUNC. CTL’s seventh and eighth graders were the first middle schoolers to take part; this is their second year of participation in this invaluable opportunity to act as global citizens, hone their debate and negotiation skills, and gain insight into what it takes to achieve consensus, make progress, and drive political and social change.
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