LMS Model UN Competes at NYC Conference

Lawrence Middle School (LMS) Model United Nations Club recently competed in the 8th Annual Middle School Model U.N. Conference held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.

The club competed with over 80 schools from the United States, Canada, Cayman Islands, Ecuador, Ghana, Italy, Panama, Taiwan, Turkey, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Taiwan.

Members of the Model UN Club represented countries of Canada and Georgia in several UN committees such as the General Assembly, World Health Organization, and UNICEF and had great success in public speaking, debating, negotiating, and writing resolutions to help tackle many global issues facing our world today.

Club members Mohin Chanpura and Rohan Pahwa took home Honorable Mention for Best Delegation representing Georgia on the Global Arms Treaty agenda in the General Assembly.

Club members include Anjali Agarwal, Eshika Agarwal, Sameer Agrawal, Aanchal Aich, Kiran Aiyar, Madalyn Brummel, Mohin Chanpura, Abby Cohen, Cassandra Coyle, Ritesh Dash, Hayley Davis, Gwyneth Lavery, Thomas Lavery, Sanjay Mahadevan, Olivia Maurer, Aadil Mufti, Rithvik Nair, Rohan Pahwa, Sonny Palmisano, Shreya Patil, Kinsey Ratzman, Casey Ryu, Sophie Slutzky, and Olivia Waaben.

LMS Social Studies teacher Dan Christel is the club advisor.