Saint Andrew’s Hosts 2nd Annual SA Model United Nations Conference

On Sunday, October 12, 154 Upper School students from Saint Andrew's School, Boca Raton High School, and Palmer Trinity School gathered on campus in the Dr. Albert C. Cohen Center for Entrepreneurial Studies, Henderson Hall, and Charles and Hagerty Hall, to participate in the 2nd Annual Saint Andrew's Model UN Conference. Organized and run by the Saint Andrew's Model United Nations Team, participants explored various historical and current world issues and devised solutions through discussion, negotiation, and debate. 

The SAMUN II Conference consisted of seven different committees that student delegates could serve on. Students simulated roles as delegates on two General Assembly committees. One focused on the role of Artificial Intelligence in Global Health Care, while the other focused on UN peacekeeping operations and the protection of cultural heritage sites. Individual student delegates represented the likes of India, Russia, Ghana, China, Turkey, Brazil, the United Kingdom, Canada, Thailand, and many more. 

There were also two "crisis" committees- one historical and one futuristic. In the historical crisis committee, delegates assumed the roles of Athenian and Spartan historical figures and attempted to negotiate and solve "The Peace of Nicias, 421 B.C." The futuristic crisis committee focused on the topic of Cold War II- 2040 A.D.:, Battle for Antarctica," in which delegates assumed roles of various current and likely future politicians, negotiating claims for the newly discovered valuable resources in Antarctica. Lastly, student delegates served on an emergency Ad Hoc committee that addressed a new and deadly global pandemic: "The Black Dawn Virus." In addition to our delegates' roles, numerous SA MUN Team Members served in the prestigious Committee Chairs roles for both General Assemblies, Crisis, and Ad Hoc Committees. 

The Saint Andrew's Model UN team performed impressively, as many resolutions, treaties, and solutions were created. For many students, this was their first in-person MUN Conference. Overall, all the SA Model United Nations Conference participants did amazing! And an extra special congratulations goes to Elan Beker '28, Dylan Bender '27, Jordan Jaffe '27, Caroline Martin '27, Daniel Pal '27, Jonas Peisger '27, Alyssa Santiago '27, and Jayden Shaw '27, for winning individual awards in their committees! Congrats to all our Saint Andrew's MUN Conference participants, and thank you to the entire SA Community for your support of Saint Andrew's Model United Nations! 

2nd Annual Saint Andrew's Model UN Conference- Saint Andrew's Participants:

• Aayush Ahuja '28
• Daniel Alam '26 - Chair, General Assembly
• Sarah Aliperta '28
• Christian Araneo '28
• Emma Bachrodt '26 - Chair, Crisis: Cold War II
• Elan Beker '28 - Best Delegate Award- Crisis: Athens
• Dylan Bender '27 - Best Delegate Award- Crisis: Cold War II
• Sienna Besner '27
• Giselle Bland '27
• Lucas Bland '29
• Emmanuel Bravo '28
• Ashley Canelon '26 - Executive Chair, General Assembly
• Phoenix Cao '29
• Adrian Cirillo '28
• Payton Cohen '27
• Carmela Coleman '27
• Annabel Condon '29
• Piper Cook '27
• Kiley Dahl '27 - Chair, Ad Hoc
• Ainara De La Torre' 26- Chair, General Assembly
• Jordana Delgado '28
• Ella DiNapoli '27
• Bradley DiPaolo '27 - Chair, Crisis: Cold War II
• Carter Duggan '29
• Michael Dutton '27
• Charlee Eisenberg '27
• Zoe Ellis '26 - Chair, Press Corps
• Char Errico '28 - Executive Chair, Ad Hoc
• Jack Feldman '28
• Warren Feng '28
• Jordan Friesel '29
• Brianna Goggins '26 - Chair, Crisis: Athens
• Alexa Gomez '27
• Cailyn Gray '27
• Jayde Greenberg '28
• Sabrina Greenberg '26 - Chair, Crisis: Cold War II
• Ana Munoz Gregori '28
• Iris Hua '27
• Jordan Jaffe '27 - Outstanding Delegate Award: GA 3
• Blake Kornhaber '26 - Executive Chair, Crisis Committees
• Remi Kornhaber '29
• Diego Lombana '27
• Valentina Macias '27
• Caroline Martin '27 - Best Delegate Award- Crisis: Sparta
• Quinn Morse '26 - Chair, Crisis: Sparta
• Mark Nieter '28
• Sofia Olson '26
• Clara Orlandi '29
• Olivia Orlandi '26
• Daniel Pal '27 - Outstanding Delegate Award- Crisis: Sparta
• Jonas Peisger '27 - Best Delegate Award- GA 3
• Olivia Peskin '26 - SAMUN II Conference Chair & Chief of Staff
• Luisa Graciani Reis '26 - Chair, General Assembly
• Charlotte Rowling '28
• Alyssa Santiago' 27- Best Delegate Award- GA 4
• Al Seymour '28
• Izzy Shapiro '27
• Jordan Shapiro '29
• Jayden Shaw '27 - Best Delegate Award- Ad Hoc
• Veronica Sher '29
• Jordyn Smoke '29
• Mia Sobel '27
• Mia Song '27
• Daniel Stoica '26 - Chair, Crisis: Cold War II
• Isa Sturari '27
• Leyla Warren '27
• Nina White '27
• Austin Wright '28
• Alice Yuan '26