Columbia Falls students do well at Model UN
The students who participated in Model UN show off their respective countries. In the front row, from left, are Paeden Matson, Brayden Crawford and Finley Sundberg. In the second row are Emma Cooley, Reed Sandstrom, Callie Jo Johnson and Eddie Chisholm. In the back row are Emma Stephens, Sam Lovering, Aiden Judge, Tre Finley, Raphe Salmon, Kate Keith, Sheridan Skerritt and Julia Martin. (photo provided)
Every member of the Columbia Falls High School Model United Nations team picked up at least one award over the weekend as the team participated in the 55th annual Model UN Conference on the campus of the University of Montana in Missoula.
Columbia Falls went up against hundreds of students from more than a dozen schools throughout Montana and Idaho, where students were placed on one of five committees: International Organization for Migration, General Assembly First Committee (security issues), General Assembly Second Committee (economic and financial), General Assembly Third Committee (social, cultural, and humanitarian), and Security Council.
Columbia Falls students represented Guatemala, Argentina, Poland and Malaysia.
At Model UN conferences, students participate in simulations of United Nations sessions, debating, negotiating, caucusing, drafting, and voting on resolutions that address world problems.
There are three categories of awards: honorable (top 20 percent), distinguished (top 10 percent), and outstanding (top 5 percent).
The following Columbia Falls students won awards:
Outstanding County Award: Poland (Sam Lovering, Tre Finley, Calie Jo Johnson, Aiden Judge, Eddie Chishom)
Distinguished Country Award: Guatemala (Noah Golan, Reed Sandstrom, Emma Stephens)
Honorable Country Award: Argentina (Sheridan Skerritt, Raphe Salmon, Julia Martin)
Honorable Country Award: Malaysia (Paeden Matson, Brayden Crawford, Finley Schumacher Sundberg)
GA1 Honorable Delegates: Aiden Judge, Noah Golan
GA2 Distinguished Delegate: Tre Finley
GA 2 Honorable Delegate: Julia Martin
GA 3 Honorable Delegate: Calie Jo Johnson
Security Council Honorable Delegate: Sam Lovering
UNICEF Distinguished Delegates: Emma Cooley, Eddie Chisholm
UNICEF Honorable Delegate: Paeden Matson
Position Paper – Distinguished: Julia Martin, Calie Joe Johnson
Top 25 seniors: Noah Golan, Reed Sandstrom
Distinguished School: Columbia Falls