Recently, twenty-two high school GT students competed in the Region 7 Model United Nations competition. Model UN is a competition for the Gifted and Talented students where they debate global issues among other high school students across the region.
“They knocked it out of the park,” GT Coordinator Lisa Vader said. “In both leadership and competition they represented Lindale well.”
This is an annual competition where these students compete in groups under a specified country to speak out on current issues and debate realistic solutions created by the student delegates. The results of this competition are below:
2024 Region 7 Model United Nations Awards – High School
Uganda Awards:
- UNODC: 1st – Jaxson Buttram
- FAO: 1st – Olivia Gary
- UNIDO: 1st – Megan Magee
- WHO: 1st – Kaden Strickland
- UNESCO: 1st – Lydia Payne
- UNEP: 1st – Angelina Jansen
- Best Overall Delegation
- Best General Assembly Delegation
- 2nd Place 2D Art – done by Lydia
- 2nd place Resolution Writing – Lydia Payne
- 1st place Digital Documentary Multimedia Presentation (Jax Buttram was Director; completed by team)
- 1st place Map (completed by team)
- 1st place Collage (completed by team)
Spain
- FAO Committee: 2nd Haylie Maccalous
- WHO Committee: 2nd Owen Bewersdorf
- UNIDO Committee: Josh Edwards
- UNESCO Committee: 2nd Odin Burk
- UNEP Committee: 2nd Abbie Hanley
- 1st place Resolution Writing – Joshua Edwards
- 1st place 2d Original Art – Haylie Maccalous
- 3rd place Impromptu Resolution Writing – Owen Bewersdorf and team
- 2nd place General Assembly – Team
Kenya
- UNESCO Committee: 3rd Ethan Pope
- UNODC Committee: 3rd Anthony Shoukry
- WHO Committee: 3rd Natalie Thane
- 3rd place Collage – Jack Kinkade
- 3rd place Resolution Writing – Jack Kinkade
Ghana
- Maps: 2nd place Joseph Jin
Security Council-
Honorable Mention – Aiden Alexander
Secretary General: Lydia Payne
Under Secretaries General:
Angelina Jansen
Megan Magee
Security Council President: Zoee Tanner
Security Council Secretary: Jeremiah Hernandez
