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Dear Arthur,
This newsletter includes important information about
the upcoming 8th grade workshop at the Khorissan
Room at the Chase Park Plaza. Also in the newsletter
is updates about our first regular high school model
U.N. of the year (including links to the first resolutions
that have come in), and a new poll in your preference
for the U.S. senate seat from Missouri.
In addition to reading our newsletters, you may also
want to visit our
web site by clicking here. We have a good deal of
current information, and through the year we will be
working on building up our archives from previous
years.
8th Grade Workshop This Thursday!
The November 7, 2002 workshop for 8th grade students
and teachers will take place in the Khorassan
Room in the Chase-Park Plaza. The
reason for such a large facility is because the number
of students participating has grown to nearly 500. The
Khorassan Room (pictured below) can hold up to 1,000
people.
The program will include video and PowerPoint
presentations, explanations of how the real U.N. and a
Model U.N. operate, a simulated Model U.N. performed
by high school students, and we hope a special
performance by "Africa Voice," the drumming and
dancing group from Cote d'Ivoire that entertained high
school students at the "U.N. & Africa Conference" in
October.
As of now, the schools and the number of students
that they expect to bring to the workshop are as
follows:
1. Cathedral School (25)
2. Fanning Middle School (50)
3. Hixson Middle School (50)
4. Humboldt Middle School (100)
5. Maplewood-Richmond Heights Middle School (35)
6. Northwest Valley Middle School [House Springs] (15)
7. Notre Dame Elementary School (12)
8. Our Lady of Fatima School (25)
9. Parkway South Middle School (63)
10. Ridgewood Middle School [Arnold] (54)
11. St. Gabriel School (3)
12. St. Mary Magdalen School (15)
13. Wydown Middle School (20)
This totals out to well over 400 students. If any other
teachers are interested in having their students attend,
they should immediately E-Mail or call us.
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Delegate Sign-up for High School Model U.N. |
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The first high school Model U.N. of 2002-2003 will be on
Saturday, November 16, 2002 from 9:00 AM - 12:00
Noon at Forest Park Community College. This is a most
important session because it essentially "sets the table"
for our full-day one of Thursday, December 12. During
this Saturday session, resolutions will be introduced,
they will be discussed and debated, but probably not
passed or defeated. It is more a time to discuss issues
in general and to develop working papers. Considerable
time will be devoted to caucusing among delegates.
Please remember that each school should have at least
three representatives for each country that it is
representing. One will serve on the Political &
Security Committee; one on the Economic &
Social Committee; and one on the Human
Rights Committee. In addition, delegations from
the countries listed below will have representatives on
the Security Council.
China
France
Russian Federation
United Kingdom
United States
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Colombia
Guinea
Ireland
Mauritius
Mexico
Norway
Singapore
Syria
We encourage students to electronically enroll as
delegates. Just go to our intranet web site
at www.civitasassociates.intranets.com. If you are
already a member, then log-in. If you are not, click
on "Enter as a Guest." Then click on the bar
on the left side titled Model U.N. Sign-up and
then complete the form. You can access the web site
easily by clicking on the link below.
If you want to register more than one student
electronically, then go to our home page by clicking here. Near the top you will
see a link to "Click here for the SIGN-UP Form." Click
there and you can enroll students "in bulk."
Link to Sign-up for Model U.N. Sessions �
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Collinsville H.S. Submits First Resolutions! |
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Our special thanks to the students and faculty advisors
at Collinsville High School for submitting resolutions for
our opening High School Model U.N. session more than
two weeks in advance. This week alone we have
received nine resolutions from Collinsville.
They are now posted on the web and you can access
them (and all other future resolutions) by clicking on
the link at the bottom of this article.
The deadline for resolutions is Friday, November 8.
This will give us plenty of time to get copies printed
before the session on Saturday, November 16. The
session will be from 9:00 AM - 12:00 Noon at Forest
Park Community College. More details will follow in next
week's newsletter.
Link to High School Model U.N. Resolutions �
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"Civitas High School" Gets Ethiopia and Seychelles for MUNUC |
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We have just received word from the MUNUC
(Model United Nations of the University of Chicago)
office that our delegation, known as Civitas High
School, will be representing the countries of
Ethiopia and the Seychelles.
Ethiopia, located in the "Horn of Africa," will have four
to eight representatives on General Assembly
committees; one to two on the Economic & Social
Council; one to two on the African Union; and one to
two on the World Health Organization. The Seychelles
is a group of ninety islands (in low tide, but only
seventy islands in high tide) located about seven
hundred miles south of India. Technically, it is
considered part of the African continent. It will have
four to eight representatives on General Assembly
committees; one to two on the African Union; and one
to two on the World Health Organization.
Students may still apply for MUNUC 2003 by
going to our intranets web site listed at the bottom of
this article. When you get there, click on the blue
banner on the left side for MUNUC Application. It is a
quick and easy form to complete.
Application form for MUNUC �
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Delegate Handbook Now Available! |
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Thanks to some very quick work by Ameren U.E., the
2002-2003 Gateway Model United Nations Delegate
Handbook is now available. We will have copies
for all 8th grade students at Thursday's workshop. In
addition, we will be distributing them at this Saturday's
high school discussion group at Crossroads and also be
making them available for select schools that are
having their own simulated Model U.N. sessions prior to
ours on November 16.
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High School Discussion Group This Saturday! |
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This Saturday, November 9, we will have our first high
school discussion group in four weeks. Here's a clue as
to what we can talk about:
1. It will be our first discussion since Tuesday's
election.
2. It is possible that new statements will eminate from
the White House about policy towards Iraq.
We encourage you to come to the meeting and join in
most exciting discussion.
The meeting will be at Crossroads School (map below)
from 9:00 Am - 11:00 AM.
Map to Crossroads School �
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New Poll |
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One of the major problems in the United States is
providing adequate health care for all citizens. If you
had to trust one of the entitities listed below
to fund and manage health care, which would you
choose?
1. Private insurance companies with considerable
competition.
2. HMOs (Health Maintenance Organizations).
3. State Governments
4. The Federal Government
5. None of the above.
You can link to our poll below.
Link to New Poll �
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