Dear Arthur,
The end of the year is clearly in site when we begin
making announcements about our Spring picnic. Initial
details on that event along with gobs of info on other
events are included in this newsletter. We hope that
you enjoy it!
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.
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Fourth 8th Grade Model U.N. Big Success |
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We want to congratulate students from Maplewood-
Richmond Heights Middle School and Notre Dame
Elementary School (St. Louis) for an outstanding job at
last week's (April 16) 8th grade Model U.N. There was
very constructive discussion and debate which took
place in a serious and reflective environment. The
outcome from the foreground of activity was that four
out of six resolutions were passed; two of them
amended in the process. The resolutions can be
accessed by clicking on the link below. Then you
should click on Item 8.
You can also access photos from the session from the
same link. Click on Item 8a.
• Index to Resolutions and Photos
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Fifth 8th Grade Model U.N. Session Tomorrow |
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The fifth session of the 8th grade Model U.N.
program
is this Wednesday, April 23, at the Creve Coeur
Government Center
click
here for map).
The schools participating in the first session are
Hixson Middle School (Webster Groves), John Burroughs
School (Ladue) and Wydown Middle School (Clayton).
The resolutions for the session are on the following
topics:
1. Malnutrition in Cote D'Ivoire and Other Countries with
the Problem of Malnutrition
2. Capital Punishment
3. Decreasing World Population
4. Eradicating Poverty
5. Ending Slave Trade in Sudan
6. Terrorism
The index to the 8th Grade resolutions is listed below.
The session will begin at 9:00 AM and run until Noon.
Snacks will be provided.
The next session will be on Wednesday, April 30.
Participating schools for that session are Holman Middle
School (Pattonville), John Burroughs School
(Ladue), Northwest Valley Middle School (House
Springs), Our Lady of Fatima School (Florissant), and
Ridgewood Middle School (Arnold).
• Index to 8th Grade Resolutions
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Final High School Model U.N. on Saturday, April 26 |
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It has been since December that we have had a regular
high school Model U.N. session. Our third and final
session is on Saturday, April 26. It will be at Forest
Park Community College from 9:00 AM 0 12:00 Noon.
Information on how to get to Forest Park Community
College, how to access previous resolutions, and how
to get updated country rosters are all available through
the link at the bottom of this story.
We would love to receive additional resolutions. Our
deadline to receive them is Wednesday, April
23. You may E-Mail them to us at
[email protected] or fax them to us at (314) 367-7742.
The world has changed considerably since December.
The U.S. controls more territory but has less respect
than it did in 2002. Are human rights more protected
now than several months ago, or are they more
endangered? Is proper attention being paid to
environmental concerns, or are they just an
after-thought? We welcome resolutions, discussion,
and voting on these and other topics in our final high
school session of the year.
• Information on Spring, 2003 High School Model U.N.
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High School Picnic on Saturday, May 10 |
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We will end our year's activities with a picnic and
softball game in Forest Park for high school students.
Among the events planned for the day is the
announcement of "outstanding delegate awards" along
with $500 scholarships to the ten students who have
contributed the most to the program in the past year.
The activities will be from 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM. We will
first have the picnic at Picnic Area #3 (please see map
link at bottom of this article). Following the picnic we
will have the softball game (again, see map link at
bottom of article). We will have more information
about the events in upcoming newsletters.
• Map to Picnic Areas
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New Poll |
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Last week, over 68% of respondents indicated that
they did not think that the U.S. should invade Syria in
the wake of the war with Iraq.
On another subject, many countries will not extradite
major crime suspects to the United States because
many states in the U.S. have the death penalty. The
U.S. is the only "industrialized" country in the world
that still has the death penalty. Our question of the
week is:
Do you think that the U.S. should abolish the
death penalty so that foreign nations would extradite
more suspected major criminals to the U.S.?
1. Yes
2. No
3. Not Sure
• Link to Poll
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