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Dear Arthur,
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their "host server" for the past forty-eight hours. Thus
the tardiness of this newsletter. Please note that
some information is a bit late.
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.
Civitas announces Scholarship Winners:
With this newsletter, Civitas announces seventeen high
school students who are recipients of scholarship
grants as a result of their work in model U.N. and
related activities this year. Originally, it has been
stated that there would be ten students, each
receiving a $500.00 grant.
Reviewing performance for the year, we feel that there
are ten seniors who are each deserving of the $500.00
grant. In addition, there are seven underclass-persons
who are also deserving of awards. Therefore, we are
providing seven scholarships in the amount of $250.00
to juniors and sophomores. And the winners are:
Seniors
1. Amelia Flood (Notre Dame)
2. Nora Kate Grady (Rosati-Kain)
3. Megan Kennedy (Hazelwood Central)
4. Rachel Kunce (Maplewood-Richmond Heights)
5. Andrew McMahon (Hazelwood Central)
6. Annette Meyer (Rosati-Kain)
7. Ariana Miller (Rosati-Kain)
8. Michelle Riley (Hazelwood Central)
9. Scott Stewart (Hazelwood Central)
10. Ben Wright (Hazelwood Central)
The underclass-persons are:
1. Laura Casey (Rosati-Kain, '04)
2. Bobbi Clemons (Home School, '04)
3. Stephen Griffard (Maplewood-Richmond Heights, '04)
4. Taylor Joerger (Rosati-Kain, '04)
5. Maura McDonnell (Rosati-Kain, '05)
6. Steven Riley (Hazelwood Central, '04)
7. Crystal Williams (Maplewood-Richmond Heights, '04)
We will be honoring these students at our picnic and
softball game in Forest Park on Saturday, May 10 (see
story below). In the meantime, we will be contacting
each student this week to determine where they would
like the scholarship applied. Congratulations to all!
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Fifth 8th Grade Model U.N. Big Success |
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We want to congratulate students from Hixson Middle
School (Webster Groves), John Burroughs School
(Ladue) and Wydown Middle School (Clayton) for an
outstanding job at last week's (April 23) 8th grade
Model U.N. There was once again very constructive
discussion and debate which took place in a serious
and reflective environment. Because students offered
so many constructive amendments to resolutions, the
group was able to consider only four of the six on the
agenda. Two resolutions were amended and passed;
two were defeated. All the resolutions can be accessed
by clicking on the link below. Then click on Item
10.
You can also access photos from the session from the
same link. Click on Item 10a.
• Index to Resolutions and Photos
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Final 8th Grade Model U.N. Session TODAY! |
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The sixth and final session of the 8th grade Model U.N.
program
is this Wednesday, April 30, at the Creve Coeur
Government Center
click
here for map).
The schools participating in the first 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).
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. Actually, the session has
already occurred and we will provide you with more
information next week! However, you can go to the
links below and see the revised resolutions and photos.
• Index to 8th Grade Resolutions
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Final High School Model U.N. Major Success! |
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It has been somewhat of a tradition to have a small
turnout for our Spring Model U.N. session. It is now
becoming a tradition for the session to be a good one.
Such was the case last Saturday, April 26, when
twenty students gathered in the Student Government
Association room on the campus of Forest Park
Community College.
Reflecting a certain characteristic of human nature, no
resolutions were prepared in advance. However,
delegates decided early in the session that they
wanted to discuss issues related to global oil supply
and two resolutions were fashioned.
New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and Cuba authored a
resolution on alternative fuel sources. It was generally
well received, but there were concerns that funding
plans were too unclear. The vote on the resolutions
was ten in favor; five opposed; and five abstentions.
Since ten affirmative votes out of twenty does not
represent a majority, the resolution failed.
A second resolution came from the unlikely duo of the
United States and France. It focused on issues related
to whether oil resources belong to sovereign nations,
the entire globe, or individual corporations. A formula
designed to provide more oil for developing countries
while retaining significant profit motive for large
corporations and oil-endowed countries was proposed.
Questions remained about the formula and the motives
for the resolution. In the end, it was defeated 7-9-
4.
It was an excellent session that could have been even
finer if resolutions had been submitted in advance.
However, we'll settle for what we received and hope
that all of us are a little wiser as a result of the
morning's discussions.
• Link to Resolutions and Photos
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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 seniors who have
contributed the most to the program in the past year.
In addition, we will be granting $250 to seven
underclass-persons. (See lead story for more details.)
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, slightly over 50% of respondents indicated
that individual states in the U.S. should abolish death
penalty laws in order to meet the criteria of many
foreign countries that do not extradite accused
criminals to countries which use capital punishment.
The vote was obviously close and a good discussion
board was created as a result of the issue.
During Gulf War II, we witnessed outstanding work by a
number of journalists. Many television anchors focused
entirely on stories related to war. Our question of the
week is:
"Do news readers lose credibility when they report
frivolous stories?"
1. Yes
2. No
3. Not Sure
• Link to Poll
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