PHS Model UN Team wins six awards at Maine Competition

Portsmouth Herald
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Full Model UN Team
Full Model UN Team

Of the twenty-five High School teams who spent three days competing in the University of Southern Maine Model United Nations competition (MeMUNC), Portsmouth High School (PHS) took home six awards and was the only New Hampshire competing school.

MeMUNC celebrated its twenty-fifth year of hosting high school students as a student run class/project for University of Southern Maine.  A Model UN conference mimics the major United Nations committees with each school representing the interests of the assigned countries on specific questions. The 400 high school competitors, representing 111 countries, researched the topics, prepared position statements, made resolutions, engaged in amendments before final conference voting.

Top Large Delegation: India - Tatum Herbet, Ian Franis, Miles Borne, Adam Hoskin and Eli George.
Top Large Delegation: India - Tatum Herbet, Ian Franis, Miles Borne, Adam Hoskin and Eli George.

PHS Social Studies teacher Cynthia Young, the MUN advisor, along with English Teacher Joe Kraus accompanied the sixteen PHS students representing all four grades.  PHS MUN team co-President Miles Borne said “the team worked hard and the results showed in all the awards we brought home.”

Borne received a Distinguished Delegate award representing India on the General Assembly Social, Cultural and Humanitarian committee (SOCHUM).  Representing Lithuania in SOCHUM Elena Hartley received a Honorable Mention Award. The PHS India team consisting of Borne, Adam Hoskin, Ian Franis, Eli George and Tatum Herbet were named the Best Large Delegation.

Herbert was also named a Distinguished Delegate for India on the UN Office of Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) committee.  Also in UNOOSA, representing Slovenia, Stella Whitehouse was awarded an Honorable Mention. In the UN Education, Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Committee, Aadit Noble, representing Kuwait was named Best Delegate.

PHS MUN senior co-Presidents Hoskin and Mariam Nada competed in their final MUN competition. The PHS team included first time competitors Sophie Cosgrove and Ellie Blanchard.

This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: PHS Model UN Team wins six awards at Maine Competition