January 25, 2010
CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OH - Student teams from the three Cleveland Heights - University Heights School District middle schools made a strong showing at the recent Junior Model United Nations program. The Junior Model United Nations was conducted by the Cleveland Council on World Affairs and was held at John Carroll University on January 7 and 8, 2010.

Students from Wiley, Monticello, and Roxboro Middle Schools won a majority of the awards at the event. Roxboro teams are coached by Janet Lechleitner and Kathy Pahys; Wiley is coached by Paige Baublitz-Watkins; and Monticello is coached by Deborah Frost.

The theme for the conference was “Reevaluation & Collective Reconstruction as a Global Community.” Students were broken into countries and committees, and then created research-based position papers on topics relevant to their committee from the perspective of the country they were representing. The students were then grouped by their committees and debated their assigned topics using the information from their position papers.

“We are very proud of our students and thrilled that they did so well at the Junior Model United Nations,” Superintendent Doug Heuer said. “This program teaches crucial skills like research, persuasive writing, collaborative work, debate, and a better appreciation for the diversity of our world.”

CH-UH’s award-winning students were:

United Nations Development Programme
Honorable Mention – Argentina: Emma Bartz and Charlotte Vail
Excellent Delegation – India: Kentrell Lodge and Eli Schoop
Superior Delegation – Democratic Republic of the Congo: Evan Radivoyevitch and Simon Mastri
Outstanding Delegate/Gavel Award – Argentina: Charlotte Vail

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Excellent Delegation – India: Madeline Kohr and Olivia Webster
Superior Delegation – Democratic Republic of the Congo: Ian Bartz and Zander Perelman
Outstanding Delegate/Gavel Award – Angola: Alice Janigro

United Nations Children's Fund
Honorable Mention – Angola: Kaila Mathis and Emma Schubert
Chad: Gabriel Pewu and Drew Thrasher
Excellent Delegation – Ireland: Abby Mosley and Aaron Stanich
Superior Delegation – Democratic Republic of the Congo: Kasey Lanese and Prisca Ngolo
Outstanding Delegate/Gavel Award – Democratic Republic of the Congo: Prisca Ngolo

United Nations Human Rights Council
Honorable Mention – Argentina: Sean Thellian and Kaduri Lockhart
Russian Federation: Charles May and Desmond Pelligree
Excellent Delegation – Angola: Kamari Brooks and Kirkland Pearce
Superior Delegation – Russian Federation: Emily Lang and Isabel McGaugh
Outstanding Delegate/Gavel Award – Brazil: Kelly Moore

World Health Organization
Honorable Mention – Angola: Miranda Coble
Superior Delegation – India: Isaac Brown and Sophia Madorsky
Outstanding Delegate/Gavel Award – India: Sophia Madorsky

United Nations Environment Program
Excellent Delegation – Brazil: Ben Gilbert
Outstanding Delegate/Gavel Award – Argentina: Flannery Jewell

United Nations World Tourism Organization
Excellent Delegation – Argentina: Silvia Iammarino and Sariaka Hanson