Model United Nations - Seattle Academy
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Model United Nations - Seattle Academy
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Model United Nations
Seattle Academy Model United Nations (MUN) offers students opportunities to simulate countries, organizations, or individuals in a highly collaborative and competitive environment with students from across the area, state, nation, and even the world. The academic team will attend 6-8 conferences a year, and students may choose to attend as their schedule permits. Some students might have a trimester in which a sport or extracurricular is pretty demanding. That’s okay! Students may attend conferences as they are able throughout the year.
Unsurprisingly, characterizations of MUN in popular culture are a bit off. In reality, Finland would not trade their military to Kenya for 50 lions (Parks and Recreation), and Equatorial Guinea would not nuke the United States in retaliation for an indiscretion outside of committee (Never Have I Ever). The goal is to exercise your creativity within the reasonable bounds of your assigned identity, and delegates will need to represent views that don’t necessarily align with their own. On this point, MUN develops empathy and a richer understanding of the barriers that inhibit multilateral solutions to global problems. Nevertheless, the most successful delegates and those who win awards will work within these limitations to solve problems. Viewing a problem from an outside angle and working with stakeholders who share differing positions is a prerequisite for successful resolutions in MUN and life.
Meet our Model United Nations Faculty
View this profile on Instagram
Seattle Academy Model UN
(@
saas.mun
) • Instagram photos and videos
Awards & Honors
2024-2025
Individual Awards
Thomas Gust, Best Delegate (EDUMUN)
Paige Weiskopf, Best Posiiton Paper (EDUMUN) Honorable Mention (KINGMUN)
Katherine Greenway, Best Posiiton Paper (PACMUN)
Leif Borwick, Best Posiiton Paper (PACMUN) Verbal Commendation (NAIMUN) Outstanding Delegate (LakeMUN) Best Delegate (CLAWMUN)
Eva Friedman, Best Delegate (PACMUN) Verbal Commendation (NAIMUN)
Chaerin Jeong, Verbal Commendation (NAIMUN)
Audrey Pettibon, Best Delegate (SeattleMUN)
Jasmine Darlow, Outstanding Delegate (CLAWMUN)
Maidelyn Lopez, Best Posiiton Paper (CLAWMUN)
Secretariat Honors
Jules Prieto (CLAWMUN)
Audrey Pettibon (CLAWMUN), (EVERMUN)
Staffing Honors
Audrey Petibon (EDUMUN), (KINGMUN)
2023-2024
Individual Awards
Barok Gebre, Outstanding Delegate (EDUMUN)
Thomas Gust, Outstanding Delegate (PACMUN)
Julia Prieto, Best Delegate (CLAWMUN) and Outstanding Delegate (KINGMUN)
Audrey Pettibon, Outstanding Delegate (CLAWMUN)
Secretariat Honors
Lucy Dillard (KINGMUN)
Sophia Myint (SeattleMUN)
Staffing Honors
Lucy Dillard (PACMUN)
Sophia Myint (PACMUN)
Julia Prieto (IOMUN)
Audrey Pettibon (IOMUN)
2022-2023
Individual Awards
Julia Prieto, Best Position Paper (PACMUN)
Imani Reyes-Reiss, Best Position Paper (ROGERSMUN)
Ramsay Mesiwala, Outstanding Delegate (LakeMUN)
Secretariat Honors
Lucy Dillard (KINGMUN)
Staffing Honors
Lucy Dillard (PACMUN)
Aleesa Kassam (PACMUN)
Luisa Herrnamnn (SeattleMUN)
Sophia Myint (KINGMUN)
2021-2022
Individual Awards
Owen Snyder-Smith, Best Delegate (EDUMUN)
Anika Segall, Outstanding Delegate (PACMUN)
Abby Kvart, Best Position Paper (PACMUN)
Zoe Weingeist, Best Position Paper (KINGMUN)
Staffing Honors
Delphine Caspar (EDUMUN, PACMUN, SeattleMUN)
Conferences of Reference Above:
EDUMUN = Educational Model UN Conference
PACMUN = Pacific Model United Nations Conference
SeattleMUN = Seattle Model UN Conference
KINGMUN = King County Model UN Conference
NAIMUN = North American International Model UN Conference
LakeMUN = Lakeside Model UN Conference
CLAWMUN = Enumclaw Model UN Conference
How can I get started?
How do I sign up for a conference?
Can Middle School students compete at conferences?
Can I join the MUN Club without attending conferences?
Does it cost anything to attend conferences?
Can I do a sport and MUN at the same time?
You mention writing skills. What do I have to write?
What are the speeches like? Do I have to speak?
Can I get service hours?
Can parents attend conferences?
Contact advisor,
Adam MacDonald
to be put on the email list. Attend weekly club meetings. Sign up for conferences.
The registration process may differ from conference to conference. In general, the advisor will announce when registration opens via email and the team’s Instagram. At this point, you may go to the conference's website and register individually.
Yes, Middle School students may compete at some conferences. Contact advisor,
Adam MacDonald
for upcoming opportunities.
Yes. MUN is both a club and an academic team. The club meets once a week, and you are encouraged to feel things out before attending a conference.
Seattle Academy pays for your registration to conferences. Students must pay for meals. Students must also pay for transportation and hotels when necessary.
Yes. There are no after-school meetings or practices for MUN. Since conferences and sports often happen on the weekend, you will want to check your sport’s schedule before registering for a conference.
There are different sorts of committees with different requirements. In general, you will likely need to write a one-page position paper for each topic you will be discussing. A one-day conference will have one topic; a 2+ day conference will usually have two.
Speeches are short, with voted-on speaking times generally being no longer than 30 seconds or a minute. Since discussions and debates are dynamic, speeches are generally not written out beforehand but created in the moment. Students often report drafting short speeches, but by the time they have finished, the debate has moved on from the topic. You do not have to speak. Since students have researched their problems and positions prior to discussions, students are often eager to get their ideas out there.
Most of the conferences we attend are run by high school students from nearby schools. Experienced SAAS delegates are encouraged to apply for secretariat and staffing positions. Depending on the number of conferences you staff, you have the possibility of earning a lot of service hours.
Ordinarily, yes. When a student signs up for a conference, I will send an email out and ask if there are any parents who would like to attend in whole or in part. If parents would like to attend, the advisor must register them usually a week in advance.
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The 20 Delegates of Seattle Academy Model UN
June
15
,
2022
Two Conscientious Students Rock Model United Nations Conference
March
19
,
2021
Model UN Kicks off Season at EDUMUN
November
5
,
2018
The Hub
Model United Nations
Seattle Academy Model United Nations (MUN) offers students opportunities to simulate countries, organizations, or individuals in a highly collaborative and competitive environment with students from across the area, state, nation, and even the world. The academic team will attend 6-8 conferences a year, and students may choose to attend as their schedule permits. Some students might have a trimester in which a sport or extracurricular is pretty demanding. That’s okay! Students may attend conferences as they are able throughout the year.
Unsurprisingly, characterizations of MUN in popular culture are a bit off. In reality, Finland would not trade their military to Kenya for 50 lions (Parks and Recreation), and Equatorial Guinea would not nuke the United States in retaliation for an indiscretion outside of committee (Never Have I Ever). The goal is to exercise your creativity within the reasonable bounds of your assigned identity, and delegates will need to represent views that don’t necessarily align with their own. On this point, MUN develops empathy and a richer understanding of the barriers that inhibit multilateral solutions to global problems. Nevertheless, the most successful delegates and those who win awards will work within these limitations to solve problems. Viewing a problem from an outside angle and working with stakeholders who share differing positions is a prerequisite for successful resolutions in MUN and life.
Meet our Model United Nations Faculty
View this profile on Instagram
Seattle Academy Model UN
(@
saas.mun
) • Instagram photos and videos
Awards & Honors
2024-2025
Individual Awards
Thomas Gust, Best Delegate (EDUMUN)
Paige Weiskopf, Best Posiiton Paper (EDUMUN) Honorable Mention (KINGMUN)
Katherine Greenway, Best Posiiton Paper (PACMUN)
Leif Borwick, Best Posiiton Paper (PACMUN) Verbal Commendation (NAIMUN) Outstanding Delegate (LakeMUN) Best Delegate (CLAWMUN)
Eva Friedman, Best Delegate (PACMUN) Verbal Commendation (NAIMUN)
Chaerin Jeong, Verbal Commendation (NAIMUN)
Audrey Pettibon, Best Delegate (SeattleMUN)
Jasmine Darlow, Outstanding Delegate (CLAWMUN)
Maidelyn Lopez, Best Posiiton Paper (CLAWMUN)
Secretariat Honors
Jules Prieto (CLAWMUN)
Audrey Pettibon (CLAWMUN), (EVERMUN)
Staffing Honors
Audrey Petibon (EDUMUN), (KINGMUN)
2023-2024
Individual Awards
Barok Gebre, Outstanding Delegate (EDUMUN)
Thomas Gust, Outstanding Delegate (PACMUN)
Julia Prieto, Best Delegate (CLAWMUN) and Outstanding Delegate (KINGMUN)
Audrey Pettibon, Outstanding Delegate (CLAWMUN)
Secretariat Honors
Lucy Dillard (KINGMUN)
Sophia Myint (SeattleMUN)
Staffing Honors
Lucy Dillard (PACMUN)
Sophia Myint (PACMUN)
Julia Prieto (IOMUN)
Audrey Pettibon (IOMUN)
2022-2023
Individual Awards
Julia Prieto, Best Position Paper (PACMUN)
Imani Reyes-Reiss, Best Position Paper (ROGERSMUN)
Ramsay Mesiwala, Outstanding Delegate (LakeMUN)
Secretariat Honors
Lucy Dillard (KINGMUN)
Staffing Honors
Lucy Dillard (PACMUN)
Aleesa Kassam (PACMUN)
Luisa Herrnamnn (SeattleMUN)
Sophia Myint (KINGMUN)
2021-2022
Individual Awards
Owen Snyder-Smith, Best Delegate (EDUMUN)
Anika Segall, Outstanding Delegate (PACMUN)
Abby Kvart, Best Position Paper (PACMUN)
Zoe Weingeist, Best Position Paper (KINGMUN)
Staffing Honors
Delphine Caspar (EDUMUN, PACMUN, SeattleMUN)
Conferences of Reference Above:
EDUMUN = Educational Model UN Conference
PACMUN = Pacific Model United Nations Conference
SeattleMUN = Seattle Model UN Conference
KINGMUN = King County Model UN Conference
NAIMUN = North American International Model UN Conference
LakeMUN = Lakeside Model UN Conference
CLAWMUN = Enumclaw Model UN Conference
How can I get started?
How do I sign up for a conference?
Can Middle School students compete at conferences?
Can I join the MUN Club without attending conferences?
Does it cost anything to attend conferences?
Can I do a sport and MUN at the same time?
You mention writing skills. What do I have to write?
What are the speeches like? Do I have to speak?
Can I get service hours?
Can parents attend conferences?
Contact advisor,
Adam MacDonald
to be put on the email list. Attend weekly club meetings. Sign up for conferences.
The registration process may differ from conference to conference. In general, the advisor will announce when registration opens via email and the team’s Instagram. At this point, you may go to the conference's website and register individually.
Yes, Middle School students may compete at some conferences. Contact advisor,
Adam MacDonald
for upcoming opportunities.
Yes. MUN is both a club and an academic team. The club meets once a week, and you are encouraged to feel things out before attending a conference.
Seattle Academy pays for your registration to conferences. Students must pay for meals. Students must also pay for transportation and hotels when necessary.
Yes. There are no after-school meetings or practices for MUN. Since conferences and sports often happen on the weekend, you will want to check your sport’s schedule before registering for a conference.
There are different sorts of committees with different requirements. In general, you will likely need to write a one-page position paper for each topic you will be discussing. A one-day conference will have one topic; a 2+ day conference will usually have two.
Speeches are short, with voted-on speaking times generally being no longer than 30 seconds or a minute. Since discussions and debates are dynamic, speeches are generally not written out beforehand but created in the moment. Students often report drafting short speeches, but by the time they have finished, the debate has moved on from the topic. You do not have to speak. Since students have researched their problems and positions prior to discussions, students are often eager to get their ideas out there.
Most of the conferences we attend are run by high school students from nearby schools. Experienced SAAS delegates are encouraged to apply for secretariat and staffing positions. Depending on the number of conferences you staff, you have the possibility of earning a lot of service hours.
Ordinarily, yes. When a student signs up for a conference, I will send an email out and ask if there are any parents who would like to attend in whole or in part. If parents would like to attend, the advisor must register them usually a week in advance.
Post RSS Feeds
Subscribe to Post Alerts
The 20 Delegates of Seattle Academy Model UN
June
15
,
2022
Two Conscientious Students Rock Model United Nations Conference
March
19
,
2021
Model UN Kicks off Season at EDUMUN
November
5
,
2018