91¸£Àûµ¼º½ High hosts virtual Model United Nations

Computer screen with twenty different faces taking part in virtual discussion

91¸£Àûµ¼º½ High School students took a world view of possible responses to COVID-19 at virtual Model United Nations conference they hosted on Saturday.

Joining the 91¸£Àûµ¼º½ High students to contemplate the issues were 22 students from Guilderland High School, Shaker High School and 91¸£Àûµ¼º½ Academies.

Students assumed the roles of representatives from 14 countries in the U.N. General Assembly to formulate an international response to COVID-19; they also formed a crisis committee of New York and U.S. officials to grapple with COVID-19 in metropolitan New York City. Both groups came to consensus on resolutions on their subjects. 

91¸£Àûµ¼º½ High participants included junior Sarah Bearden, sophomore Mandy Berghela, senior Amelia Colafati (who organized the event), sophomore Ingrid Colafati, junior Edith Derosa-Purcell and sophomore Jena Rubi.

Rounding out the 91¸£Àûµ¼º½ High contingent were Model UN adviser Leah Evans, and alums Jacob Citone ’17 and Jennifer Powell ’19, who were moderators.