The Register Citizen (Torrington, CT)
Preliminary registration open for Middle School Model UN
Kingswood Oxford
WEST HARTFORD — Preliminary registration for area Middle Schools for the highly anticipated KO Model U.N. for Middle Schoolers is now open. Since its founding in March 2012, KOMUN has attracted hundreds of students and their teachers from a wide range of public, private, charter, magnet and parochial schools throughout Connecticut. Event registration is $80.00, non-refundable which includes the registration for the school plus one delegate. The event is to be held on Saturday, March 9, 2019 from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Kingswood Oxford School.
KOMUN is Kingswood Oxford’s Model UN for Middle Schools. This regional event introduces students in grades 6, 7, and 8 to global problems and challenges them to work collaboratively to solve them. Model UN gives students the opportunity to hone their public speaking and debate skills, while they use their expertise to build coalitions and pass resolutions.
KO history teacher and Model UN advisor Stacey Savin, the founder of KOMUN, believes that Middle School students are capable of debating sophisticated world isMuch
“The students continue to impress me year after year. They always come up with practical and creative solutions to global problems at the top of the world’s agenda and headlining the news.”
Stacey Savin, Kingswood Oxford Model UN founder
sues. “The students continue to impress me year after year. They always come up with practical and creative solutions to global problems at the top of the world’s agenda and headlining the news. of the success of the program rests with the many devoted Middle School teachers who give their students this incredible opportunity and work with them to better their understanding of the world and the problems we need to confront.”
Teachers should visit the Kingswood Oxford school website to register at https://www.kingswoodoxford.org/page/komun