RNE's Model UN takes Award of Excellence at national conference
Contributed by Richland School District Two

Richland Northeast High School's Model UN team won the Award of Excellence as well as an award for research and preparation at the National High School Model UN Conference at the United Nations in New York in March.

The 19- member team, which represented Indonesia, competed against 172 delegations comprising more than 2,500 students from throughout the world. Team members were
DISEC: Kate Nielsen
and Erin-Lynn Harvey
ECOFIN: Francie
Berger and John Parvin
SOCHUM: Leacy
Burke and Elyse
Kriegshaber
SPECPOL: Tre'vell
Anderson and Emily
Padget Legal: Caroline
Corley and Rachel
Lourie
UNEP: David Wile
UNPC: Jessie Johnson
CSW: Kelsey Stegall
and Maggie Lawrence
Commission for Social
Development: Connie
Ding
UNESCO: Paul White
and Darby Shuler
World Bank: Stephen
Wilson
IAEA: Mohammed
Alshareef

In addition, Lauren Wright attended the conference as a member of the press corps, serving as the humanitarian reporter for Hamza, a Syrian newspaper.