Model UN x 2 + General Knowledge Competition
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ESSARP Model and International Model United Nations
The Model United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the UN agenda. The participants role play as diplomats representing a country in a simulated session of an organ or committee of the UN. Participants have to research a country, investigate international issues and then develop solutions to world problems. During the conference, participants must employ a variety of communication and critical thinking skills in order to represent the policies of their country.
This year 11 students participated: Delfina Cappa, Alex Mysler and Matías Martino from S6, Sofía Terán, Martina Freire, Candela Kalaidjian and Malena Fronza from S5, and Mercedes Mariño, Lucas Reynoso, Ana Paula Velástegui and Valentina Cappa, from S4.
The Model UN was organized by ESSARP Centre and as all the participating schools were bilingual, the debates were carried out in English. It was a wonderful experience and we profited immensely from it. We were assigned the Russian Federation and the Netherlands and discussed topics like drones and counter terrorism, rights of women and children, environment and political issues, like the crisis in Haiti and the Ukraine. The Model lasted two days, Friday June 27th. and Saturday the 28th and was held at Michael Ham Memorial College, Nordelta. The General Assembly, the Security Council, the Human Rights Commission and the ECOSOC, all were able to pass resolutions on each of the debated topics.
We worked very hard, became experts on some of the topics and at the same time had fun and met girls and boys from other schools. We are already looking forward to the International Model (THIMUN) l to take place in Montevideo in August.
Senior General Knowledge Competition
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Senior General Knowledge 2014
The Competition took place on Tuesday, June 17th. The participants representing each House were the following:
East: Sebastian Papp (S6H), Mercedes Mariño (S4C) and Andrés Márquez(S6L),
South: Francisco Giovacchini (S6S), Manuel Arslanian (S5S) and Eugenia Balassanian (S4B),
North: Juan Bautista Sosa (S6H), Malena Fronza (S5H) and Lucas Reynoso (S4C)
West: Bautista Bardi (S6H), Martina Freire (S5H) and Nicolás Muises (S4A).
The winner was West with 375 points and North came in second with 360 points.
The students had to answer around 150 questions on various topics with a special section with questions on the First World War, as we are commemorating this year the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the ‘Great War’. All Senior school was present during the competition to support their houses. They all enjoyed the event and, at the same time, learnt a lot.
Mónica Bruck - Humanities Department Coordinator, Middle & Senior
"As Chairman of ESSARP, The English Speaking Scholastic Association of the River Plate, I was offered the possibility of attending an educational conference in London on the topic of “Visible Learning and Leadership”. The conference lasted four days and amongst others, keynote speeches were given by John Hattie (author of “Visible Learning for Teachers”, maximizing impact on learning) and Sir Michael Barber, a former Minister of Education in Britain and a worldwide consultant on educational reform.
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