“Team USA” from Signal Mountain High School was recognized as Third Best Delegation at a regional Model U.N. conference held a few weeks ago in Chattanooga. Signal students serving on that team are: Matthew Williams, Isaiah Challen, Elizabeth Ortiz, Chris Ragland, Sydney Selman, Caitlin Johnson, Cayman Browder, Michael Cornett, Trinity Donnellan, Ben Lockhart, and Ruston Shome. (names NOT in order of appearance).
Several Signal Mountain High School students were recognized at a regional Model UN conference held on a mid-November weekend at the Chattanoogan Hotel.
Four SMHS students are among 21 All Star Delegates invited to attend the 2017 National High School Model United Nations Conference in March at the real United Nations building in New York.
Isaiah Challen, Meg Corley, Ethan Fell, and Matthew Williams will be among the unified southeastern high school delegation that will represent Kazakhstan at the national conference.
Mr. Williams and Mr. Challen were also part of the “Team USA” from SMHS that was recognized as Third Best Delegation at the regional conference. Teams from Girls Preparatory School and Ooltewah High School were best and second best, respectively. Other “Team USA” members were Elizabeth Ortiz, Chris Ragland, Sydney Selman, Caitlin Johnson, Cayman Browder, Michael Cornett, Trinity Donnellan, Ben Lockhart, and Ruston Shome.
SMHS students receiving Committee Awards were: Matheson Wynnemer, UnderSecretary of the 2016 Conference; Hannah Maynor Chair of the DISEC Committee, 2016; Matthew Williams, General Committee Best Delegate; Isaiah Challen, Security Council Best Delegate; Ethan Fell, General Committee Honorable Mention; Rachel Bible, DPC Honorable Mention; Chris Ragland, ECOFIN Honorable Mention; Emily Perez, SOCHUM Honorable Mention; Meg Corley, UNDP Honorable Mention; Isaiah Challen, Best Position Paper; Sydney Selman, Honorable Mention; and Emily Perez, 2017 Chair Ad Hoc Committee.
“I am so proud of all of the Signal Mountain delegates,” said SMHS Faculty Adviser Lorri Whitney. “These students decided that they wanted to do well this year, and they all worked together to make it happen.”
“I am proud of the awards our students won,” Ms. Whitney said, “yet I am more proud of the growth mindset of the entire group.”
The Southeastern High School Model UN was originally founded as a small conference in Chattanooga that has grown to be one of the largest conferences in the area, officials said.
Four Signal Mountain High School students are among 21 All Star Delegates invited to New York in March for the National Model U.N. Conference. They are Matthew Williams, Isaiah Challen, Meg Corley, and Ethan Fell. Delegates were selected at a regional Model U.N. conference held a few weeks ago in Chattanooga. These four and other SMHS students received several awards at the three-day conference.