Best Large Delegation – Oak Hill Academy Model UN Team 2024
On Friday, December 6^th Oak Hill Academy took a group of sixth, seventh, and eighth graders to participate in the Christian Brothers Academy’s Model United Nations competition. Model United Nations (Model UN) is a worldwide organization that gives students in middle school, high school, and college the opportunity to simulate the research, debate, and problem-solving of the real UN. 

Our students did a tremendous job preparing and presenting as was evident by the Fourteen individual awards bestowed! Oak Hill Academy received the most awards out of all of the schools at the Model UN Conference. Oak Hill Academy students were awarded the Best Large Delegation and were complimented by their preparedness and seriousness.

• Outstanding Paper – Arnav Gadre
• Outstanding Paper – Veronika Yakubov
• Outstanding Position Paper – Averie Mendoza
• Outstanding Position Paper – Raeyann Joshi
• Overall Paper – Brody Williams
• Honorable Mention Paper – Bette Kane
• Honorable Mention Paper – Grace Zheng
• Best Overall Delegate – Elliott Li
• Outstanding Delegate – Myles Lambert
• Best Delegate –  Christos Lambrou
• Best Delegate – Ben Leber
• Best Delegate – Maddox Mehta
• Best Delegate – Owen Sweeney
• Honorable Mention Delegate – James Badishkanian
• BEST LARGE DELEGATION – Oak Hill Academy

Model UN asks a lot of its middle school participants: in-depth historical research, clear writing, persuasive speaking, resilience, authentic listening, empathy, creativity, and imagination. Students are forced to think on their feet, answer questions on the fly, and compose complex arguments in cooperation with complete strangers in the span of mere minutes. The team of students worked diligently to research their countries and positions in order to be prepared for the event. The Model UN students were moderated by OHA teachers Mrs. Lydia Jain and Mrs. Emily Morris.