Oak Hill Academy Shines at CBA Model UN Conference
On Friday, December 5, Oak Hill Academy had a truly fantastic evening at CBA’s 13th Model UN Conference, “Lucky #13”! Oak Hill Academy took a group of 51 students (sixth, seventh, and eighth grade) 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.
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. Our OHA students arrived prepared, determined, and absolutely fired up. The debates were engaging, eye-opening, and pure enjoyment, but witnessing the smiles on our students’ faces was the ultimate validation of why we do what we do. Our students brought a lot to the table which was evident by the record nineteen individual awards won! Once again, the Oak Hill Academy students were awarded the Best Large Delegation and were complimented by their preparedness and seriousness.
Aidan Zagel Secretary-General’s List Award: Roxanne O’Leary ’27 & Beckett Haberstroh ’28
*This was a new award in honor of CBA graduate Aidan Zagel ’25, who set the foundation of ColtsMUN by demonstrating leadership, mentorship, and pride throughout the conference. There were only three recipients of this award.*
Papal Conclave-Best Position Paper: Vivienne Wolfe ’27
Papal Conclave-Honorable Delegate: Roxanne O’Leary ’27
Sudanese Civil War-Honorable Position Paper: Andrew Salerno ’26
Sudanese Civil War-Outstanding Delegate: Arnav Gadre ’27
Biotechnology-Honorable Position Paper: Beckett Haberstroh ’28
Biotechnology-Best Position Paper: Arden Maslo ’27
Biotechnology-Outstanding Delegate: Arden Maslo ’27
Formula One Racing Board of Directors-Outstanding Delegate: Maddox “Max” Mehta ’26
Formula One Racing Board of Directors-Best Delegate: Elliott Li ’26
Percy Jackson: Council of Olympus: Honorable Position Paper: Emilie Bernard ’26
Percy Jackson: Council of Olympus: Best Delegate: Logan Jalandoni ’26
House of Representatives: Immigration Reform: Outstanding Position Paper: Ethan Wang ’28
House of Representatives: Immigration Reform: Best Position Paper: Raeyaan “RJ” Joshi ’27
House of Representatives: Immigration Reform: Honorable Delegate: Raeyaan “RJ” Joshi ’27
House of Representatives: Immigration Reform: Best Delegate: Faiz Akhtar ’27
Western Sahara: Honorable Position Paper: Christopher Drudy ’28
Western Sahara: Best Position Paper: Arjun Mehra ’28
Western Sahara: Best Delegate: Christopher Charabaty ’27
Best Large Delegate: Oak Hill Academy
The Oak Hill Model UN team will be traveling to Ranney in March 2026 to participate in their competition. Congratulations to all of our students as well as moderators and OHA teachers Mrs. Emily Morris and Miss Hannah Abatemarco.! You make us PROUD everyday!
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