By Anwita Puttam – Staff Reporter

Jonathan Law’s Model U.N. had its first meeting on September 13 where they discussed all the events that will be happening for this school year.

The club had held their meeting in Co-Advisor Ms. Healy’s room. Model U.N’s goal for the next few months is to raise enough money for their four-day NHSMUN conference in New York City in March.

“So our goal is to fundraise for, and attend, a conference in New York City, in March-to-mid March,” Model U.N. Co-Advisor Mr. Evanko said. “So a lot of our efforts during the year are fundraising, money for that, and preparing our research, and like learning our debate skills before we go to our conference.”

In Model U.N., students are assigned a country, where they will have to research and have a debate while representing their country.

“There’s something like 30 committees that run during the conference and each committee has its own topic,” Evanko said. “So students will be debating everything from world health to international security to technology.”

During the New York trip, schools from all over the world will be attending the conference.

“My advice for new members is to come to every meeting, participate, and fundraise,” junior Conference Representative Harshitha Kothapalli said. “Being in New York City and attending the NHSMUN Conference is such a privileged experience so it’s important that we take advantage of the opportunities we are given.”

The best chance for new members to be able to go on the trip is being an active member of the club.

“This year I’m most excited for the conference in NY,” returning member and sophomore Anushka Vajrala said “I’m also excited to do volunteering to get more money with friends for the field trip.”

The Model U.N. will be doing lots of volunteer work to raise money for their club’s expenses.

They will be doing events like Shake the Can, and other fundraisers, to reduce the amount of money required for each person to pay when they are attending the conference.

“We do like some Shake the Cans at nearby supermarkets, we are looking into other avenues of fundraising as well,” Evanko said.

This year, Model U.N. has many new members, who are all excited to participate in the four-day trip to New York City.

“I’m excited for the experience and the opportunities I’ll be going to see and have,” new member and freshman Tenzin Gakhang said. “I’m extremely excited for the New York trip as well, it’s going to be really fun hanging out with friends.”