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2008-2009

PCHS CLAIMS 14th REGIONAL MUN CHAMPIONSHIP AT NAPLES!

For the 14th consecutive year, the PCHS Model United Nations Academic Team has claimed the Southwest Florida Regional championship. Several Freshmen team members were ACTUALLY born the first year that the Pirates won this championship!

37 country teams from 19 schools competed in the two-day event at FGCU.

The PCHS RUSSIA delegation won the FIRST PLACE "BEST DELEGATION" Award, and another PCHS delegation representing PAKISTAN won the SECOND PLACE "OUTSTANDING DELEGATION" Award.

This marks the 13th consecutive year that PCHS has won at least first and second place at this conference.

Four more Pirate Seniors were awarded $1,500.00 scholarships by the conference sponsors, The Naples Conference on World Affairs.

Since 2003, PCHS Seniors have been awarded 34 of the 39 scholarships ($51,000.00) presented at the conference for their "CAREERS OF EXCELLENCE".

This year's scholarship winners were: CHRISTOPHER STAMPAR, whose award is actually a full-ride scholarship to FGCU, but since Chris will be attending another university, it reverts to a $1,500.00 scholarship. Other senior scholarship winners were JOHN RIOUX, JACKSON BARNETT, and JASON MAHON.

Winning FIRST PLACE "BEST DELEGATE" AWARDS in the respective 37 member committees were: Seniors CHRIS STAMPAR, JOHN RIOUX, JASON MAHON, KAROLINA POVEDYCH, ALISON BOWMAN, and ROSIE MANCINI.

Winning SECOND PLACE "DISTINGUISHED DELEGATE" AWARDS were Seniors BRIAN SPADAFORA and JACKSON BARNETT, Junior SAMANTHA FENELUS, Sophomore SAMANTHA LUCE, and Freshman JOE CAPETO.

Winning THIRD PLACE "MERITORIOUS DELEGATE" AWARDS were Seniors CAMERON FERNANDEZ and Junior ALI FULLINGTON.

Next up for the Pirates will be the FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOLS STATE CHAMPIONSHIP in Tampa. PCHS WILL ATTEMPT TO WIN ITS EIGHTH CONSECUTIVE MUN STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!

PCHS FIRST PLACE "BEST DELEGATION" AWARD winners representing RUSSIA

Seniors JACKSON BARNETT and PHIL TROUILLOT work diligently on organizing and writing a resolution in the Economic and Finance committee.

PCHS MUN "NEWBIES" TRIUMPH AT GatorMUN !!

A 17-delegate team made up almost entirely (15) of Freshmen and Sophomores traveled this weekend to compete in the GatorMUN conference hosted by the University of Florida in Gainesville.

Competing against 17 other schools from around the state and from Georgia - whose teams were packed with Juniors and Seniors - the Newbie Pirates won "THE BEST LARGE SCHOOL DELEGATION AWARD" for the conference.

Winning First Place BEST DELEGATE GAVELS were Sophomores CHRISTINA MANCINI and NICK STAMPAR, and Freshman JACQUI WINSOR.

Winning Second Place OUTSTANDING DELEGATE AWARDS were Senior SOYA DAVIS and Freshman AMBER EMMONS.

Winning Third Place HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS were Junior OLIVIA deJONG, and Freshmen EMILY BYRSKI and NATHAN BUCKLEY.

Winning BEST POSITION PAPER in their committees were Sophomores CHARLOTTE JUNG and NICK STAMPAR.

Next up, the Pirate Varsity MUN team will be going for its 15th consecutive Southwest Florida Regional title at FGCU in March.

PCHS gavel-winning delegates JACQUI WINSOR, CHRISTINA MANCINI, and NICK STAMPAR.

PCHS Best Position Paper winner CHARLOTTE JUNG.

PCHS MUN TAKES TOP HONORS IN PHILADELPHIA!!!

Port Charlotte High's Model United Nations Academic Team spent four days in Philadelphia at the Ivy League Model UN Conference hosted by the University of Pennsylvania, competing against 150 other high schools from across the country, as well as schools from China, Venezuela, Malaysia, Singapore, India, Costa Rica, etc.

The major battle for top school honors was between PCHS, powerhouse West Winsor Plainsboro (Princeton U. School) and the top ranked school in the U.S. News and World Report rankings, Thomas Jefferson. PCHS did not have the advantage of representing one of the P-5 most powerful nations as did our competitors. PCHS represented the nations of Senegal and Paraguay.

PCHS distanced itself from T.J. and W.W.P. and the other 147 schools by winning seven BEST DELEGATE awards, seven OUTSTANDING (2nd place) awards, four HONORABLE MENTION (3rd place) awards, and seven VERBAL COMMENDATIONS (4th place awards).

2,500 hundred students competed intensely for the few individual awards of excellence presented in each of 21 United Nations committee simulations. Under 7% of those students competing received such honors. With 25 of 33 delegates receiving such coveted awards, PCHS achieved a 75% rate of individual recognition. Only one BEST DELEGATE award is presented in each committee of up to 300 student competitors.

Winning FIRST PLACE BEST DELEGATE AWARDS in their respective committees were: Seniors - JOHN RIOUX, JACKSON BARNETT and CAMERON FERNANDEZ; Junior - ALI FULLINGTON; Sophomores - DANIELLE RIOUX and AMANDA PIAZZA; and Freshman MADDY SPENCER.

Winning SECOND PLACE OUTSTANDING DELEGATE AWARDS were: Seniors - CAMERON MATHEWSON, CHRIS STAMPAR, ROSIE MANCINI and JASON MAHON; Sophomores NICK STAMPAR and SAMANTHA LUCE; and Freshman JESSE HEVIA.

Winning THIRD PLACE HONORABLE MENTION AWARDS were: Seniors KAROLINA POVEDYCH and TOMMY THOMAS; Junior PATRICK RUSSELL; and Sophomore NICOLE ROCKOWER.

Winning FOURTH PLACE VERBAL COMMENDATIONS were: Seniors ANNA CHEN, BRIAN SPADAFORA, MEGAN GERACE, and ALISON BOWMAN; Juniors JASON LIU and ALEX KISELEV; and Freshman ANDREW AMONTREE.

The victory pushes the PCHSMUN head to head record against other schools this year to 235 - 0 ...

Next up is the Southwest Florida Regional Conference in Naples in March.

PCHS gavel-winning SENIORS at ILMUNC in Philly.

Senior Karolina Povedych speaks in the Commission on Sustainable Development Committee.

RECORD-BREAKING PCHS DELEGATES SHINE
IN MONTREAL!!!

Port Charlotte High's Model United Nations Academic Team gave another remarkable performance at the Secondary Schools United Nations Symposium, held in Montreal, Canada and sponsored by McGill University.

More than 1200 students from 60 schools converged on Montreal for Canada's premier International Championship. After four days of debate and diplomacy, the Port Charlotte delegation was chosen (for the fourth consecutive time!) as the BEST LARGE SCHOOL DELEGATION for the entire conference. The team was presented with its fourth prestigious BLUE HELMET AWARD as the Best School in attendance.

PCHS delegates representing the United States, Venezuela, Egypt, and the Marshall Islands won 17 individual Awards of Distinction at the conference. The next closest school received 8.

The Montreal conference has a unique awards system in that they choose only four delegates from each committee (of up to 150 delegates) to receive honors. The conference presents a Best Delegate Gavel to one student for his/her PEACE-BUILDING skills, to another for their ADVOCACY skills, another for DIPLOMATIC FINESSE, and one for overall MODEL UN EXCELLENCE.

WINNING GAVELS FOR PEACE-BUILDING WERE:
MADISON SPENCER
CHRIS STAMPAR
JOHN RIOUX
JACKSON BARNETT

WINNING GAVELS FOR ADVOCACY WERE:
KAROLINA POVDEYCH
TOMMY THOMAS
ALISON BOWMAN
NICK STAMPAR

WINNING GAVELS FOR DIPLOMATIC FINESSE WERE:
SAMANTHA LUCE
CAMERON MATHEWSON
BRIAN SPADAFORA
JORDAN RADISH
PAT TROUILLOT
ROSIE MANCINI
CAMERON FERNANDEZ

WINNING GAVELS FOR OVERALL MUN EXCELLENCE WERE:
ALI FULLINGTON
JESSE HEVIA

PCHS gavel-winning delegates on the steps of the UN building in Montreal, Canada

Team sponsors, Bob Johnson and Debbie Monck, share in their students excitement!

PCHS SETS NEW RECORD AT G-TECH

Port Charlotte High's Model United Nations Academic Team set a new record for excellence this week at the 11th annual Georgia Tech Conference. Even though PCHS has won the Georgia State Championship for the past nine consecutive years, the team has never done it with quite the dominating outcome of this year.

For the first time in the conference's history, every single delegate from the championship team won either first or second place in their respective committees. The PCHS delegation representing the United States of America won top awards in all twelve of the conference's committees.
Representing the United States, Senior JOHN RIOUX along with Freshman MADISON SPENCER won the First Place "Best Delegate" Gavel in the Plenary Committee; Senior CAMERON MATHEWSON won the "Best Delegate" Gavel in the Disarmament Committee: Senior CHRIS STAMPAR won the "Best Delegate" Gavel in the Economics and Finance Committee; Sophomore SAMANTHA LUCE won the "Best Delegate" Gavel in the Special Political Committee; Senior JASON MAHON won the "Best Delegate" Gavel in the International Atomic Energy Committee: Senior JACKSON BARNETT won the "Best Advocate" Gavel in the International Court of Justice Simulation; Senior KAROLINA POVEDYCH won the "Best Delegate" Gavel in the UN Development Committee; Senior BRIAN SPADAFORA won the "Best Delegate" Gavel in the UN Environmental Committee. Winning Second Place "Distinguished Delegate Awards" for the United States were: Senior ROSIE MANCINI in the Social Humanitarian Committee; Senior ANNA CHEN in the Legal Committee; Senior ALISON BOWMAN in the UN High Commission for Refugees; Junior PAT TROUILLOT and Sophomore NICK STAMPAR in the Security Council.

Also winning top awards for the Pirates were Junior ALI FULLINGTON who won the "Best Delegate" Gavel in the UNCHR committee representing Greece; Senior MEGAN GERACE, who won second place "Distinguished Delegate" Award in the European Union committee representing Greece; Senior SOYA DAVIS, along with Sophomore CHRISTINA MANCINI, who won the "Distinguished Delegate" Award representing Cuba; Sophomore DANIELLE RIOUX who won the "Distinguished Delegate" Award in the UN Development Committee representing Cuba; and Freshman ELLIAS HISHMEH, who won the second place "Distinguished Delegate" Award in UN Environmental Committee representing Tuvalu.

The PCHS team will travel to Montreal, Canada in November to attempt to win their fourth consecutive Canadian Championship at McGill University.

Junior ALEX KISELEV representing Cuba and Freshman ANDREW AMONTREE representing Egypt in the Special Political and Decolonization Committee, work together to build consensus.