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4Students RepresentGreece, India andEgypt in Model U.N.Twenty MSM students stepped into the shoes ofambassadors from U.N. member states at this year’sModel United Nations, which brought together over 500students from the state and surrounding region todebate current issues on the real-world organization’sagenda. Held at U.C.A. during the weekend beforeThanksgiving, Model U.N. pushes students to makespeeches, prepare draft resolutions, negotiate with alliesand adversaries, resolve conflicts, and navigate theconference rules of procedure - all in the interest ofmobilizing "international cooperation" to resolve problemsthat affect countries all over the world.The countries each school represents are chosen eachyear. This year Mount St. Mary represented Greece, Indiaand Egypt. The students broke out into committees of40-50 students from the represented countries to engagein decision-making on complex international issues. Thecommittees included were Security Council, Legal, andSocial and Humanitarian. The Legal Committee discussedtopics such as Prosecution of Maritime Piracy and GlobalBan on Trade Involving Lethal Injection Drugs. The Socialand Humanitarian Committee discussed issues such asWomen in Developmental Countries as well as Healthand Environment.Bailey Bibb ’12, received the award of OutstandingDelegate for her compelling debate representingEgypt. The MSM Greece Delegation received an awardfor Best Position Papers, and MSM faculty memberMary Logan, received an award for her 25 years ofparticipation in Model U.N. Bailey Bibb ’12 received the award of Outstanding Delegatefor her compelling debate representing Egypt.Robin Hood DaysNets 39,000+ CansIn November, students and alumnae collected more than39,000 canned good items as part of the school’s annual RobinHood Days collection forcharity. The annual candrive culminated onFriday, November 18 witha frenzy-filled morning, asschool administrationcounted the cans to seewhich class collected themost cans. The schoolgoal was 30,000 cans.Each grade level mettheir class goal in orderto participate in an offcampuslunch in January.The neighborhoodcollections, “bring yourcans” tag day, and their own purchases and pantry raidingstruly demonstrated the passion and “above-and-beyond” effortthat MSM students gave to the annual canned goods drive.The class that collectedthe greatest number ofcans over their goal alsoreceived an early dismissalin January. This year’swinning class was thesenior class who collectedThe senior class solicited help fromPODS Little Rock who donated aportable storage container to delivercans to a local food agency.Over 39,000 cans were collectedfor the Centers for Youth & Families,Union Rescue Mission, Helping Handof Greater LR and the ArkansasFood Bank.nearly 19,000 cans. Thisyear’s seniors got creativeand solicited help fromPODS Little Rock, whodonated a portablestorage container to take the seniors’ cans directly to one ofthe food agencies. The organizations that received the cansand donations were: the Centers for Youth & Families, UnionRescue Mission, Helping Hand of Greater LR and the ArkansasFood Bank.It is estimated that more than 1.5 million canned goods havebeen collected by Mount St. Mary Academy since the schoolwideRobin Hood program began in 1982. Total number of cans collected: 39,816Breakdown by grade level: Freshmen: 5,420Sophomores: 6,952Juniors: 7,547Seniors: 18,897Alumnae: 1,000
5Mercy Ties are InternationalThe month of February went bytoo fast for six students in particular, theMercy Ambassador students fromArgentina. The Argentinian studentsspent the last several weeks of theirsummer vacation in the United States,staying with MSM families, shadowingtheir host families’ schedules, going toclass, attending field trips and learningabout North American culture.Their Mercy school, Santa Ethnea,back in Buneos Aires, Argentina, is aco-ed school with grades first throughhigh school. Besides the obvious differences,the students expressed surpriseat the higher percentage of Catholicstudents attending Mount St. Mary andthe amount of Masses and spiritualopportunities involving the families ofstudents. They enjoyed being includedin the Big Sis/Lil Sis lunch and applaudedthe school’s efforts to provide opportunitiesfor students to get to know oneanother. They stated that there is noneed to get to know most of their classmatesin Argentina, because the sameclass of around 70 students attendsschool together from first grade throughtwelfth. The class stays together eachday and from year-to-year as well, andit is the teachers who rotate classroomsinstead of the students.Mercy Ambassadors from Argentina: Sol Capovilla, Augustina De Los Reyes, MagdalenaDurand, Clara Papini, Paula Rojas, and Florentina VirasoroOn the flip side of this exchange, sixMercy Ambassadors from MSM willtravel, or have traveled already, toArgentina to stay with the families ofthe sister students there. The MercyAmbassador programs in bothArgentina and France offer currentlanguage students the opportunity toexperience a total cultural immersionthrough travel, home stays andeducational tours. For information oneligibility and associated costs, visit theStudent Life section of the MSMwebsite to find out more about MercyAmbassadors Argentina and MercyAmbassadors France.The Argentinian students ended theirstay in Arkansas by saying “Thank you.We appreciate that everyone welcomedus and that everyone waved inthe halls.” And as they left, the hallwaywas filled with waving and calls of “I’lllook for you on Facebook.” Class of 2016Up on DeckOn Friday, January 13, over 130 eighth grade girls arrived atMount St. Mary’s McAuley Center gym for the annual Lock-In.They were greeted by the Mountie Messengers (a select groupof 10 th -12 th graders who act as school ambassadors) and the funbegan! The girls were split up into small groups, and games wereplayed, skits were watched, and lots and lots of food was eaten.Their energy had definitely diminished by the next morning, butthe pancake breakfast prepared by the Dad’s Club definitelybrightened the day! Overall, each prospective student in this fungroup definitely learned why she “Must be a Mount Girl”!
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