ASP Missy Magic! - American School of Paris

8/Special report Special report /9Bringing MiddleSchool Studentstogether from around EuropeFive years ago, the ASP Middle School establisheda Model United Nations club, inspired by the MUN club in theUpper School. Starting with just four students, the club hasgrown to 52 active members.In March, ASP hosted the 5 th annual AMIMUN Conference.AMI stands for the partnership between the American Schoolof Paris, Marymount School and the International Schoolof Paris. Thanks to outstanding leadership from eighth gradestudent chairs and the support of many parents, teachersand Upper School students, this year’s conference was aresounding success. Enjoy this joint report by our own MiddleSchool MUN students.Largest conference in Europeby Evans Levy (Gr8)AMIMUN is currently the largest Middle School MUN conference inEurope. We had over 150 students participating from school as faraway as Warsaw, Poland and Izmer, Turkey. The schools that attendedwere; the International School of Paris (ISP), Marymount School Paris,the Institut de la Tour, a French school located in Paris; the InternationalSchool of Luxembourg, the American School of Madrid, the AmericanSchool of Warsaw, Izmir SEV Elementary School who came all theway from Turkey, and last but not least the hosting school the AmericanSchool of Paris. By the end of the conference a lot of people had madefriends with students from other schools.Preparations for the Conferenceby Michael Carden (Gr8)In the months leading up to the conference, over a dozen eighth gradersput in long hours to make the weekend possible. A designatedcommittee chairs, these students helped to pick debate topics, writeresearch papers, prepare conference logistics and protocol, and helpedto set up for the conference itself. In the final days, their jobschanged to stuffing folders and name badges, folding placards, choosingrooms for their committees, and helping with all the other littlethings that made the conference so enjoyable. As a club, we pickedcommittee and country assignments, and all the delegates wrote policystatements and operative clauses. All the diligent working paid off,and we had a wonderful conference, the biggest middle school MUNconference in all of Europe.(continued on page 10)▼ ▼▼The Aspect - April 2010 The Aspect - April 2010