HUNS is pleased to announce the first ever Model United Nations Conference at Hunter this Saturday, November 12th, 8:30-4:30. We will have 50 attendees in grades 7-12th, 20 of which are coming from La Guardia High School. With General Assembly and Security Council meetings scheduled for the day, it promises to be full of spirited debates on interesting topics.
{extended}For the 24th year, the National Geographic Society is holding the National Geographic Bee for students in the fourth through eighth grades in thousands of schools across the United States and in the five U. S. territories. Everyone is invited to participate in an initial Qualifying Round at Hunter beginning on November 14th. The highest scoring participants (approximately 30) will be selected for the next level, the Preliminary Competition Round, which will be held December 12-16th. The top scoring ten-twelve participants in the Preliminary Round will proceed on to the Final Round & Championship competition. You can check out the main site for the competition at www.nationalgeographic.com/geographicbee for additional information.
{extended}Once again, Alec Getz ‘12 and Alex Ostrovskiy ‘14 have been named to the US Chess Federation’s 2012 Trophies Plus All-American Team. Fewer than 50 of 50,000 ranked juniors are invited each year to join this prestigious group. The All-American Team was founded in 1987 to honor the very best players 18 and under and is one of the highest honors attainable. Selection is based on age, rating and activities during the year.
{extended}Please stop by room 327 during Open School Day, on Thursday 10/6, during official period (9:35am) for a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Join us in celebrating our beautifully renovated classroom made possible by the generous contributions of our PTA.
- the Art and Music Department
{extended}Congratulations to the Debate Team for their success this weekend at Yale University Debate Tournament! There were 140 competitors in the varsity division and 84 competitors in the Junior Varsity division.
Semi-Finalists: Charlie Lasswell and Geffen Huberman
Quarter-Finalists: Alberto San-Miguel Malaney
Octo-Finalists: Zachary Plyam, Emma Smith and Nina Jaffe-Geffner
Double-Octo Finalists: Danny Li, Jonathan Kupfer, Rebecca Heilweil
Charlie Lasswell also received his half-qualification for the prestigious Tournament of Champions, scheduled to happen later in the
year. Great job everyone!
Washington Seminar Applications Due Monday September 26 by 2:00 PM
Juniors and Seniors may apply
The Washington Seminar is an opportunity for Hunter students to study first-hand how the United States government works. Approximately thirty juniors and seniors spend the year teaching each other the ins and outs of major policy issues confronting the federal government. They then spend four days in Washington interviewing figures from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches, as well as journalists, embassy personnel, lobbyists, and academics at think tanks.
This co-curricular course is a singular experience for student interested in history, government, public policy, politics and the law. In recent years Hunter students have had the opportunity to meet with Secretary of Education Arne Duncan, Associate Justices Elena Kagan and Antonin Scalia, New York Times reporters Adam Liptak and Sewell Chan, leading figures in the Justice Department’s Counter-Terrorism unit, the Syrian ambassador, Representatives Dennis Kucinich, Senator Barney Sanders, the head of the AFL-CIO, and the director of the National Rifle Association.
Applications are available across from the Social Studies office (Room 336).
