A group of Heritage students are learning about international relations and diplomacy by competing with other schools in Model UN.

Model UN imitates the real United Nations. Each competing school sends students to be representatives for all the countries of the United Nations.

Over Thanksgiving break, the team traveled to the Arkansas Model United Nations tournament at the University of Central Arkansas. 

Heritage students represented Spain, Portugal and Montenegro as they worked to create a peaceful and fair solution to the assigned topical problems.

The team didn’t return to Heritage with any awards, but they did develop their speaking and collaborative social skills.

“For Heritage, everybody except for one person was brand new to Model UN, so we didn’t come home with any awards, but we got a lot of experience and we did really well,” Coach Alicia Schwartz said. “Every single person participated in that committee.”

The Model UN plans to continue practicing and improving their performance so they can be more competitive in future tournaments.

“The Model UN competition is once every year in November,” she said. “But there is a competition that is really similar in March, so we’re hoping to be able to go in early March.”