Model UN Practice: WHO Committee

In preparation for our Model UN conference in just over a month, the students participated in a World Health Organization Committee, representing nations ranging from Japan and China to the US and France. 

Gathered together, they worked to address what the nations of the world can do to destigmatize mental health, working to stay within the mandate of the committee and their nations' policies.

Throughout the process, they also practiced following the rules of procedure and using Model UN terminology.

While we have much work to do to prepare for their actual committee, this first run showed that their public speaking and conflict resolution skills will serve them well.

After a long morning of work and a short afternoon session, the presented a draft resolution that was unanimously approved by the committee.

Recycling Right!

Community experts are frequent visitors to Seabury Middle School. Whether they come as part of a community outreach or are here to help us evaluate student work or to be a real world audience for student presentations, experts are a welcome benefit to learning in downtown Tacoma.

Featured here is Preston Peck who was a recent visitor from the city's residential recycling program. He is a project specialist focused on community education about recycling. He provided our students with a presentation on where our recycling goes, what is safe to recycle, and how recycling is a business that is affected by the community's knowledge of what and how to recycle. We learned how important to the environment it is to sort our recycling properly. Our student's were highly engaged and shared great ideas about recycling now and in the future.

The knowledge and connections students gain from expert visitors, is part of an integral part of the education you receive at Seabury School.