Seekonk High Model UN’s 11th Annual Student Conference is a Great Success!

(Seekonk, Jan. 16, 2026) - On Saturday, January 10th, the Seekonk High School Model United Nations (UN) team welcomed nearly 300 high school delegates from area schools to their 11th Annual Model UN Conference, an electrifying day of debate, negotiation, and diplomacy. Under the inspired leadership of student Co-Secretaries-General Cameron Hagan and Lucas Zonfrillo, both Class of 2027, and Crisis Director Collin Aguiar, ’27, this student-run event was inspired by the theme of “Lights, Camera Action” to create debate topics from popular movies. Model United Nations, or Model UN, is a complex educational simulation, where students roleplay different stakeholders and debate issues in an effort to solve problems and find consensus.

More than 40 SHS student members of Model UN led an engaging, immersive day including debating the workers’ rights of Oompa-Loompas in Wonka’s chocolate factory, devising global rules for the use of Oppenheimer’s bomb, finding solutions for Broadway’s shrinking audiences and negotiating how the Once-ler can better manage the Truffala forest in the Lorax universe. Seekonk High Model UN’s signature crisis scenarios and two advanced committees led by SHS alumni currently in college, pushed participants to their creative limits, showcasing the best of what Model UN has to offer.

This year’s event featured ten dynamic committees and hosted delegates from regional schools including Archbishop Williams High School, Barrington High School, Bishop Stang High School, Boston College High School, Chapel Hill-Chauncy Hall School, Foxborough High School, Hopkinton High School, Killingly High School, Mansfield High School, Old Rochester Regional High School, Somerset-Berkley Regional High School, Tabor Academy, Tantasqua Regional High School, Watertown High School, West Bridgewater High School, Westwood High School and Xaverian Brothers High School.

The SHS Model UN team extends its deepest gratitude to the students, alumni, staff, adult volunteers, and supporters who made this day an unforgettable success.