Page 14 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, March 11, 2022 IN ‘REAL TIME’: Malden High’s Model UN tackles global issues in midst of international crisis Invasion of Ukraine by Russia looms over annual academic event this week By Steve Freker t did not take long for real life to step right into real time at a popular annual academic event at Malden High School on Wednesday. The Model UN (United Nations), a yearly exercise where high school students take on the personas of UN delegates of various countries, has been on the calendar for the Malden High Social Studies Department all year. Little did anyone know that this week’s Model UN would coincide with the fi rst war on European soil since World War II, as Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, and the battle has been raging since then, into this week. It was ironic that one of the first Malden High students-turned-delegates that asked for podium time was the representative from Ukraine. The discourse was directed toward the delegate from Russia, and it was straight to the point: “Stop bombing our country... and please go back to your own,” the Ukraine delegate said. Wednesday’s salvo at the Malden High Model UN was a perfect example of how real life can interject into real time when a historical event of the invasion of Ukraine occurs. The Ukraine delegate directly tied the newly initiated war with the ceasing of any progress or continuity of education in that country, with the invasion bringing academic pursuits to a standstill. “The Ukraine invasion by Russia was being discussed in all our History classes the past week, since it began,” said Malden High Social Studies Teacher Leader Kerri Veritas, who this year and for the past three years coordinated the Model UN participation at Malden High School. She I Abdellah Mullah, MHS junior, spoke at Model UN last week. He was the student-delegate from Spain – off ering to provide assistance to other countries to enhance their Education Equity goals. Malden High student-delegates are caucusing in between debates on the issues at hand. Emma Belza and Alex Bostian assist student-delegates prior to their presentation. said she was “not surprised” the issue carried over into the overall event’s discussions. The theme of his year’s event is Global Educational Equity, and a lot of the tangential topics were related to delivery of academics in the face of the international COVID-19 pandemic. Nearly 200 MHS students, primarily from the junior year History classes, participate in Model UN, and Veritas said it is a great tool to show real-life workings of an international humanitarian/governance organization, such as the United Nations. She explained that Malden High School contracts with the United Nations Association of Greater Boston (UNAGB), whose representatives were on hand all week at Malden High School to assist in the presentation and guide the participation in the event. Included were UNAGB Education Director Emma Belza, Director of Development & Community Outreach Alex Bostian and Education Program Manager Alexander Beatty, among others on hand. “They do a tremen~ Legal Notice ~ City of Malden Community Preservation Committee Public Information Session Notice/Monthly Meeting Agenda Wednesday, March 16, 2022, 6:00 PM Public Information Session & Monthly Meeting will be held remotely via Zoom On June 16, 2021, Governor Baker signed into law An Act Extending Certain COVID-19 Measures Adopted During the State of Emergency. This Act includes an extension, until April 1, 2022, of the remote meeting provisions of his March 12, 2020, Executive Order Suspending Certain Provisions of the Open Meeting Law. 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