Wilton High School Students in Model Congress at Harvard

Boston M.A.-  February 20-24, 2014.  Thirteen Wilton High School Model Congress students participated in the 2014 Harvard Model Congress Conference. 

The students that participated in the four day United States Government simulation demonstrated their mastery of the skills and concepts learned at Wilton High School. 

Unlike the Yale Model Congress Conference that was held in December, at Harvard Model Congress, Wilton Model Congress members were required to portray a current U. S. Senator, House member,  a member of Barack Obama’s staff or cabinet, a Supreme Court justice, a member of the press, or a member of an interest group. 

Model Congress simulations are amazing opportunities for high school students to engage in civil discourse.  Any student at Wilton High School can join the Model Congress, students meet every Thursday from 3:00pm to 4:15pm, visit the Wilton High School Web Page for more details.  

Prior to arriving at the Harvard Model Congress Conference, Wilton High School Model Congress students met with their advisor Mr. Kenneth Dunaj in order to develop and practice parliamentary procedure, debate skills, and bill/policy writing. 

After hours of preparing, debating, composing legislation, lobbying, and compromising in Boston, the following students have been recognized by the Harvard Model Congress for their Outstanding work (Each will receive a gavel as their trophy):

Freshman Randy Ramirez -- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

Sophomore Maya Seshan -- Senate Select Intelligence

Junior George Mgalobishvili -- Senate Environment and Public Works and Democratic Caucus Leader

Junior Jeremy Brewer -- Lobbyist for Cato Institute  

Junior Alika Zangieva -- President Barack Obama’s Chief of Staff, National Security Council