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1 SOCOMUN September 26th, :30 am 4:30 pm Hosted at SMCHS Contact Mr. Remmell: (949) Advertise in the SOCOMUN Program Online (1400 students) $100 full page $50 half page Advertise in the MUN Newsletter (325 families) $50 per month for one page ad 9 months left (Oct. - June)

2 Freshman Year Mr. John Remmell This is my 20th year as the Freshman MUN teacher. There are two things that I can be sure of. First, leading up to the conference, Freshmen will get nervous. It is the fear of the unknown and the closer it gets, the more apprehension they have, especially the week before the Position Paper is due. (Due date: Sept. 18th) Even though this is a credit/ no credit kind of assignment this seems to ignite the fear. I will even guarantee there will be tears shed in some homes prior to the conference. Even though as Tom Hanks said in A League of Their Own, there s no crying in [MUN]! The other thing I can be certain of is that once they attend SOCOMUN on September 26th they will feel much better about MUN and will probably be very excited. I have often had parents remark what an incredible transformation their children have undergone in just one day. You will probably find that MUN does have a profoundly positive effect on your student. All I ask is that you do your best to help your student deal with any nervousness they may experience. Please feel free to contact me at any time if you have questions. remmellj@smhs.org (949)

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4 Freshman Required Conferences (4) SOCOMUN (Sept. 26) Tustin Novice (Nov. 21) Edison Novice (Jan 23) Huntington Beach Novice (Apr.23) Freshman Optional Conferences Cerritos (Oct. 10) Mira Costa Novice (Dec. 5) Mission Viejo (Jan 16) Laguna Hills (February 20) Sophomore Required Conferences (4) Edison Adv. (Oct ) Tustin (Nov ) Surf City (Feb. 5-6) One optional conference Sophomore Optional Conferences SOCOMUN (Sept. 26) Mira Costa (Dec 5-6) Mission Viejo (Jan ) Laguna Hills (February 20) winter formal McKenna MUN (April 9-10) Junior Required Conferences (4) Edison Adv. (Oct ) or London Tustin (Nov ) Surf City (Feb. 5-6) One optional conference Junior Optional Conferences SOCOMUN (Sept. 26) Mira Costa (Dec 5-6) Mission Viejo (Jan ) UCSB (Feb * $400) McKenna MUN (April 9-10) Senior Required Conferences (4) Edison Adv. (Oct ) Tustin (Nov ) Surf City (Feb. 5-6) One optional conference Senior Optional Conferences SOCOMUN (Sept. 26) Mira Costa (Dec 5-6) Mission Viejo (Jan ) UCSB (Feb * $400) McKenna MUN (April 9-10) Juniors or Seniors that want to attend UCSB as an optional conference need to let Mr. Remmell know prior to 8/31/15. He will provide them with an application that needs to be returned by 8/31/15. Participation in SOCOMUN was determined by application. All applicants were accepted. There is no longer any positions left for the SOCOMUN Secretariat.

5 Missing a Required MUN Conference It is best not to miss a required conference for any reason. However, illness, injury, and other commitments can get in the way. If you must miss an MUN conference you should get your MUN teacher s PERMISSION before sign ups for that conference. Your MUN teacher must give his/her permission for you to miss the conference. If this permission is given then you must do all of the required class work for the conference that you miss (write the papers, participate in roasts, etc.) You must attend another make up conference to take the place of the conference you missed. You must arrange with your teacher beforehand what conference you will attend as a make up. You will also be required to complete any papers, etc. that this additional conference requires. You must attend the entire make up conference even if it is longer than the one that you missed. You may not use Head Delegate or any invitational conferences in the place of required conferences. Those are considered privileges and should not be used as a way out of a required conference. If students miss a required conference and do not complete a make up conference, their academic grade will be penalized. The penalty will be determined by their MUN teacher and may be a zero. Students who wait until late in the school year to recognize schedule conflicts may have no make up conference available and may have to accept a zero for the MUN conference that they miss. This is also true for students who may miss more than one MUN conference. Students who miss more than one required MUN conference during a school year will be ineligible to enroll in MUN the following school year.

6 Tentative SMCHS MUN Conference Schedule September 26 1 SOCOMUN All October 10 1 Cerritos Freshman Optional October Edison Advanced Soph., Junior, and Senior October Royal Russell (U.K.) Junior Invitational Oct. 26 Nov. 3 8 Panama Senior Invitational November Tustin All (Fresh. Sat. Only) December 5 1 Mira Costa (LAIMUN) Freshman January Mission Viejo All January Yale MUN Junior Invitational January 23 1 Edison Novice Frosh February Surf City (Huntington) Soph, Junior, and Senior February UC Santa Barbara Invitational Feb. 20*(Winter Formal) 1 Laguna Hills Frosh and Soph February UC Berkeley Soph Invitational March BEIMUN (Beijing) Senior Invitational April 16 Father/Daughter Dance April McKenna MUN JR/SR optional April 23 1 Huntington Beach Novice Freshman May 2 Awards Dinner This information is tentative The date(s) of the conference is determined by the host schools. Often times this schedule can change based on circumstances entirely outside the control of anyone at SMCHS. Conference attendance is mandatory for all MUN students and will affect the student's academic grade. See conference requirements (next page) for more specifics. Students should plan ahead and avoid conflicts with sports, drama, band, dance, and other school activities. Students are responsible for watching the learning portal and MUN Boards (located in all MUN classrooms) for more specific information about conferences they plan to attend (signups, meetings, due dates, etc.) SAT Dates ACT Dates October 3 September 12 November 7 October 24 December 5 December 12 January 23 February 6 March 5 April 9 May 7 June 11 June 4

7 MUN Grades If students attend all of the required conferences and then attend extra conferences, these conferences will then count as part of their grade as well. Signing up to attend a conference is a commitment to attend that entire conference. Failure to fulfill that commitment will result in reduction of the student's academic grade and possibly other consequences at the MUN advisor's discretion. Don t let the title optional fool you! These conferences are optional until you sign up for them; they then become required for you! Students will receive a grade of 100% for a gavel or best delegate award, 96% for outstanding, 92% for commendation, and 88% or lower for no award or research award only. When there is no distinction between the levels of the award students will receive a 92%. If the student misses part of a conference their grade will be reduced proportional to the amount of conference time missed. (If the student misses one hour of a ten hour conference their grade will be reduced ten percent. A grade of 88% would be marked down to 78%) Lunch time is not counted as conference time but the awards ceremony is considered conference time. If the student can win an award despite having missed part of the conference they will still get points off but will still receive a grade of A-. Students must attend the entire day of school the day prior to and the day after a conference. MUN students are not to take a day off to catch up on their school work. Make sure that you plan ahead and get your homework for other classes done BEFORE you go to the conference. DO NOT ask your teachers for extensions or special consideration because you spent the weekend at an MUN conference. These rules apply for all conferences. (Especially long weekend conferences and extended away conferences such as UC Berkeley and London) Students who do not win any award during the school year are ineligible to continue in MUN the following year. MUN Conference Grading Rubric A Won an award at the conference, with no major behavioral issues (Note that a research award doesn t get you an A ) Commendation = A- Outstanding = A Gavel or Best Delegate = A+ B Attended the entire conference with active participation throughout C Any one of these items will cause you to get this grade: Failed to attend the entire conference (attended at least 70% of the conference) Had a prohibited item (cell phone, homework, magazine, etc.) out during the conference Out of dress code at any point in the conference Excessive trips out of committee (restrooms, snack bar, etc.) Not actively participating in the conference (sitting in the back, not raising your placard, socializing during caucus, etc.) D or F Major behavior issues at the conference, or failure to attend the entire conference (less than 70%) Zero Did not attend a mandatory conference. Be aware that. If you are out of delegate dress you will receive a Dean s detention for dress code. You may be asked to leave the conference and not return until you are dressed properly. If your cell phone is seen or heard during committee you will receive a Dean s detention for having a cell phone. In addition, your cell phone may be confiscated for the weekend. Any student that receives the grade of C or lower more than once during the school year will not be eligible to participate in the MUN program the following school year. If you leave the site of an MUN conference or break any of the rule in the MUN handbook you will be given a referral.

8 Hi MUN Parents! Every year MUN hosts the Father Daughter Dance for all of our female students to celebrate an evening with their fathers, grandfathers, uncles or other special people in their lives in the Moiso Family Pavilion. A big thank you again to our generous donors last year! If you would like to participate in this year s event the MUN program and its students would greatly appreciate it! We are in need of monetary support and would deeply appreciate contributions. Please click on the link below to fill out the parent volunteer form: MUN Parent Volunteer Form If you are able to make a monetary contribution to our efforts then please send your contribution made payable to SMCHS MUN to Santa Margarita Catholic High School Attn: John Remmell Antonio Parkway RSM, CA remmellj@smhs.org Thank you, as always, for all of the support that you have given to the MUN program throughout this year. We of course would not be able to plan such events to support our students without your contributions and efforts. Sincerely, SMCHS MUN

9 MUN Leadership Board Board Meeting Attendance Policy: Board meetings are held the first Monday of the month after school in B110. You will be removed from the board if you have two unexcused absences or three total absences of any kind. Unexcused absence = you are absent without getting Mr. Remmell s permission to be absent more than forty-eight hours prior to the meeting. If you are removed from the board as a Junior you will not be eligible to be a board member as a Senior. If you are a Head Delegate you will lose that privilege. Board meetings are open to all MUN students. Sophomore students interested in leadership positions for the next school year are strongly encouraged to attend. Secretaries General Lillie Lustig, Caroline Guirgis, Rachel Hershorin Senior Presidents of the MUN Leadership Board Aashi Patel USG Technology USG SOCOMUN Parnia A, Cecilia Nepple Chefs du Cabinet Justin Wittekind, Ryan Ramos, Dessi Gomez Technology Director - Ethan Lee USG Fundraising (F/D Dance) Dakota Brady, David Bao, Devin Walsh, Carolyn Nilsen USG Fundraising Awards dinner/silent auction Maddie Gehrich, Amanda Madden, Sabrina Torres, Madeline McFadden USG BMUN Trainers John Andrikos, Dina Saccacio Head Delegates Cannot use Head Delegate job for conference credit. (Unless it is a required conference for your grade level) Cerritos Nedda Bozorgmehri, Perla Shaheen Edison Amy Mohajer, Lauren Walker Tustin Kayla Prager, TBD Mira Costa Taylor Poehlman Mission Caitlyn Carrillo, Morgan Delaney Edison Novice Sara Khoshniyati, Sarvien Keighobad Surf City Kristi Fecarotta, Riley Campbell Laguna Hills Albert Lee, Mary Retoske Huntington Novice Keana Gonzales, Yasmin Minai Marymount Aleyeh Roknaldin Senior Member of the Board Angela Kim Junior Member of the Board Erin Gerardo Schedule: 8/17 9/14 10/5 11/2 12/7 1/4 2/1 3/7 4/4

10 SUPPORT MUN with Scrip The Scrip Program costs you nothing extra!! Dollar-for-Dollar Value There is no cost to you. Simply by using the Scrip Program, SMCHS benefits and so do you. This is one fundraiser that gives back to you. We will share the discount percentage 50/50 with you which can lower your student s school tuition or be donated to MUN. Notify Catherine Hassen at hassenc@smhs.org if MUN is to receive credit, otherwise Tuition will be credited. THREE EASY WAYS TO PARTICIPATE: 1. SCRIP (GIFT CERTIFICATES/CARDS) JUST LIKE CASH Sold Year Round at SMCHS Front Desk Scrip Sale Days/Hours: Mon/Tues/Thurs/Fri. 7:30 9:30 am/wed. 1:30 3:30 pm SMCHS purchases Scrip at a discount and sells at face value Great variety. See our Scrip list and Scrip FAQs at Scrip discount will be shared with you 50/50 2. (ELECTRONIC) Escrip** Register credit card, ATM card and Von s card at Designate SMCHS (Group Number ) The Vendor List is on the escrip web site escrip donation to SMCHS will be shared with you 50/50 3. RALPHS CLUB CARD** Sign-up your Ralphs Club Card Number at Designate Santa Margarita Catholic High School (NPO number 84441) Questions/help with process, call Ralphs You cannot earn individual credit at Ralph s. It all goes to the general school account. ** Family and friends can sign up, too just let us know their names so we can credit your SMCHS student. hassenc@smhs.org

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