The TCS MUN club is a student-led organization, committed to sending TCS students to external MUN models for the purpose of improving their leadership skills. 

Separate from the COSMUN Secretary General, it has the mission to recruit students from middle and high school. They aim to ensure the students are trained and feel confident enough to debate with their counterparts from other schools. 

“I entered the club in order to learn more about debating. Since then, it has helped me better formulate my arguments as well as improve my oratory skills,” Santiago Ramos, Grade 10, said.

The TCS MUN club leadership is composed of two presidents, a student advisor, and a middle school representative whose goal is to lead the club in the best interest of the student body. 

“The club has operated really well. We have managed it well and it has been extremely helpful for those desiring to learn about debating,” Samuel Mendivelso, Grade 8, said.

Although separate from COSMUN, which is hosted by TCS each year, the club works alongside them to ensure that COSMUN is well organized and that the necessary participation is fulfilled. 

“The club effectively prepares people to help them understand more information about what happens in model United Nations, doing practice committees and getting ready to attend external events,” Emily Butterworth, MUN teacher sponsor, said.

The club has two teacher sponsors, William Duque in middle school and Emily Butterworth in high school. It also receives help from Columbus Life which coordinates payments and organizes the logistice for the students to attend events at other schools.  

“It involves multiple things, amongst them, the need for collaboration between teacher sponsors and school administrators to ensure that academic eligibility is fulfilled, along with creating opportunities for students so they can excel,” Butterworth said.

Training sessions are usually done Wednesdays after school. In the session, students actively engage in debating and/or presiding, in order to receive feedback for them to apply in external models. 

“Training sessions are of the essence, as they have helped especially middle school students be in their prime, in both external model and our internal model in COSMUN,” Mendivelso said.

SHMUN, or the Montemayor United Nations model, is the latest model that the club  attended, with over 40 students delegates and 3 students chairing various committees.

“It’s about making the students gain confidence and participate effectively in all the aspects of a model United Nations,” Butterworth said.