Thinking Globally

From Great Pond Road to Boston to represent countries all over the world, Brooks School’s Model UN put a global view into action while competing in a three-day simulation of the United Nations hosted by Boston University for high school students last weekend.

Based at the Marriott Copley in Back Bay, 20 Brooks students joined approximately 2,500 participants in the 24th annual Boston Model United Nations Conference, known as BosMUN, held February 7 through February 9.

“They spent the weekend engaged with lots and lots and lots of other students thinking about what the UN's work is, which is to make the world a better place,” Head of School John Packard shared in Chapel on Monday. “That's important work and time well spent.”

See an album of photos from Brooks School’s students at the Boston Model UN conference.

Model UN advisor and Chair of the History Department Michele Musto noted that this year’s conference was the largest BosMUN ever held and included several new participating schools from all over the United States.

Also notable, is the closing ceremonies speaker: United Nations Information Center Director William Davis. “He talked about the importance of global connections and the work of the U.N. in working with the world,” said Musto. “His remarks were a timely reminder of how interconnected our world is today.”

While the Brooks competitors didn’t win any awards this year, Musto said, “The students had a ton of fun and learned a lot about history and international politics.”

Read about last year’s BosMUN.

Tessa Nganga ’28 noted that during this experience she was proud to have strengthened her collaboration skills and developed a better understanding of how Model UN works. Her favorite part, though, was “getting to meet new people from around the world and make new friends.”

The highlight for Ady Duval ’25 was participating in a crisis committee. “BosMUN staff came up with surprise scenarios and obstacles that my committee had to debate over and overcome,” she said. “This year was my first time doing a crisis committee, which meant that everything we did I got a lot of practice on, like preparing speeches in a limited amount of time. By the end of the conference, I felt I’d improved at giving speeches off the top of my head. I also improved in writing directives and coming up with expansive solutions to problems, too.”

See inside the conference through her eyes with the Instagram takeover that Duval and Giada Musto ’25 shared from Boston: Brooks at BosMUN 2025. Congratulations, Brooksians!