Athens Academy’s Model UN team spent February 3-5, 2023, participating in the annual high
school Model UN conference hosted by the UGA collegiate Model UN team. Over 500 students from
schools across the Southeast were in attendance. Athens Academy’s team included sixteen Upper
School students representing the countries of South Africa and Poland, along with positions in the
conference’s “crisis committees.”
Special congratulations go to sophomore Joshua Xie, who was recognized with an honorable
mention award for his work in the crisis committee “The Death of Stalin.”
The sixteen team members included seniors Will Hines, Taylor Leach, Thomas Meyer, Jackson
Scruggs, Kishan Shah, Karan Tongia, and Safi Uddin; juniors Anvesha Das, Margalit Mauricio, and Om
Patel; and sophomores Luke De La Fuente, Will Dugas, Leo Gabara, Kartik Menke, Connor Schoenfeld,
and Joshua Xie.
According to faculty advisor Allison Turney, “This was a busy weekend for Athens Academy
students, with a winter dance, a robotics competition, a soccer game, and the state swim meet requiring
students to sometimes miss part of the conference.” Dr. Turney continued, “Nonetheless, I am
appreciative that they came to Model UN as much as they could and were active participants when
there!”
Pictured: front row – Jackson Scruggs, Leo Gabara, Safi Uddin, Luke De La Fuente, Anvesha Das; back row
– Connor Schoenfeld, Karan Tongia, Om Patel, Kishan Shah, Joshua Xie, Thomas Meyer, Will Hines, Taylor
Leach, Will Dugas. Picture #2: Joshua Xie. Picture #3: Connor Schoenfeld addresses the plenary.
Athens Academy is an independent, co-educational school for students in K3 through 12th grade,
located on a beautiful 152-acre campus in Northeast Georgia. Now in its 56

th year, Athens Academy
pursues its mission of “excellence with honor” through academics, athletics, fine arts, and service and
leadership. Ranked the #1 private school in Athens, #9 college prep school in the state of Georgia, and
#1 private school in Northeast Georgia (Niche.com).
For more information, please contact Kelley Cuneo, communications director, at
[email protected] or 706-433-2410.