2025-2026 Activities

Thomas Jefferson Middle School Conference (JIBMUN)

May 2, 2026

Guest Speaker from the Organization for Social Media Safety

April 22, 2026

We were fortunate to host an incredibly inspiring guest speaker, Mr. Ed Peisner, from the Organization for Social Media Safety in our Model United Nations classroom. His presentation focused on educating students about social media and its impact on young people. Students asked thoughtful questions, leading to a lively and engaging discussion with an expert on an issue that directly shapes the daily lives of students, in both positive and negative ways.

Mr. Peisner’s visit was especially meaningful because it stemmed from a student’s work in our Letters to Change the World assignment. Earlier this year, students researched the topic of “Limitations on Social Media Access for Children” and wrote letters to organizations and changemakers raising awareness about the issue. One student’s outreach resonated so strongly that it inspired this unexpected and powerful classroom visit, and in the process demonstrated the real-world impact civic engagement.

Globalization & Nigerian Oil Crisis

April 13-17, 2026

We were fortunate to receive support from MCPS to implement a unit of study from ICONS, a project from the University of Maryland. The interactive simulation included one day of research and preparation and one day of an in-class online simulation. Students worked in groups to represent one role in the crisis, such as the Nigerian government, Human Rights Watch, the Ogoni people,  and Shell Oil. The goal of the conference was to develop a Memorandum of Understanding that met the needs of all stakeholders. In the negotiations, students worked to develop proposals that increased access to jobs, protected the environment, and developed infrastructure to improve the quality of life for all Nigerian citizens. The students faced many obstacles throughout the simulation, such as an oil spill, an attempted coup d'etat, and a hostage crisis. While the simulation ended without real solutions achieved, students were able to successfully negotiate some plans and agreements. After the simulation ended, I asked students what they learned:

• I learned how hard it can be for the people living in these hard conditions, and for the people who make the decisions. I also learned how you can have political power and it taught me a bit about how the real world is.

• The most important thing I learnt from this simulation was that, even though this situation was very tricky and hard to figure out, as long as you work hard and keep coming up with new resolutions and ideas you can do it and get through the hard things. 

• The most important thing I learned is that every party has their own conflicts that may be hard to understand if you are not a member of that party, therefore for negotiations to work it is important to give second chances and the benefit of the doubt because if people are kicked out of negotiations because no progress has been made, it doesn’t actually speed up progress.

• I learned it’s super important to make sure when negotiating you and the other person gain something or else it’s not fair and/or you are missing something and might give them something you shouldn’t. (hopefully this makes sense)

• The most important thing I believe that I learned was that it is very important and necessary to vote on proposals if you have that option because you have a say in the matter and many others might not have the same chance as you.

• I think that being a neutral party in a conflict is really hard because you can’t provide humanitarian aid without people saying it’s biased. 

• I think it is important to meet in the middle while making negotiations and see the two groups' needs then decide on the negotiation.

• Sometimes you need to sacrifice things to get what is best for the people.

• It takes time to achieve your goals and for peace during a conflict because not everyone agrees on every topic or what the outcome of something should be.

• The most important thing I learned about international negotiations is that you will not always come to a satisfying ending.

• Fighting for a cause may not always work in your favor, especially if you’re fighting against a company with money and power

• The most important thng I learned is to double check your work. Before you make a big decision and sharing it with the world you have to think about all the different outcomes that might happen. You need to hear everyone opinion to make the best solution possible.

• There is always a lot of pressure from everyone, and it can be hard to stand your ground sometimes.

Anne Arundel County Model United Nations Conference 

April 11, 2026

Twenty-nine SSIMS students attended the Anne Arundel County Model United Nations Conference  held annually at Severna Park High School. We are very proud of our students for working hard all day to present speeches, write resolutions, and engage in meaningful debate. This year there were two topics that both focused on climate change. SSIMS took home 9 awards this year and the delegates could not have been more proud to receive them. Bravo, SSIMS stars!

The goal of conference was to restore peace to the region by meeting the needs of all stakeholders. The conference was tumultuous and peace negotiations were tense between all countries/roles involved. The conflict escalated significantly before any progress toward peace could be made. At the start of the conference we were all nervous that a peace deal would not be reached and at times, it seemed very uncertain. However, the students ultimately demonstrated their ability to collaborate, problem-solve, compromise, in order to achieve their shared goals. The students passed Resolutions to end the conflict in 1973, 25 years prior to its historical conclusion. 

United for Peace

In March, Model UN students worked on a mini project about the Rwandan Genocide. The students made artwork to represent what they learned and the message of "Never Again" is an important one. Their powerful work is showcased in a new bulletin board on the 2nd floor hallway. The message is clear: SSIMS students want a more peaceful world. Yesterday a student entered my classroom who is not in our classes. She read one of the images on the wall out loud, "no more genocide." I commented, "genocide is terrible." She replied, "I know. it's why I left my country." Sometimes, it is powerful to be reminded that students in our school community have survived terrible events. I hope that they feel supported by our message of solidarity. We are united in our dream for a world without genocide.

NHSMUN Conference

New York, New York

SSIMS students made MCPS news- check it out!

SSIMS Poems for Peace 

September 21, 2025

UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS WRITTEN IN BRAINROT

SDG 1

SDG #1: Yeet broke chuzz out everywhere. 808 million people live below the skibi line, and this leads to NPC syndrome, chronic mewing, and higher grimace rates. Everyone deserves the rizz to live 100,000 aura healthy lives by 2030. Everyone should have 24K labubu's.  

SDG 2

SDG-2 is ending the munchies, fam. It's got three main vibes: snagging those safe snackies, dunking all mega malnourish moments, and nerfing food panic mode.

ts world lowkey needs fruits vs brainrots fruits to nutrisize the labubus and livvy Dunne so that baby gronk can grow a big strong gyatt to rizz the huzz any day. the delulus need fuel to mew and mog Kai cenat on fortnite. everyone needs 67 to mog the haters and rizz the chuzz and huzzah alike. Unc is on his villain arc if he doesn't eat.

SDG 3

Basically, SDG 3 is about making sure everyone, everywhere, is living their best Sigma life, no matter their level. We gotta protect the mini-goons and the OGs, and make sure fewer people are getting clapped by stuff that's totally L. We're trying to end the plague-like vibes, but also focus on the inner skibidi, you know? Mental health is key to rizz. And we're vibing toward a future where everyone has access to the essentials to be healthy, and where no one has to go broke just to get a Skibidi check-up.

SDG 4

​​SDG 4 (67) be like leveling up the world's braincells and aura points, making sure everyone gets that giga-chad knowledge boost they deserve 📚💯. In 2021, like 67 million zoomers were ghosting school, which is NOT skibidi. SDG 4 is trying to make sure that kind of flop never goes down again. 

SDG 5

SDG 5 is all about making sure that baddies have more than 6 or 7 equal opportunities to rizz and doomscroll compared to being like brother Noah’s and Khaby Lame mechanisms. No cap, baddies in Ohio having sigma rights make the world more rizzy and skibidi, but without the toilet. Girls are very alpha bluds compared to zesty baby gronk boys who can’t mew or look max!

SDG 6

SDG 6: H2rizz is key to human sayyt. More H2rizz, better Ohio vibes worldwide. Everyone should have access to H2rizz, but not everywhere is skibidi. Billions struggle every year, yapping for H2rizz. We gotta level up water quality and sanitation, or the world's pop will keep rizzing.

SDG 7

We got SDG 7 and it's all about that budget-friendly and clean energy. This is mega crucial for the world cuz everything relies hecka on energy, like dubai chocolate.

SDG 7 is about Sigmas being skibiti while doom scrolling with clean tung tung sahor energy. These baddies have peak aura and help the OG's get clean and affordable prime energy. It's Giving. Slay. Period. No joke. Ate up. Get it. 67. 41. 

SDG 8

SDG 8 is all about boosting that rizz for long-lasting, goated economic glow-ups, full-on productivity grindset, and slay jobs for everyone. This level-up targets epic gains through vibes that spawn job rizz, gig wizardry, and big-brain ideas, while also yeeting forced labor, kiddo work, and bad vibes, plus keeping the grind safe for all the work homies.

SDG 9

BTW WSG FELLOW RIZZLERSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS,sdg 9 is like, buildin' gud infra, makin' industries inclusive and sustainable, and inovashun! Factory makin' and new stuff, ya know? MEGA KNIGHTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT💀🥀I JUST LOST MY DOGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG JAYDENS BUS IS HEREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE 6767 JINGLE JINGLE JINGLE PANCAKESSSS

SDG 10

OKAY SO BASICALLY SDG 10 IS LIKE “NO MORE UNFAIR VIBES” 🚫😤 everyone gets SAME RIGHTS SAME ENERGY SAME SEATS AT THE TABLE no matter where u from or how many brain cells u got ✨✨ equality but make it GLOBAL like not just ur lil hometown but the WHOLE PLANET 🌍💅 and they’re like “immigrants?? YEAH besties we got u 💖” also equal rep so no one’s left in the corner eating stale chips while the rich ppl have caviar 💀💀 socially ✅ economically ✅ intergalactically (ok maybe not but like… vibes) SKSKSK IM CRYIN THIS IS JUST WORLD PEACE BUT WITH PAPERWORK 😭✈️📜

SDG 11

Slide with budget-friendly and gigachad-worthy rides and touch grass while mewing. Give brainrots like Tung Tung Tung Tung Sahur a safe and nice home. Goal 11 gives people who are on the edge of the Ohio map a chance to lock in and lowkey turn into the huzz. John Pork will stop calling and you will be extremely tuff. Instead of beinf delulu you'll be resilient and live in an inclusive neighborhood/street no cap no cap fr fr. Goal 11 is very skibidi and will be so much more sigma and giga chad. 

SDG 12

SDG 12: Reduce matcha waste to at most 67 pounds a month and buy only as much Dubai chocolate as you need.

SDG 13

Blud you gotta lock in, no cap our planet is not in the grindset. Our planet needs to get skibidi and fr needs to get out of the goofy ahh ahh state it's in. So y'all pull yours heads out of the griddy and start simping over the planet. 

SDG 14

SDG 14 is to keep oceans sigma cuz if the oceans are gone we're cooked, like deaduzz. Cuz like imagine an alien huzz comes to earth... we're cooked bro. Like having no water is cringe fr. No water... thats like only in Ohio type shyt. Like what is bro on? LIke stand on business bro...

SDG 15

SDG:15 Susake came back to the village which allowed him to harness his spirit animal which he then went walking down the street yelling "hipoty hopoty we steal the money and the property". Then he ran into Timothy Tough Knuckles who punch's metal for fun. Then got stuck in the laundry machine then sakura yelled "come help me". Then Rebellious Randy came along who in unc and is pushing 70. 

SDG 16

SDG 16 is peak Sigma grindset because it’s all about that rizzing peace, edging justice, and buffing institutions by vibing with chill and inclusive squads, slapping down justice for all the homies, and building alpha, accountable, and inclusive teams at all ranks. It’s mainly tryna reduce violence, end child exploit and abuse, combat corruption, and stop the sus arms trade. That's so skibidy toilet yk!!!!!!!

SDG 17

"Iran's got that 2030 Agenda on lock, it's a whole sigma vibe, no cap, for real."

pt 2 Iran, as a UN giga chad, has pledged to vibe check the "Transforming our World: The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development". It's syncing its national rizz moves, like the 6th and 7th Five-Year Edge Plans, and a specific "National Education Rizz Act" with this skibi framework.