What is JMUN?

Junior Model United Nations is a competitive role playing group or delegation. We are assigned to represent different countries as members of United Nations Committees at the conference each year in April. Student delegates learn about the country they represent, consider the government's point of view on a wide variety of topics, and propose solutions for many of the world's problems. When we get to the conference, we do our best to earn points for our team by making speeches, debating issues, and voting on the best solution(s). Each year we compete against schools from all over San Diego County. Lewis JMUN has one Best Delegation at the San Diego Regional JMUN conference five times, and currently holds the title of Outstanding Middle School Delegation. San Diego Regional JMUN is the longest running conference west of the Mississippi, and almost entirely student-led.

Some of the topics on last year's agenda (Session XLIX) included: increasing accountability for consumers supporting businesses that utilize illegal labor practices, protecting cultural heritage in times of political instability, maintaining employment opportunities as automation expands, and preventing the forced migration of species due to climate change. 

In order to showcase our knowledge of these topics and our assigned country's perspective, students are required to use the following skills: research, writing, critical thinking, public speaking and debate. 

JMUN is an advisory activity open to 6th, 7th, and 8th grade students with stellar grades (A's/B's, E/M for citizenship) and teacher recommendations. Students who compete successfully at the middle school level can continue to compete in 9th grade at Patrick Henry, and may later become part of the Secretariat or organizing group. These are outstanding students who go above and beyond to create a meaningful, positive, and memorable conference for our student delegates.

Delegates must be enrolled in a JMUN advisory, complete all assignments for the competition on time, and maintain high academic and citizenship grades in their classes (A's/B's; E's/M's) throughout the course of the school year in order to participate in the conference.