High Schools
The Trinity School in Manhattan, New York has won the Best Delegation Award for the past three years at Princeton Model Congress held in Washington, D.C. It is generally known as the best Model Congress delegation in the United States.
Certain High schools in New York, specifically the Nassau and Westchester county area, participate in a competitive debate league known as United Model Congress (UMC). These schools get together 8 times during the school year and debate over various pieces of mock legislation just as an actual legislative body would. The schools involved (also known as delegations) are
- East Meadow High School
- Lawrence High School
- Long Beach High School
- Oceanside High School
- Herricks High School
- George W. Hewlett High School
- Seaford High School
- New Rochelle High School
- Wantagh High School
Wantagh and Seaford are considered one delegation known as Tri-District, or "Tri-D" for short.
Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford, Connecticut will commence its 38th Model Congress on Monday, October 10.
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