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Wells 7th Annual MUN Conference

Wells On Nut — Sat, 18 Nov 2023 06:44:03 +0000

Written By: Tanish Kedia, Risa Takahashi (Class of 2024)

After over four months of hard work from the Wells MUN team, we are proud to have hosted our 7th Annual Wells Model United Nations conference (WISMUN VII) with 15 committee chairs, 20 advisors, and approximately 200 delegates from 20 different local and international schools. From Wells, 10 students took part as delegates, 5 students participated as chairs, and many more students, such as pages and ushers from MUN Club members, student photographers, and IT Club members, all contributed to helping the conference run smoothly.

Throughout the day, students demonstrated bravery, knowledge of global affairs, and open-mindedness as they collaborated on exploring different perspectives and finding logical solutions to the respective issues of various committees. Students exemplified confidence, respect and a high level of professionalism as true global citizens. A spirit of collegiality and unity were evident among the groups, with new friendships being cultivated and old ones rekindled.

Congratulations to��Krittika Luangyot (Grace) (Class of 2025) for winning the honorable mention award in the Press Corps Committee!

This incredible achievement would not have been possible without the dedication and guidance of our esteemed advisors (Ms. Nikki Willhoit, Mr. Gregory Schwab, Dr. Katina Grigoraskos). We truly express our gratitude to each advisor for their tireless efforts in mentoring delegates, and helping the day run smoothly.

We would also like to express our sincere thanks to the senior leaders (Risa Takahashi, Tanish Kedia, and Sameer Gathia) whose vision and guidance have been pivotal in helping WISMUN VII be successful thanks to their wisdom, patience, and leadership throughout their two years as leaders.

Lastly, a heartfelt thank you to all advisors, chairs, and delegates from different schools for participating in our conference and making it a memorable one for the Thailand MUN community. We look forward to continued inter-school collaboration in the Model United Nations network.

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World Scholar’s Cup Regional Round 2022

Wells On Nut — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 00:23:12 +0000

Written By: Ms. Nikki Willhoit, ��World Scholars’ Cup Club Advisor

On June 11 & 12, nine of our high school students attended the World Scholar’s Cup Regional Round at Bangkok Patana School. Our students focused hard and demonstrated incredible knowledge, collaboration and resilience throughout this event. Each who participated won multiple awards, with one standout student, Katherine Dorval of Grade 9, winning 3rd place for Best Overall Scholar and First Place��Debater��from out of over 500 students! Additionally,��of our students received an official invitation to the Global Round in Bangkok this September, with one group in particular (Katherine, Grace and Fine from Grade 9) receiving extra recognition as one of the top-three teams from the entire student delegation.

Special Recognition

The individual awards and recognitions are listed below:

Katrina Lin (Grade 11):��Silver Medals in Team Debate and Collaborative Writing

Prem Sakkapannikon (Grade 11):��Gold Medals in Individual Debate and the Science portion of the Scholars’ Challenge; Silver Medals in Team Debate, Collaborative Writing, and��the Champion Scholar Award��(a category that recognizes a student’s overall achievements)

Risa Takahashi (Grade 10):��Gold Medals in Individual Debate, Individual Writing, and the Social Studies portion of the Scholars’ Challenge; Silver Medals in Team Debate, Collaborative Writing, the Science portion of the Scholars’ Challenge, and��the Champion Scholar Award

A-In Choi (Grade 10):��Gold Medal in Individual Writing, Silver Medal in Collaborative Writing

Zara Jambusarwalla (Grade 10):��Silver Medal in Collaborative Writing

Aanya Laddha (Grade 9):��Silver Medals in Collaborative Writing and Individual Writing

Fine Kasemtheerasomboon (Grade 9):��Gold Medals in Team Debate and Collaborative Writing ��; Silver Medals in Individual Debate, the Scholars’ Bowl, and Individual Writing

Grace Luangyot (Grade 9): Gold Medals in Individual Debate, Individual Writing, Team Debate and Collaborative Writing ; Silver Medals in the Scholars’ Bowl

Katherine Dorval (Grade 9): First Place Award for Individual Debate, Third Place for Champion Scholar Award, and��Recognition as the Top Scholar from WIS; Gold Medals in Individual Writing, Team Debate, and Collaborative Writing ; Silver Medals in the Scholars’ Bowl, the Social Studies and Special Categories of the Scholars’ Challenge

Congratulations to our extraordinary scholars on their hard work, effort and courage!

We look forward to seeing you all continue to develop your knowledge and character traits which you demonstrated at this event!

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11th Thailand High School Debate Championship

Wells On Nut — Thu, 14 Mar 2019 01:51:10 +0000

On March 6 – 8, after preparing for months, our debate team students participated in the 11th Annual Thailand High School Debate Championship at Triam Udom Suksa School. The debates consisted of three-versus-three person teams, using a style modeled after Asian parliaments. Schools from all around Thailand participated.

Both of our teams made it to the quarterfinals, where our students debated on the topic of Media and Culture. The motions for this topic were very challenging. One motion was the notion of social media discussion/engagement of ongoing criminal trials. Another was about how comedians should not being held to the same standards of ‘political correctness’ as a common citizen, and the last was about the glamorization of marrying for love as opposed to marrying for pragmatic reasons.

One of our teams made it to the semifinals, in which the topic was Economy. The motions included the mandatory paying of equivalent salaries in all countries for Multinational Corporations (MNCs), wealth tax over income tax, and China’s Belt and Road Initiative.

It was a rewarding experience. The debates were engaging and at times heated. Other schools gave us some good competition. THSDC was great practice for our debate team and we are very proud of their achievements. We look forward to going again next year!

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UNFAO International Day of Forests Debate

Wells On Nut — Tue, 27 Mar 2018 02:57:25 +0000

Wells was again invited to the United Nations Forestry and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO) for its annual International Day of Forests debates, an event involving multiple schools from Bangkok meant to help raise awareness for forestry and associated environmental issues. Teams debated topics related to urban planning, deforestation, and sustainable growth, and Wells students got the chance to meet several prominent members of this valuable organization during the event. Congratulations to our students for representing Wells admirably, and an especial shout out to Lina for earning “best speaker” of her debate!

Written By: Mr. Sam Strozzo

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World Scholar’s Cup Bangkok Round

Wells On Nut — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 04:23:11 +0000

Having been practicing since August after school, the Wells World Scholar’s Cup team competed again in the 2018 Bangkok Round held at Brighton College on March 18 and 19 with great results as usual. This year, we sent 25 students in various three-person teams to compete in the events of the competition including debates, creative writing, a quiz bowl, and a test of knowledge surrounding this year’s research theme, ‘An Entangled World’.

In addition to our team’s students winning dozens of gold and silver medals for various events, we also took home top-ten spots in creative writing and debate (out of hundreds of students), took the second place trophy for senior team debates (out of dozens of teams), and even had a student selected for the “Debate Showcase,” wherein students must debate a topic never seen before with limited preparation time in front of an audience of hundreds of students and adults.

We also had several teams qualify for the next round of competitions, global rounds, coming up this summer. Congratulations to all of our Wells World Scholar’s Cup competitors on a job well done!

Written By: Mr. Sam Strozzo

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TWSDC Debate Competition

Wells On Nut — Thu, 22 Feb 2018 07:29:16 +0000

The Wells Debate Team, having practiced public speaking, research skills, and debate strategy since the start of the school year, recently competed in the Thailand World Schools Debate Competition (TWSDC) at Panyarat High School. Although we only brought one team–students going above-and-beyond by giving up part of their Lunar New Year break for the opportunity–our students managed to score third-highest going into quarterfinal debates, a remarkable achievement considering this is only their second year of debating. Although we did not make it to the next level of competition, our 9th-grade students each ranked with individual speaker points and marked the first Wells team to proceed past preliminary rounds in several years, losing only to the top two teams that eventually won the tournament–12th-grade students. Congratulations to this improvement, and we look forward to seeing the team’s skills improve even more at coming events!

The students who participated in this event were Seung Eun, Ellen, and Riddhi from Grade 9, with Sapal (Grade 11), who was responsible for judging for the team.

Written By: Mr. Sam Strozzo

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ICSMUN 2018

Wells On Nut — Thu, 08 Feb 2018 02:46:30 +0000

On Saturday, February 3, thirteen of our Wells MUN Club members attended the first ICSMUN conference. Three of our members were chairs of different committees: Shreya Silori (Grade 12), Devanshi Mehta (Grade 11), and Lila Al Tamimi (Grade 11). The remaining members served as delegates in their respective committees, including ECOSOC, Human Rights Council, and Security Council. Student delegates discussed, debated, and collaborated on proposing solutions to major relevant global issues, from the question of mining the arctic to LGBTQ rights.

We are proud of all of our delegates and our newer members who displayed courage in standing up to speak and debate important global issues. A special congratulations to Lina Puthengot for being awarded ‘Best Delegate’ in the SPECPOL committee.

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The MUN Club members are looking forward to the next major MUN event, THAIMUN, in April!

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