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BHS Harvard Model Congress

Congratulations to the 32 students in the Bernards High School Harvard Model Congress delegation for their impressive performances in Boston this February! Students played a variety of roles in the four-day simulation, including representatives in the House and Senate, the National Security Council, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Group of 20.


Special congratulations to those who were recognized by the HMC staff for their outstanding contributions to their committees, which this year included six BHS students. 

The BHS recipients of a Best Delegate Award were Arden Addeo in the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, and Kilian Schlager in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Additionally, several BHS students received an Honorable Mention, including Joe Morandi in the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, Gabe Scotton in Senate Energy and Natural Resources, Andrew Tropp in House Judiciary, and Jack Ecklund in House Science, Space, and Technology.

The full list of Bernards High School students who attended this year's Harvard Model Congress are:  Arden Addeo, Allison Arcantalez Shaigua, Nolan Baker, Lila BeckermanAna Carolina Borbolla Menare, Avery Calulo, Conor Campion, Elizabeth Chen, Ella Damratoski, Jack Ecklund, Paige Encin, Abigail Freire, Jessica Fu, Colby Giunta, Jules Haas, Celline Han, Georgia Kissel, Betsy Lezme, Westin Lukes, Kayli McGowan-Kinney, Joe Morandi, Sam Nathans, Isabella Polansky, Kilian Schlager, Julia Schmidt, Gabe Scotton, Julia Skarlak, Prad Thoppay, Lorelei Traynor, Andrew Tropp, Dheirya Tyagi, and Tiffany Zhang. Special thanks to BHS advisors Jay Hogge, Jade Pietroluongo, Dan Kaplan, and Jackie Pistilli-Urena.