Yale Model Congress

By Branford Buzz Staff Over 90 students from Branford High School attended the 26th annual Yale Model Congress  December 1st through the 4th. Many of those 90 students were freshmen/newbies with some returnees. Many of the newcomers to Branford’s Model Congress Club learned first-hand how the group works in the matter of making and debating bills in committee and full sessions. The Branford Model Congress delegates never fail to bring back home some awards. This year a total of 13 were brought back home from YMC. Two gavels and best delegate was awarded to Sean Williams and Solenne Smith; six honorable mentions in committee to Joshua Josephy-Zack, John Perrotti (Full Session), Marguax Lux, Therese Ziakas, and Dalton Childs; best legislation awarded to Victoria Kerstgens, Viktoria Sinani, Jack Nelson, Dylan Campos, and John Perrotti; and Rebecca Criscuolo was given an award for best oral argument from Supreme Court. Besides conquering the conference the numerous awards won, senior, Spencer Mariotti, was elected president of YMC. Mariotti was join by Ryan McCarthy in the presidential cabinet, side by side they were faced with crisis and took on challenges, such as climate change, that most politicians now will not discuss, let alone solve.