High school students provide the leadership at MGA, while fifth grade students serve as pages to deliver legislative documents among the committees and chambers. MGA is held in the fall, beginning on a Friday evening and extending through Saturday. Model Congress Knowledge of the structure, powers, and legislative process of the federal government is important to our daily lives. Model Congress is a program created to teach students how the United States Congress functions. In a simulation of our national legislature, each student assumes the role of a state's representative or senator.
Students discuss bills of national concern written by fellow legislators and themselves.
Some of the topics discussed are agriculture, armed services, energy, foreign relations, and transportation. This annual program is held in the winter on a Friday evening and Saturday. High school students provide the leadership at Model Congress, while fifth grade students serve as pages. The St. Mary's Association of Model United Nations sponsors a simulation of the United Nations whereby students act as delegates from countries around the world. The simulation session falls over two days in the spring, during which delegates serve on committees, such as the Economic and Social Council and the Security Council, to discuss topics like world poverty, rain forest depletion, and nuclear weapons.