LCM Delegate Statistics

The League of Creative Minds is an independent academic venue where students come together from many different schools, both private and public, across the 6th to 12th grade. The League strategic learning model reaches beyond the scope of what Model UN encompasses, implementing courses in logic, law, history and politics. Therefore, while many schools have a Model UN club at their school, there is no structured additional learning involved, and what teaching may be present is typically limited to cover MUN material only. Whereas, the League uses Model UN conferences as one platform of pragmatic learning, but is not by any means an exclusive program of material based on Model UN alone. LCM delegates excel at MUN conferences precisely because they are equipped with a thorough understanding of government, politics, law and diplomacy on a more narrow platform.

Many LCM year-round delegates join the League even though their school may have and operate a Model UN club. A comparable analogy is the difference between a school soccer team and a year-round club team, of which a student may do both. The League of Creative Minds, is distinguished as a full immersion academic program of foreign policy and student leadership, specifically designed for the high ability student seeking a greater academic challenge. Thus far, the League has admitted students from:

  • Burlingame Intermediate School
  • Crystal Springs Uplands School
  • Menlo-Atherton High School
  • Menlo High School
  • Redwood School
  • Sacred Heart
  • San Francisco University High School
  • San Mateo High School
  • Saratoga High School
  • Summit Prep
  • The Bay School of San Francisco
  • The Hamlin School
  • The Helios New School
  • The Key School
  • The Nueva School
  • The Urban School of San Francisco
  • Town School For Boys
  • Woodside Priory

LCM total delegates, 2009 - 2010: 75
Delegates per Delegation (class size): 11 to 18
Girls: 50%
Boys:  50%
Private School, LCM delegates: 94%
Public School, LCM delegates: 6%
Middle School, LCM delegates: 50%
High School, LCM delegates: 50%

The League directors work in harmony with school administrators that value Club Academics, in much the same way that students participate in Club Athletics. Similar to year-round club sports and athletics the League program runs independent of schools, and is an advanced year-round academic club team. This novel setting allows the League to focus on the top 1% percent of academic students from both public and private high schools. The nature of the League, thereby connects students from a variety of schools, who collaborate as fellow delegates on the same delegation for many years, often staying in the League from 6th grade through high school.

While the common factor uniting League delegates is high academia and intellectual curiosity, LCM is specifically suited for students with a passion for current world affairs, negotiation, law, logic, strategy, parliamentary debate and diplomacy.