Yet another amazing senior

York School Senior Teo Lamiot was awarded “Best High School Delegate” at the World Affairs Council’s Congress on Challenges to American Power last month. Lamiot’s earned the accolade with his participation in the policy simulation "What method(s) should the global community use to ensure that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons?" His award included a certificate, an autographed book by a conference speaker, and lunch with New York Times’ columnist David Sanger.


Lamiot, who will be a freshman at Stanford University in the fall, is one of those amazing kids that roam the halls and hills of York: he is President of the York Student Council; President of Model UN; Secretary of Junior State; a member of Shield, the York student ambassador organization; and a member of the York Cross-Country and Track Team. The National Security Language Initiative for Youth awarded him a scholarship to attend language school in Turkey during the summer of 2010. He has volunteered for more than 1,000 hours with the Monterey Bay Aquarium. And no doubt, he’s also an amazing person.

The World Affairs Council explores in-depth the many regional challenges that are unfolding in the context of a fluid and dynamic global economic and environmental landscape that raises serious policy concerns. Forty-one students who share a keen interest in international affairs and policy and 4 educators received the scholarship. About two-thirds of the students were from various high schools across northern California, and one- third were from universities such as Yale, UC Berkeley, UCLA, CSU Sacramento, University of the Pacific, and University of Santa Clara.