Lake Washington School District was well represented at Washington DECA’s Area 3 Competition on Jan. 7, at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. Students competed against 1,200 students from the Northshore, Mercer Island and Riverview School Districts and Eastside Catholic. Students from Eastlake High School (EHS), Juanita High School (JHS), Lake Washington High School (LWHS) and Redmond High School (RHS) participated in the event. The following Kirkland students will advance to the state level competition March 3-5 in Bellevue, where they will compete against 3,600 students from across the state on their quest for a spot at the International Career Development Conference in Nashville, Tenn., in May.
Juanita High School
Christina Bechtel – first place test; third place overall, Apparel & Accessories.
Galen Borgman –first place test; second place, Business Finance
Annalise Ellefsen – first place, first role play; first place, second role play; second place overall, Hotel & Lodging Management.
Kyler Jobe – first place test; second place presentation; first place overall, Sports & Entertainment Promotion Plan
Thomas Mikkelson – first place test; fifth place overall, Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Jim Popolow – first place test; third place presentation; second place overall, Advertising Campaign
Monisha Weerasundara – first place test; first place role play; first place overall – Human Resource Management.
Oliver Jones – second place test; third place overall, Marketing Management.
Dante Ludlow – second place, Innovation Plan
James Leuthold – third place test; sixth place overall, Financial Services
Arthur Liu – third place test; fourth place overall, Sports & Entertainment Promotion Plan
Chase Peltz – third place presentation; second place overall, Advertising Campaign
Asya Shneerson – third place test; sixth place overall, Professional Selling
Anuj Ankit –fourth place– Sports & Entertainment Promotion Plan
Jack Calladine – fourth place, Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Dylan Stockard – fourth place, Sports & Entertainment Promotion Plan
Adrian Goodwin – fifth place, Sports & Entertainment Marketing
Asya Shneerson – fifth place, Professional Selling Event
Kelly Haas – sixth place, Automotive Services Marketing
Shayan Nathan – sixth place overall, Financial Services
My Lien Truong – eighth place, Start-Up Business Plan
Teva Groulx – ninth place, Marketing Communications
Christine Shull – ninth place, Marketing Communications
In addition, these students submitted 30 page manuals to DECA and have been guaranteed a place at the state competition:
Lena Abovskiy – Principles of Marketing
Thomas Balback – Principles of Finance
Christina Bechtel – Independent Business plan Manual
Emi Bellwood – Creative Marketing Project Manual
Annalise Ellefsen – Creative Marketing Project Manual
Hanna Johansson- Business Growth Plan Manual
Oliver Jones – Public Relations Project Manual
Tatum Kawabata – Business Operations Manual
Saman Khan – Business Operations Manual
Rebecca Liu – Business Growth Plan Manual
Patrick McCumber – Hospitality & Tourism Operations Manual
Makayla Mourer – Principles of Hospitality & Tourism
Jeremy Thrasher – Business Administration Principles Event
Monisha Weerasundara – Public Relations Project Manual
JD Worcester – Hospitality & Tourism Operations Manual
Lake Washington High School
Maret Helgeson – third place, Individual Business Services test
Nika Bayanbat – third place, Individual Business Finance: Role Play No. 2
Meltem Akdeniz and Emily Calderon– third place, Hospitality Services Team and third place, Hospitality Services test
McKenzie Granston – fourth place, Individual Marketing Management
Andrew McGaw and Finn Mercer- fourth place, Team Hospitality Services and third place Role Play
Spencer Burmester – sixth place, Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
Anja Mclain and Helen Serr – eighth place, Travel and Tourism Team
