Lake Washington School District was well represented at Washington DECA’s Area 3 Competition on Jan. 8 at Meydenbauer Center. Students competed against 1,400 students from the Lake Washington, 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 students will advance to the state level competition March 5-7 in Bellevue, WA, where they will compete against 3,600 students from across the state on their quest for a spot at the International Career Development Conference to be held in Orlando, Fla. in May.

Here are the Kirkland area students involved:

Juanita High School

Lauren Friend (senior, Kirkland) – third place, Apparel & Accessories Marketing

Adrian Goodwin (sophomore, Kirkland) – third place, Sports & Entertainment Team

Thomas Mikkelson (junior, Kirkland) – third place, Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team

Asya Shneerson (freshman, Redmond) – third place, Role Play – Business Finance

Madison Goodwin (junior, Kirkland) – sixth place, Fashion Merchandising Plan

Chase Peltz – sixth place, Advertising Campaign Plan

Jim Popolow (junior, Kirkland) – sixth place, Advertising Campaign Plan

Carly Taylor (junior, Kirkland) – sixth place, Entrepreneurship Participating Plan

My Lien Truong (junior, Kirkland) – sixth place, Fashion Merchandising Plan

Teva Groulx (freshman, Kirkland) – seventh place, Fashion Merchandising Plan

Christine Shull (freshman, Kirkland) – seventh place, Fashion Merchandising Plan

Tyra Vacknitz (freshman, Kirkland) – seventh place, Fashion Merchandising Plan

James Leuthold (sophomore, Kirkland) – eighth place, Financial Services Team

Shayan Nathan (sophomore, Kirkland) – eighth place, Financial Services Team

Students submitting a manual for State Competition:

Anna Ellefsen (junior, Kirkland) and Emi Bellwood (junior, Kirkland) – Learn & Earn Project

Rebecca Liu (junior, Redmond), Chase Peltz (junior, Kirkland), and Hannah Johansson (junior, Kirkland) – Community Service Project

Dante Ludlow (sophomore, Kirkland) – Sports & Entertainment Operations Research Event

Lake Washington High School

Andrew Allen (senior, Kirkland) – fifth place, Financial Services Team Decision Making

Brooks Klinker (senior, Kirkland) – fifth place, Financial Services Team Decision Making

Arman Talkar (junior, Bellevue) – eighth place, Human Resources Individual