The Clarkston DECA Chapter traveled to Bellevue, WA, to compete at Washington DECA’s State Career Development Conference last weekend. This was the largest conference in the organization’s history, with over 5800 students in attendance. 39 students from Clarkston DECA competed in various categories, presenting projects in financial literacy, community giving, community awareness, and more. 17 students will be attending the International Career Development Conference in Orlando in April.
ICDC Qualifiers:
Career Development Project:
3rd Place – Hayley Barnea, Tori Bradley, and Mattea Branscome
Community Awareness Project:
4th Place – Lexie Rawson, Emma Smith, and Maegan Walkup
Financial Literacy Project:
4th Place – Jesse Delane, Keegan Heath, and Jacob Rinard
8th Place – Kaitlin Le and Bailey Wu
School Based-Enterprise – Food Operations:
6th Place – Kobey Cole
Qualified: Ella Jordan and Matt Miller
Clarkston DECA would also like to recognize two projects who, although they did not qualify, were Top 15 and recognized on the Awards stage for their hard work.
Top 15:
Career Development Project:
Ember Dugger, Kam Forsmann, and Sydnee Morscheck
Community Giving Project:
Emma Aceveda, Olivia Bailey, and Ashley Eggleston
