A total of 203 students from 15 Fairfax County Public Schools high schools were recognized as event winners at the Virginia DECA State Leadership Conference held in Virginia Beach March 3-5.
The students earned the right to compete at the DECA International Career Development Conference April 22-25.
Twenty-three students were named first-place winners, 33 students earned second-place awards, and 42 students placed third in their events.
Students from the GazetteLeader coverage area receiving first-place awards included:
– From George C. Marshall High School: Sara Nadkarni, professional selling; Sydney Chu, restaurant-food-service management.
– From James Madison High School: Katie Littlejohn, financial consulting.
– From McLean High School: Nicolas Christofferson, Aadil Singh, entrepreneurship team.
– From Oakton High School: Yige Xu, business growth; Savit Nair, Andrew Taylor, financial-services team; John Park, Natalie Truong, hospitality and tourism-operations research; and Ken Zhou, personal financial literacy.
