The results are in from Kansas City, and our DECA students at Ladue Horton Watkins High School have truly outdone themselves! Competing against over 2,000 of the top students from across Missouri at the State Career Development Conference (March 22–24), our future business leaders represented Ladue Schools with excellence.

Because of their incredible performances, our state-qualifying Rams have officially punched their tickets to the DECA International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, GA, this April!

Join us in celebrating our incredible winners:

State Champions (1st Place)

• Arjun Arora: Principles of Finance
• Kelly Bian and Eva Kaul: Business Law and Ethics Team
• Aalee Khan and Alex Zhang: Financial Services Team
• Cohen Kennedy and Parker Margolis: Career Development Project
• Regina Copeland and Talia Poremba: Community Giving Project
• Audrey Stockwell and Madison Stockwell: Sales Project
• John Caito and Jordan Oiknine: Independent Business Plan
• Jack Saleeby: Financial Consulting Event

Special Honors

• School-Based Enterprise Gold Certification: Norah Martin and Kyla Spiegelglass

• Top Test Scores: Arjun Arora, Julian Audi, Anish Maganty, Annie Zhou, and Jack Saleeby

2nd through 6th Place Winners

• 2nd Place: Chloe Al-Shathir and Violet Coughlin; Sydney Gao and Zoe Mei; Anna Zeng; Hotaru Murashita and Renae Yang
• 3rd Place: Charlie Dauska 
• 4th Place: Anish Maganty 
• 5th Place: James Hellmann and Cooper Keys; Eliana Gebrehiwet; Minami Murashita and Shresthi Sivashanmugam; Molly Wang
• 6th Place: Tyler Hayes; Alia Al Husseini and Joie Sandler

Congratulations also to our many State Finalists who reached the top of their categories! This success reflects the hard work of our students and the support of our teachers and staff.

A huge thank you to our dedicated advisors, Jessica Kennedy and Megan Bruce, and our fantastic chaperones, Riley Keltner, Rebecca Rubin-Schlansky, Jace Mortimer, and Allen Stringer, for making this trip a success!