INTERNATIONAL DECA CONFERENCE
Camas High School students competed last month at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Nashville, Tenn. Cameron Vega and Noah White were in the top 10 in the Automotive Services category, and Kendall Mooney placed in the top 10 in Restaurant Management. This was the third time in four years that Vega placed in the top 3.
These Camas students also advanced to the final competition: Kevin Chen, Satya Hariharan, Amanda Horvath, Luke Huckvale, Michael Jurna, Jack Kelly, Quentin Lebeau, Amanda Lebowsky, Ben Peterson and Elizabeth Schwartzkopf.
Students competed in role play and written events against students from the U.S. and Canada. Each category had approximately 130 competitors, which was then trimmed down to 20 for the final round. In the end, the top 10 students received medals and the top 3 received plaques.
WASHINGTON STATE HISTORY DAY COMPETITION
Students from Chief Umtuch Middle School brought home awards from the Washington State History Day finals last month in Auburn. In the Junior Group Exhibit category, Chief Umtuch eighth-graders Sandra Fachiol and Noel Lantz won sixth place for their project, “The Harlem Renaissance.” Eighth-grader Arlilah Abatayo won sixth place in the Junior Individual Documentary category with “North Korean Defectors: The March of Suffering.” The students were led by teachers Jon Nesbitt and Beth Doughty.
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