Fauquier County Public Schools
News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Jan. 23, 2017
Karen Parkinson, Coordinator of Information
Phone (540) 422-7031
[email protected]
SIXTEEN DECA STUDENTS
QUALIFY FOR STATE COMPETITION
Ten marketing students from Fauquier High School, three from Kettle Run High
School and three from Liberty High School qualified for state DECA competition by
taking top honors at the district level during the 2017 DECA District Leadership
Conference Jan. 11 in Winchester, VA. Through role plays and interviews, students
competed in various categories testing their marketing, management and
entrepreneurial skills.
Fauquier students who qualified to represent their school at the state level by
winning first, second, or third place overall, are as follows:
 Samuel Creveling – first in principles of marketing
 Tiana Minor – first in social media
 Oliver Wrigley – first in sports and entertainment marketing
 Meredyth Canard – second in quick-serve restaurant management
 Andrew Howser – second in job interview
 Erin Jones – second in business services marketing
 Casey Burr – third in principles of marketing
 Sophia Waugh – third in accounting applications
 Emma Gorg – alternate for third in business services marketing
 Brandon Robison – alternate for third in sports and entertainment marketing
Kettle Run students who qualified to represent their school at the state level by
winning first, second, or third place overall, are as follows:
 Kendall Penn – first in quick serve restaurant management
 Nick Fallows – second in selling
 Diane Kallighan – third in retail merchandising
Liberty students who qualified to represent their school at the state level by
winning first, second, or third place overall, are as follows:
 Gillian Tocheny – first in personal financial literacy
 Sarah Swartchick – second in human resources management
 Jennifer Smith – third in apparel and accessories marketing
The DECA State Leadership Conference will be held March 3-5 in Virginia Beach.
Students who place in the top three at state competition will advance to national
competition.
Three FHS students will be honored with Merit Awards and membership in the
DECA Honor Society: Meredyth Canard, Brandon Robison and Emma Symanski. Brandon
is also competing for a $1,000 scholarship from the Virginia DECA Foundation. Emma
will also submit for competition a 30-page written franchise business plan; her idea is to
franchise a specific-theme restaurant from Germany to America.
Business/marketing teachers serving as DECA advisors at FCPS high schools are
Kathleen Lynch, Fauquier High School; Erika Yates, Kettle Run High School; and Valerie
Hermes, Liberty High School.