This past weekend, Fort Zumwalt West students participated in 78th annual Youth in Government Conference, which took place in Jefferson City.
Several students were recognized for their participation by earning awards.
They included:
Outstanding Video Production - Anooj Shah
Judicial Power Pair - Aubrey Drysdale and Sri Shakti Kannan; Krithika Gopu and Aarthi Natarajan
Judicial Trial Semifinals and Finals Sicheng Chen
Outstanding Character, Outstanding Bill - Samrita Sivasankar
Outstanding Statesperson, Outstanding Bill - Aseel Ayesh
West High students also earned leadership roles for the years of 2024 and 2025.
They include:
2024 Leadership Roles
Secretary of State - Aakash Sase
House Floor Leader - Gavin Largen
Senate Committee Chair - Samrita Sivasankar
House Committee Chair - Aseel Ayesh
Judge - Kathryn Ortt
Judge - Saketh Subramanian
Judge - Shay Kashyap
2025 Leadership Roles
Media Director - Benjamin Kirubakaran
Congratulations everyone!