Members of the Fort Zumwalt West Youth in Government recently traveled to Jefferson City to participate in the annual atate conference.

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!