MIDDLETOWN -- Some 23 Middletown High School Distributive Club of America students will compete in the DECA international competition in Anaheim, Calif. after winning awards at the state competition on Feb. 26.
Some 13 students took first places, six won seconds and four took thirds in the competition among 900 students from across the state.
The competitions are in the areas of marketing, management, entrepreneurship and finance. Each student had to take a 100 minute written test, then most had to give two role-play presentations of 10 minutes each. Judging was done by professionals in the appropriate fields.
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The MHS DECA club is the largest in the state, said adviser David Reynolds, a teacher at the school, and is regarded by DECA as one of the world's leading chapters.
In the international competition, typically each category will have 500 competitors, said Reynolds. Last year MHS won seven medals at this level.
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First place winners at the state level were Annika Warrier, Briana Cavaliere, Alexis Little, Haley McDonald, Ashley Muzik, Ana Peralta, Jerrod Zimmer, Patrick Michaud, Travis Garboski, Samantha Gambino, Fatima Bishtawi, Giuliana David and Robert Baran.
Second place winners were Liza Marino, Samantha Angle, Samantha Wilkins, Danielle Lau, Lance Timmons, and Dan Gustafson.
Third place winners were Victoria Kaspar, Sunni Whitmore, Courtney White and Karla Lazo.
The Top Six Medalists were Simran Kaur, Sirtyra Villafone, Michal Ciebielski, Szymon Szarek, Jordan Curran, Mikayla O'Reilly, Polina Boily, Tom McAlear and Darcy Firebaugh.
