Four York Students Headed to International Marketing Competition

ELMHURST, IL- York Community High School students recently competed at the Distributive Education Clubs of America state meet held March 9-11 in Rosemont.

The district said that four students are headed to an international DECA competition next month. DECA is a student organization where students further their knowledge of business subjects by participating in role plays, economics exams and career cluster exams. In order to attend the state DECA meet, students needed to place in the top ten at the local DECA competition in January. To be invited to the National DECA Career Development Conference, students must place in the top 4 at the state DECA meet.

Chris Foster and Allison Evans competed in Automotive Services Marketing; Chris Irby competed in Hotel and Lodging Marketing; Blake Quarrie competed in Accounting Applications; Maria Flynn and Demetri Broches competed in the Financial Analysis Team event; Alex Hennessy and Grace Que placed in the top ten in the Financial Analysis Team event; Matt Anderson and Jason Kentra finished in fourth place in the Financial Analysis Team event; and Burke Corcoran and Kevin Lipkin finished in first place and won the Financial Analysis Team event.

According to the district, Matt Anderson, Jason Kentra, Burke Cocoran and Kevin Lipkin all qualified to participate in the DECA International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, California at the end of April. There were over 1,000 students participating in the state DECA conference and there will be over 20,000 students competing in Anaheim.

York Business Department Chair Jim Borel serves as their coach.

Photo provided by District 205.