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Stagg DECA students compete
Tests academic knowledge in marketing, management, finance, and economics
Stagg High School Career Internship students and DECA club members traveled to Sandburg high school to participate in a mock DECA competition in the Sandburg Performing Arts Center. The competition was a district-wide event and students from Sandburg and Andrew joined the Stagg students in this 5th annual D230 competition.
The competition allowed the DECA students to showcase their academic knowledge in the fields marketing,
management, finance, and economics. It also highlighted their ability to demonstrate problem solving skills and their ability to analyze real-world business scenarios. The competition is divided in to three different segments; an economics test, a product knowledge test, and a role play. The role play portion of the competition proved to be particularly challenging for the participants. The students were given a real-world problem facing a respected cell phone manufacturer that was losing market share due to an obsolete design
and limited applications capabilities. The students were asked to come up with a new marketing campaign aimed at regaining market share. They were also asked to make suggestions as to how the phone design should be updated to be more competitive. Each student presented their ideas to a judge and were scored
based on their ideas and creativity. All of our judges were volunteers, some are retired teachers and others were local business leaders.
After the competition, awards were handed out to the top five finishers from each high school. Congratulations to our winners from Stagg: Osaamah Abdulla, Tony Rubino, Michal Wolan, Kenny Melody and 1st place finisher, Harsh Thakkar. This mini-conference was a dress rehearsal for a sectional competition to be held in January at Moraine Valley. Our students will compete against more than a dozen other area high schools for the chance to advance to a statewide competition held in Rosemont, IL in March. Winners there may advance to the International DECA competition to be held at Disneyland in Anaheim, CA next April.
