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Henry Ford II students show they mean business
Fourteen students advance to the international tournament in Orlando
A group of Henry Ford II High School students are going international after earning top honors at a statewide conference focused on developing business skills.
The school’s DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) chapter finished with 23 top honors at the state career conference, including 14 students who qualified for the international tournament later this month.
“All of the students represented Ford II High School well,” said Jennifer DeClerck, a marketing teacher at the school. “They all worked extremely hard and put forth a lot of effort.”
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DECA is an international student organization operating through schools to attract high school students to careers in marketing, finance, hospitality or management.
The state conference enabled DECA participants to meet with more than 500 business and community representatives and compete in roughly 40 events for a chance to represent Michigan DECA at the International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida.
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The following Henry Ford II students qualified for the international event:
- Megan Bonus, Karly Ryckaert and Hailey Susalla - Chapter Awards Program
- Amanda Buchanan - Public Relations Project
- Jarrett Ciesluk, Andrew Palomba and David Uher - Sports and Entertainment Promotion Plan (The team received a medal for top presentation. Jarrett also received a medal for top test score).
- Alex Sorgi, Mackenzie Territo and Morgan Tucci - Community Service Project
- Matthew Selleke and Salvatore Shkreli - School-Based Enterprise
- Seth Padgett - Entrepreneurship Participating - Independent Business
Overall finalists from Ford II are:
- Steven Bregier - Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling (Steven also received a medal for top test score.)
- Mackenzie Ely, Carley Lusk and Robert Wezner - Financial Literacy Promotion Project
- Tyler Gorczewicz and Sera Macgillivary - Sports and Entertainment Promotion Project
- Sydney O’Farrell - Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
Chapter member Julia Grupa earned a medal on the economics test.
