Thirteen WBHS DECA Students Qualify for International Conference

West Bloomfield, Michigan – Saturday, January 2018
Thirteen West Bloomfield High School DECA Students earned the opportunity to compete against 18,000 of the top marketing students around the world at the April DECA International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.

Virtual Business is a game-like simulation that helps teach business, marketing and personal finance. It links careers skills to common core math, reading, and critical thinking competencies. The simulations are used by over 1 million students nationwide.

Over 45,000 high school students competed from around the world in this two week competition. Five of West Bloomfield High School Virtual Business teams came in first or second place in their competition for the central region of the United States and will represent West Bloomfield High School.

Brian Bembas, (12); Virtual Business Challenge Sports
Josh Carlin (12); Virtual Business Challenge Hotel
Jake Cohen (12); Virtual Business Challenge Fashion
Pratham Dhanjal (12); Virtual Business Challenge Accounting
Vietress Feller (12); Virtual Business Challenge Fashion
Matthew Ladouceur, (12); Virtual Business Challenge Sports
David Martin (10); Virtual Business Challenge Sports
Rei Mizuno (12); Virtual Business Challenge Hotel
Sundeep Ravella (10); Virtual Business Challenge Sports
Michelle Rudashevski (12); Virtual Business Challenge Fashion
Sam Rudin (10); Virtual Business Challenge Sports
Nick Seidel (12); Virtual Business Challenge Sports
Kasper Zemajitis (12); Virtual Business Challenge Hotel

We would also like to recognize the following students who ranked 1st in the state of Michigan for their competitive area. The following students will be recognized at the Michigan DECA Competition in Detroit this March.

Jenna Anderson (10); Virtual Business Challenge Retailing
Nolan Beaty (11); Virtual Business Challenge Hotel
Zach Crawford (11); Virtual Business Challenge Hotel
Bhargavi Kurakula (11); Virtual Business Challenge Hotel
Ayushi Uppal (10); Virtual Business Challenge Retailing

About West Bloomfield High School DECA
The West Bloomfield Chapter consists of students enrolled in Growing Your Business I & II, Marketing, Sports Marketing, Advanced Marketing, Fashion Merchandising, and Advanced Placement Macro and Microeconomics. DECA, which is recognized around the world, prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in four fields of business: marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. Our DECA chapter integrates classroom instruction, applied learning, business c0nnections, and promotes competition. These experiences will prepare the next generation to be academically successful, community oriented, professionally responsible, and experienced leaders.

Contact Information
To learn more about this story, please contact:
Julie Zalla, DECA Advisor
West Bloomfield High School DECA
julie.zalla@wbsd.org