West Bloomfield High School DECA delivers at district competition

Southfield, Michigan – Friday, December 14, 2018

More than 115 members of the West Bloomfield High School DECA chapter made a strong showing at the Michigan District 6 conference held December 14 at Lawrence Technological University in Southfield. West Bloomfield walked away with 53 medals and 31 students qualifying for the State Career Development Conference, March 8th-10th in Detroit, Michigan. These students will join other members of the high school chapter competing in 10-20 page research papers to make a total of 73 students to represent WBHS at the State Career Development Conference in March.

On Friday, approximately 600 high school students from around the district competed in different events and categories, ranging from Sports and Entertainment Marketing to Finance. Students completed a test on their chosen area and performed a role play scenario with either 10 or 30 minutes preparation time which was performed in front of a local business member. The test and role play scores were combined to choose the overall finalists. We are proud to acknowledge the winners (listed below) that qualified in one or more categories during this competition.
Members qualifying for The State Career Development Conference from the district competition are as follows:

Alex Aisner (11); Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Lindsey Azu, (12); Business Financial Services
Camille Baines (9); Restaurant Food Service Management
Madison Boyd (9); Hotel Lodging Management
Kennedi Bryant, (10); Business Law Team Decision Making
Sydney Broghiart (11); Financial Consulting Event
Matthew Burkett(12); Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
Michael Burkett (12); Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
Aaryan Chandna (9); Principles Business Management
Abigail Freitag (10); Business Services Marketing
Mick Gordinier (10); Business Law Team Decision Making
Riley Green (12); Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making

Duane Herring (9); Travel Tourism Team Decision Making
Andrew Ingber (10); Business Law Team Decision Making
Nathan Kallabat (9); Hotel and Lodging Management
Neville Kallabat, (12); Automotive Services Marketing
Kelly Kileen (12); Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
Noah Klepaski (10); Business Services Marketing
Amin Koumaiha (12); Food Marketing Services
Abhishek Kumar (12); Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
Lauren Matter (12); Travel Tourism Team Decision Making
Isaac Mintz (11); Retail Merchandising
Brendan McGuire (11); Sports Entertainment Marketing
Anylah Mitchell, (10); Business Law Team Decision Making
Joshua Poppink (12); Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Jaela Rose (11); Human Resources Management
Orza Robertson II (12); Business Services Marketing
Sahith Shankar (10); Hotel Lodging Management
Meena Sundaram (12); Business Services Marketing
Dillon Teamer (9); Travel Tourism Team Decision Making
Kamari Williams (11); Travel Tourism Team Decision Making

“The DECA district conference gave me an opportunity to further develop my interpersonal skills that will come in handy for states. Thank you to the WBHS DECA department for being such great leaders.” Isaac Mintz- (junior)

“A very fun experience.” - Mackenzie Carter (junior)

“The awards session got everybody excited when their school got called up. WB was definitely one of the loudest.” Maraina Lopez (Freshman)

About West Bloomfield High School DECA
DECA is an International Competitive Business Organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in four fields of business: marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. The West Bloomfield High School DECA chapter integrates classroom instruction, applies learning, connects to business, and promotes competition in order to prepare the next generation to be academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, and experienced leaders.

Students enrolled in any class taught by one of our DECA Advisors may participate. Course options include - Marketing, Advanced Marketing, Growing Your Own Business, Accounting, Finance, Fashion Merchandising, AP Macro and AP Microeconomics

Contact Information
To learn more please contact:
Julie Zalla, DECA Advisor
West Bloomfield High School DECA www.westbloomfielddeca.weebly.com
julie.zalla@wbsd.org