HHS Business Club Earns Outstanding Results at DECA Competition

The members of the Harrison High School Business Club competed at the DECA Regional Competition recently held at the Rockland Community College and over 80% of Harrison’s students placed in the top 4 of their individual events and are now eligible to compete in the State competition.

As an integral part of the classroom curriculum, DECA’s industry-validated competitive events are aligned with the National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism, according to the organization. DECA’s flagship evaluation process involves students in both a written component such as an exam or report and an interactive component with an industry professional serving as a judge. DECA’s competitive events directly contribute to every student being college and career ready when they graduate from high school.

Involvement in the Harrison High School Business club has nearly tripled in the last three years with a few of its members advancing to the national competition in the previous two years of its existence. The 37 students from this year’s regional competition will now be moving on to compete at the State competition on March 4th, 5th, and 6th at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center.

The following students receiving awards in the specific categories are as follows:

FIRST PLACE WINNERS

Isabella Caltabiano - Apparel & Accessories Marketing

Scott Nielsen - Automotive Services

Joe Lagani - Food Marketing

Kyle Lometti - Hotel & Lodging Management

Scott Bartman - Quick Serve Restaurant Management

Daniel Quinn - Restaurant & Food Service Management

Ally Huhne - Retail Merchandising, Associate Level

Emma Smolev & Jessica Scazzero- Travel & Tourism

Alexis Shannon -Decision Making Human Resources

Luke Steinthal - Broadcast Advertising (radio ad)

Jake Carnavalla - Principles of Finance

Matt Schwartz - Principles of Marketing

Chris Hicks - Principles of Business Management & Administration

SECOND PLACE WINNERS

Tyler Gersten - Principles of Finance

Antoine Dartienne - Principles of Hospitality & Tourism

Steven D’Ippolito- Principles of Hospitality & Tourism

Alex Corda- Accounting Applications

Muhammad Ahmed - Marketing Management

Jack Witte & Jared Silber - Sports & Entertainment Marketing

Andrew Hollander - Job Interview

Will Marriott - Public Speaking Prepared

Ally Platte - Visual Advertising (Billboard)

THIRD PLACE WINNERS

Ryan Baker - Principles of Marketing

Amina Naddschar - Business Services Marketing

Jared Gaynes- Sports & Entertainment Marketing

Theresa Shanahan & Megan Clow - Hospitality Services

Ali Goldberg - Decision Making Marketing

Jared Bartman - Public Speaking Extemporaneous

Umar Ahmed - Sales Demonstration

FOURTH PLACE WINNERS

Michael Gaudreau - Business Finance Services

Zach Evans - Principles of Business Management & Administration

Nick Nelson - Wholesale Selling

Serena Girard - Public Service Broadcast Advertising (radio ad)

Grant Muller - Public Service Visual Advertising (billboard)