Whiz Kid: DECA Students Receive Recognition at State Conference, One Student Headed to Nationals

This week's Bristol-Warren Patch Whiz Kids are winners from the 2011 RI DECA Career Development Conference.

School: 
Accomplishment:  These students placed in the state DECA conference.
Key to Awesomeness: Of the Mt. Hope High students that participated in this year's DECA Career Development Conference, 11 earned recognitions within the competition. Four students placed first with competency, meaning that they scored well in an acted out scenario as well as a written test in their area. Students who place first and second with competency are invited to the national competition in Orlando, FL, from April 29 through May 4. Corey DaSilva, a student who placed first with competency in Marketing Management Event, has elected to attend the national competition and says he is very excited for the acted out scenario, but is nervous to take the written test again.

A list of the students who received recognition at the state level competition is as follows:

First Place Winners with Competency
Theo Moskala - Business Service Marketing
Corey DaSilva - Marketing Management Event
Victoria Jamiel - Quick Serve Restaurant Management Event
Ben McDonnell - Entrpreneurship Written Event

First Place Winners
Sophia Andreadis - Retail Merchandising
Kenny Marshall and Kevin Zuniga - Marketing Communication Team Decision
Making

Third Place Winners
Ava Callery - Retail Merchandising
Bruno Cunha - Business Service Marketing 
Kristina Lynch and Marissa Ursini - Marketing Communication Team Decision Making

Submit your Patch Whiz Kid nominations to Editor Sara Bagwell at sara.bagwell@patch.com to see them featured on Patch. Submissions can be of one child or a group of kids who do anything interesting or impressive.