BY EMILY PERL
On March 1st through March 3rd, CCHS”s DECA chapter attended the annual Florida Career Development Conference in Orlando.
Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) is a business club in which students compete by either testing or creating a business plan. Students who compete in a testing event must take a 100-question multiple-choice test about a specific area of business such as finance, hospitality, or marketing. Students can test by themselves or with a partner. Students can also work individually or as a group to create a 10 or 30 page business plan about an existing business or one they have created.
Seniors Emily Slavin and Jenelle Chaing placed 4th place in their testing category, Hospitality Team Decision Making. Their event required knowledge of knowing how to manage a business and how to make it successful.
“(Our event) helped us prepare for a potential job that we might have in the future,” Chaing said. “We learned a lot from it.”
Overall, 28 students from CCHS won top awards in their category. The results were as followed:
Winners in the individual testing category:
Jordan Bresalier – 2nd place
Julieana Bacon – 6th place
Drew Hacker – 1st place
Dylan Bomstein – 4th place
Jeffrey Osborn – 5th place
Robert Robinson – 3rd place
Max Frost – 1st place
Winners with written manuals:
Cory Bunce, Nathaniel Gaudinez, and Eric Siegel – 3rd place
Kenlee Bruggmann – 1st place
Michael Hirsh – 6th place
Leika Drouillard, Elizabeth Eisenberg, Emily Perl – 1st place
Jessica Newman and Alexis Newman – 4th place
Laura Golden and Kristina Marasia – 5th place
Ram Rebbapragada and Michael Stone – 2nd place
Persis Bhadha, Sita Bhatt, and Jessica Hujber – 3rd place
Winners in the team testing category:
Emily Slavin and Jenelle Chaing- 4th place
Jermey Rosenstein and Marni Rosenstein – 2nd place
All of these winners have the opportunity to compete on an international level at the upcoming International Career Development Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah from April 28th-May 1st.
