
Missouri DECA has more than 5,200 members with 154 chapters across the state. DECA is an international association of high school students studying marketing, finance, hospitality and management. In the WSD, DECA is sponsored by Jolene Wofford, assisted by Emily Ward (Holt), Robyn Taylor, assisted by Morgan Muench (Liberty), and Michael Oliva, assisted by Kellie Trussell (Timberland).

Jaxson Collier, 5 th place in Automotive Services Marketing SeriesĪvery Grantham, 5 th place in Business Services Marketing Seriesīella Schlueter, 5 th place in Principles of Marketing This course incorporates all of the principles of marketing learned in the. Items have been randomly selected from the MBA Research Center’s Test-Item Bank and represent a variety of instructional areas. Kyle Czeschin and Michael Lynch, 4 th place in Business Law and Ethics Team Decision MakingĬhloe Thiel and Brooke Vigna, 4 th place in Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research Lisa Miller, DECA Advisor, Vista Grande High School. PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION PBM PRINCIPLES OF FINANCE PFN PRINCIPLES OF HOSPITALITY AND TOURISM PHT PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING PMK These test questions were developed by the MBA Research Center. Victoria Lewis and Ava Christian, 3 rd place in Hospitality and Tourism Operations ResearchĬade Lewis and Madilyn Moore, 3 rd place in Community Giving Project Tabitha Schacht and Courtney Wilfong, 2 nd place in Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making Kara Hildebrand, 2 nd place in Restaurant and Food Service Management Sydney Tucker and Nolan Tucker, 1 st place in Business Services Operations Researchĭrew Chiodini, 2 nd place in Principles of Finance I believe that by doing my best to live according to these high principles. Gabe Hackman and Ilencia Lightbody, 1 st place in Community Awareness ProjectĪshley Reiter and Regan Hilleman, 1 st place in Buying and Merchandising Operations ResearchĬooper Shinn, 1 st place in Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations Research DECAs objective is to support the development of marketing and management. Nila Sasi, 6 th place in Food Marketing Individual Series
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Makenzie Keiling, 5 th place in Principles of FinanceĬleopatra Mozolewski, 5 th place in Accounting Applications Individual Series Leah Kaler, 5 th place in Principles of Business Management & Administration TJ Irlmeier and Anthony Galati, 4 th place in Community Awareness Project Gabby McLaughlin, 3 rd place in Buying and Merchandising Operations ResearchĪudrey Fleetwood, 4 th place in Principles of Marketing Mya Suftko and Olivia Guffey, 1 st place in Hospitality Services Team Decision MakingĪrthi Kondapaneni, 2 nd place in Principles of Marketingīella Bahr, 3 rd place in Sports and Entertainment Operations Research Kylie Harris, 6 th place in Automotive ServicesĪlayna Relling, 6 th place in Retail Merchandising Nina Fay and Samantha Horton, 5 th place in Community Giving ProjectĮmily Sheffield, 5 th place in Buying and Merchandising Operations Research The following students have qualified for the International DECA competition:Įmma Zak, 1 st place in Financial Literacy Project 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. Students competed as individuals or in teams in a variety of categories and created a video response to realistic workplace problems, which were evaluated by more than 150 business and industry professionals who serve as competitive events judges. After successful results in their competitions, 40 WSD students will compete in the DECA International Career Development Conference, which will take place virtually this year, April 24-27.

DECA's competitive events directly contribute to every student being college and career ready when they graduate from high school.Nearly 1,600 high school marketing students from across the state competed in the annual Missouri DECA State Career Development Conference, which was held virtually March 8-19 this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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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. 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. DECA prepares the next generation to be:ĭECA's competitive events program directly supports our mission. The outer four points of the DECA Diamond address the results of DECA’s comprehensive learning program. The inner four points of the DECA Diamond represent the guiding principles which address the purpose of DECA’s comprehensive learning program:

Since its inception, DECA has used the diamond as both its logo and its representation of its guiding principles.
