Eight Stoughton High DECA Students to Attend State Conference

The following is from Stoughton High DECA advisor and business teacher Linda Ciccatelli (photos in the gallery are from a district conference back in January):

Eight DECA students from Stoughton High will get the chance to attend the 54th Annual State Career Development Conference of the Massachusetts Association of DECA.

Peter Cariofiles, Jonathan Kerman, Jason Marshall, Jesse Miller, Alexa Ploss, Tim Porter, Emma Sinkus and Sam Werman all qualified to participate in the conference, which is designed to help develop future leaders for marketing and management.  

The conference will be held in Boston, March 14-15, and is expected to have over 1,600 DECA members and chapter advisors in attendance representing approximately 60 schools throughout the Commonwealth.

DECA is the only international student organization operating through the nation's schools to attract young people to careers in marketing, management and entrepreneurship.  

Its purposes are (1) to develop a respect for education which will contribute to occupational competence, and (2) to promote understanding and appreciation for the responsibilities of citizenship in our free, competitive enterprise system.  

The purpose of the MASS-DECA Career Development Conference is to provide worthwhile activities to assist students in Career development as they prepare to be the business leaders of tomorrow. 

There are almost 100 exciting activities throughout the conference, all planned and designed for this development.  Many of these sessions are prepared and conducted by the state officers of MASS-DECA.

Leaders from the fields of business, education and government will serve as competitive event judges.

These eight SHS students qualified for this two-day state conference at a District Competition back in January. 

A group of 37 students from Stoughton High attended the DECA District II Competition, held at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield on January 29 with over 600 students from area high schools.  

The following Stoughton High students were recognized in their business and marketing categories at this district conference: 

Kerry Backman, Kadijah Dansby, Ashley Gelin,  Ilanna Schlehuber, Taylor McPherson, Julia Sjoquist, Donyea Hollaway, Phil Falkof, Brett Hoffman, Taylor Calisi, Alexa Ploss, Emma Sinkus, Sam Werman, Timothy Porter, Jesse Miller, Ashley Merola, Jonathan Kerman, Lauren Carter, Shannon Hickey, Peter Cariofiles, Kaitlyn Eckler and Michaela Williams.

Overall, 22 students out of 37 qualified to move onto State Competition (with eight students ultimately attending). Ten students placed in the top three of their category at Districts.  

Students competed in the following categories at the District competition: Business Management, Buying and Merchandising, Finance, Hotel and Lodging Management, Hospitality and Tourism, Marketing, Human Resource Management, Restaurant Management, Sports and Entertainment Marketing and Travel and Tourism.