DECA Qualifies 28 for State Competition

ARROWHEAD DECA D AT MARKETING COMPETITION

28 Qualify for State Competition – Best Ever In School History

Eleven Students Earn Top Five in Events

Wales, January 2013 – On Saturday January 11, 2014 over 800 high school Marketing students from 34 schools all over southeastern Wisconsin came together to compete in the  DECA (an association of Marketing students) District Career Development Conference at Kettle Moraine High School. Students applied everything they have learned through their Marketing classes in role play presentations and comprehensive exams.

Arrowhead DECA qualified a school best 28 students for the state competition in Lake Geneva March 17-20, 2014.   The seventy Arrowhead marketing students  continued their strong tradition by their powerful participation. Prior to district competition, these teens had to prepare for numerous role-play presentations and exams in the areas of marketing and entrepreneurship.  AHS DECA members spent a full day in intense competition to prove just how well they can take what they’ve learned about marketing, management and entrepreneurship and apply it to real-world business situations. In exams, business presentations, and role-plays, these teenagers diagnosed business problems and offer realistic, workable solutions to judges from the business world.

AHS DECA members devoted many hours, both in the classroom and outside of class, to increase their knowledge of how marketing and business work. Then they spent even more time writing up research designing marketing campaigns, and polishing their role-playing and presentation skills. They prepared to explain how they would handle the real-life business scenarios that DECA’s judges grilled them on during the competition.

AHS DECA had an amazing run at districts this year, earning over 74 medals (top 10%  in each event) which was they’re best in school history,  17 series finalists (school best), from 18 eighteen events, and fifteen series finalists (school record).  Earning district championships were  Drew Kollmeyer in Sports & Entertainment Marketing, Devon Casper Accounting Applications Marketing, Vishnu Varadarajan in Automotive Services Marketing, Maddie Chessario in Quick Service Restaurant Marketing,  and Michael Tanke and Benjamin Frost in Travel and Toursim Marketing.   Also earning an automatic bid to state was second place winners Rachel Chupka in Principles of Marketing, Teresa Turco in Retail Merchandising, Emma Felker in Human Resources Management, while Teresa Turco also finishing fifth in the Economics exam out of 500 plus students.  Here are some more results of the 2014 DECA District Career Development Conference.

Retail Merchandising

+Teresa Turco – Four Medals – Series Finalist – 2^nd Place Overall

Human Resources Marketing

            +Emma Felker – Three Medals – Series Finalist – 2^nd Place Overall

            +Abby Bierman – One Medal

Sports and Entertainment Marketing

            +Andrew Kollmeyer – Three Medals – Series Finalist -1^st Overall

            +Bobby Zanotti – One Medal – Series Finalist

Business Services Marketing

            Stephanie Gitto – One Medal

            +Kaitlyn Regal – One Medal

Travel and Tourism Marketing – Team Event

            +Benjamin Frost and +Michael Tanke – Three Medals – Series Finalist – 1^st Overall

            +Jessica Janzer and +Courtney Stepflug – One Medal – Series Finalist

            +Courtney Shipstock and +Jordan Weber – One Medal – Series Finalist

Hospitality Services Marketing – Team Event

            +Molly Kocian and +Lizzy Shrader – Two Medals – Series Finalist – 4^th Overall

Restaurant and Food Service Management

            Benjamin Mihojevich – One Medal

Hotel and Lodging Management

            +Hannah Elrod – Two Medals – Series Finalist – 4^th Overall

            +Julia Winkel – One Medal – Series Finalist

Quick Service Restaurant Marketing

            +Maddie Chessario – One Medal – Series Finalist – 1^st Overall

            +Jacob Hentges – One Medal – Series Finalist – 4^th Overall

Sports & Entertainment Marketing – Team Event

            +Chase Graff and +JJ Janzer – Two Medals – Series Finalist

            Ryan Tann and +Alyssa Steffen – One Medal – Series Finalist

            Adrian Castaneda and Matthew Batcher – One Medal

Marketing Communications – Team Event

            Greta Banholzer and Charles Sprinkman – One Medal

            Alyssa Amann and Emma Rafferty – One Medal

Accounting Applications

            +Devon Casper – Three Medals – Series Finalist – 1^st Place

            Ethan Liebe – One Medal

Marketing Management

            +Ethan Nethery – Three Medals – Series Finalist – 3^rd Overall

Automotive Services Marketing

            +Vishnu Varadarajan – Two Medals – Series Finalist – 1^st Overall

            +Chase Cutre – One Medal – Series Finalist – 4^th Overall

            Sean Weissman – One Medal

Buying and Merchandising – Team Event

            Connor Lederman and Jeremy Lampe – Two Medals

            +Alyssa Recknagel and +Julia Paulsen – Two Medals

Apparel and Accessories Marketing

            Rachel Ross – One Medal

Principles of Marketing

            +Rachel Chupka – One Medal – Series Finalist – 2^nd Overall

            Hannah Rowe – One Medal – Series Finalist

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* Students Competed in Two 3 Role Play Presentations and One Comprehensive Exam (awards given to the top 10% in each event)

**Series Finalists Are Presentations and Exam Combined

(awards given to the top 10-20% in each event)

+ State Qualifier