On Monday, December 17th, 2018, 31 members of Pottstown High School DECA participated in the 68th Annual District 8 Competition held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in King of Prussia, PA. Of those, 12 earned a spot to compete at the State competition to be held in Hershey, Pennsylvania in February 2019.
Pottstown High School teachers Lyndsay Hashem and Kevin Pascal are the DECA team sponsors. Students took a 100 question content-based test and completed a situational role play. The top six contestants in individual categories and the top four teams in team events moved on to the state competition. District 8 is quite competitive, with DECA members from The Hill School, Norristown, North Hampton, Owen J. Roberts, Pottsgrove, Springford and Pottstown competing.
Destyn Snyder, a senior at PHS, not only earned the highest role play score in the Sports and
Entertainment category, he earned 1st place in the category! London Aquino, a senior earned the highest test score in the Human Resource Management category and placed 4th in her category.
Pottstown award winners included:
| Name
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Event |
Place |
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Nada Elgendy
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Principles of Business Management & Administration
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4th Place
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Brionna Williams
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Principles of Business Management & Administration
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5th Place
|
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Iyesha Belgrave
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Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
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5th Place
|
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Mackenzie Moser
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Principles of Marketing
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4th Place
|
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Kishan Patel
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Accounting Applications Series
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3rd Place
|
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CyeNyla Hall
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Accounting Applications Series
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4th Place
|
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Julia Reisner
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Entrepreneurship Individual Series
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6th Place
|
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Jen Hainsey
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Hotel and Lodging Management Series
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5th Place
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London Aquino
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Human Resource Management
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4th Place
|
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Mitchell Aquino
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Marketing Communications Series
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4th Place
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Alix Stewart
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Restaurant & Food Service Management
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5th Place
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Destyn Snyder
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Sports & Entertainment Marketing Series
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1st place
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About DECA: DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. DECA enhances the preparation for college and careers by providing co-curricular programs that integrate into classroom instruction, apply learning, connect to business and promote competition.