DECA Students Earn A Sweet Trip To State Competition

Pottstown High School student members the DECA Club learned that hard work can pay with a sweet reward. Students took part in the District 8 competition held in King of Prussia at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Twelve team members successfully advanced to the state event held in chocolate sweet Hershey, PA.

Under the direction of teachers Vickie McShea and Kevin Pascal; students took a 100 question content-based test and completed a situational role play. During the District 8 event Trojan, DECA members matched their skills against teams from The Hill School, Norristown, Northampton, Owen J. Roberts, Pottsgrove, and Spring-Ford. When they travel the sweet road to Hershey for the state competition, they will face representatives from 78 other chapters to vie for state honors.

POTTSTOWN COMPETITORS & EVENTS:

Name	Event
Brionna Williams	Principles of Business Management & Administration
Iyesha Belgrave	Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Mackenzie Moser	Principles of Marketing
Kishan Patel	Accounting Applications Series
CyeNyla Hall	Accounting Applications Series
Julia Reisner	Entrepreneurship Individual Series
Jen Hainsey	Hotel and Lodging Management Series
London Aquino	Human Resource Management
Mitchell Aquino	Marketing Communications Series
Alix Stewart	Restaurant & Food Service Management
Destyn Snyder	Sports & Entertainment Marketing Series

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.

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