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| All the Pottstown High School students who competed in the recent DECA conference. |
Under the direction of marketing teacher Kevin Pascal, and Co-Advisor Anita Santangelo, 42 students who are members of DECA (an association of marketing students) at Pottstown High School participated in the 66th Annual District 8 Career Development Conference in King of Prussia last month.
Of those, 24 students will be competing at the DECA state conference in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The competition involved students taking a 100 question content based test and situational role play.
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| And here are the 24 winners from Pottstown |
The top six contestants in individual categories and the top four teams in team events move on to the state competition held in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Students’ role playing is judged on how well they adjust to the various business situations that are presented to them.
Award winners included:
Michael Baker | Business Law and Ethics Team | 2nd Place & Highest Role Play |
Emmanuel Toussaint | Business Law and Ethics Team | 2nd Place & Highest Role Play |
Lanea Crawford | Apparel and Accessories Marketing | 4th Place |
Zoe Wallace | Business Services Marketing | 4th Place |
Martin Metzger | Accounting Applications | 3rd Place |
Danielle Slody | Retail Merchandising | 2nd Place & Highest Role Play |
Emily Jerdon | Accounting Applications | 5th Place |
Jenn Hainsey | Hospitality Services Management Team | 3rd Place |
Destyn Snyder | Hospitality Services Management Team | 3rd Place |
David Hicks | Hotel and Lodging Management | 6th Place |
Eddie Butler | Sports and Entertainment Marketing | 6th Place |
Courteney Parry | Human Resources Management | 3rd Place & Highest Role Play |
Julian Weber | Buying and Merchandising Team | 2nd Place & Highest Role Play |
Emily Weber | Buying and Merchandising Team | 2nd Place & Highest Role Play |
Gianna Epps | Principles of Finance | 3rd Place |
Emilie Lineman | Principles of Finance | 2nd Place & Highest Test |
Br’anna Williams | Principles of Hospitality and Tourism | 6th Place |
Rachel Lees | Principles of Hospitality and Tourism | 4th Place |
Mitchell Aquino | Principles of Hospitality and Tourism | 3rd Place |
Gi’ovannah Mitchell | Principles of Marketing | 3rd Place |
Cody Young | Rest and Food Service | 6th Place |
Demitri Douglass | Sports and Entertainment Marketing | 4th Place |
Gabe Francis | Travel and Tourism Marketing Management Team | 2nd Place & Highest Role Play |
London Aquino | Travel and Tourism Marketing Management Team | 2nd Place & Highest Role Play |
Zoe Wallace | Female Modeling | 2nd Place |
Michael Baker | Male Modeling | 2nd Place |
Emmanuel Toussaint | Male Modeling | 6th Place |
Eddie Butler | Male Modeling | 1st Place |
DECA is the only Career and Technical Student Organization operating through the nation's schools to attract young people to careers in marketing management and entrepreneurship.
Itspurposes are todevelop respect for education which will contribute to occupational competency and to promote understanding and appreciation for the responsibilities of citizenship in our free enterprise system.