IHS Business Students Earn Thirty-Eight Trophies at DECA Regional Competition

Lou DiCesare, IHS Business Teacher

January 12, 2009

 

Irondequoit High School Business Students Compete in

Business Club Competition and Qualify to Compete at the

DECA State Career Conference

 

Business students from Irondequoit High School competed in the 2009 DECA Regional Competition on Friday, January 6th. The event took place at Monroe Community College and had over 600 business students participating from schools around Monroe County including Brighton, Pittsford Sutherland, Pittsford Mendon, Aquinas, Spencerport, Gates-Chili, Pembroke, Rush-Henrietta, Mercy, Marshall, Fairport and Irondequoit.

DECA (an association for marketing students) was organized in 1946 around an ambitious goal: to improve educational and career opportunities in marketing, management and entrepreneurship for students. In the years since, DECA has remained on the cutting edge of educational innovation, working with the business community to integrate academic achievement with career and technical skills. Information about DECA can be viewed at www.newyorkdeca.org.

 

There are nearly 50 different competitive marketing events for students to participate in and learn about the field of marketing. Irondequoit students in Mrs. Bucciarelli, Mrs. Lent and Mr. DiCesare’s Business classes traveled to MCC to test their knowledge in their chosen event, which includes both team and individual events. There are only four finalists awarded for team events and six for individual events.

 

In the team events, there were six Irondequoit teams that earned finalist trophies:

 

Financial Analysis Team Decision Making Event:

Stephanie Beiter (senior) and Jackson Frenzel (senior)

Max Rick (senior) and Devin Smith (senior)

 

Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making Event:

Mary Cushman (junior) and Bridgett Curran (junior)

 

Hospitality Services Team Decision Making Event:

Liz Valente (sophomore) and Sarah Rocco (sophomore)

 

Internet Marketing Team Decision Making Event:

Joe DiBiase (junior) and Jeffery Englert (senior)

 

Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making Event:

Courtney Long (junior) and Emily Farr (sophomore)

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In the individual events, eight Irondequoit students earned finalist trophies:

 

Apparel & Accessories Event:

Carly Perreaud (senior)

Emma Van Hise (freshman)

 

Accounting Applications Event:

Carly Wisniewski (senior)

Cameron White (senior)

 

Automotive Services Marketing Event:

James Eksten (senior)

Greg Williams (senior)

Christopher Puckett (sophomore)

 

Business Services Marketing Event:

Corey Pschierer (junior)

 

Decision-Making Human Resources Event:

Nick Gilboe (junior)

 

Decision-Making Marketing Event:

Zach Beattie (sophomore)

Clayton Benz (freshman)

Xavier Cox (senior)

 

Hotel & Lodging Event:

Marcie Dineen (junior)

Dennis Coast (senior)

Miles Lawson (senior)

 

Marketing Management Event:

Andrew Geesler (senior)

 

Restaurant & Food Services Event:

Chris Leone (sophomore)

Christopher Roth (freshman)

 

Retail Merchandising Event:

Taylor Diem (sophomore)

Rachel Scudder (sophomore)

Alaina Grasta (sophomore)

 

Sales Demonstration Event:

Ryan McCormick (senior)

Jeff Geraci (freshman)

 

Wholesale Selling Event:

Richard Fluegal (freshman)

Hanan Abid (senior)

Jacob Cournoyer (sophomore)

 

All student finalists are now eligible to compete at the State Career Conference in Rochester March 4-6th as a result of their performances.

 

The following students will also be competing at the DECA State Career Conference defending papers they wrote in the following events:

Molly Enright and Emma Spencer for Retail Marketing Research

Barb Bianchi for International Business

Doug Cuddeback and Brianna Vay for Advertising Campaign

Gil Vargas and Alicia Kolacki for Advertising Campaign

Juliana Feinberg for Entrepreneurship Participation

 

The thirty-eight trophies brought home by IHS were the most ever recorded by an IHS DECA chapter.