DECA updates
January 14, 2019
Release Date: January 10, 2019
105 Hamilton Wenham Students Qualify for DECA State Career Development Conference
On Thursday, January 10, Hamilton Wenham DECA competed at the District 3 Career Development Conference held at Merrimack College in North Andover. Eleven schools and over 850 students participated in the business competition in over 50 categories of marketing, hospitality, finance and entrepreneurship.
Hamilton Wenham sent 176 DECA students and 105 qualified for the DECA State Career Development Conference to be held March 7-9 in Boston. At the awards ceremony, those who place top 6 in their category were called to the stage to accept an award.
| Place | Name (Grade) | Category |
| 1 | Audrey Kiarsis (10) | Apparel & Accessories Marketing |
| 1 | Thomas Kain (11) | Business Finance Series |
| 1 | Emily Minster / Julia Sauriol (12) | Business Services Operations Research (MOJO Coffee) |
| 1 | Amanda Lowrie / Julia Putnam /Tyler Vesey (12) | Community Service Project (HW Gives Back) |
| 1 | Ella McCrae (12) | Entrepreneurship Series |
| 1 | Michael Katsiris (12) | Human Resources Management |
| 1 | Lily Waterman (10) | Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling |
| 1 | Brendan Callahan (12) | Marketing Communication Series |
| 1 | Ty Noguchi Uribe (12) | Personal Financial Literacy |
| 1 | Damian Sorrenti (9) | Professional Selling Event |
| 1 | Bryn Smith (12) | Restaurant & Food Service Management |
| 1 | Kyle Russo (11) | Retail Merchandising Series |
| 1 | Charles Clapp / Owen Leonard /Jack Mulvihill (10) | Sports & Entertainment Operations Research (Red Sox Foundation) |
| 1 | Thomas Flynn / Michael Rebello (12) | Sports & Entertainment Team Decision Making |
| 1 | Lauren Verge / Valerie Wise (12) | Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making |
| 2 | Dimitri Lara (12) | Apparel & Accessories Marketing |
| 2 | Jake Harrison (12) | Accounting Applications Series |
| 2 | Emily Caccivio (11) | Business Services Marketing |
| 2 | Chloe Belliveau /Emily Vanderwilden (12) | Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making |
| 2 | Ethan Dwyer (10) | Food Marketing Series |
| 2 | Sophia Doane / Jordan Story (11) | Finance Operations Research (Institution For Savings) |
| 2 | Matthew Dearborn / Alden Johnson (11) | Financial Team Decision Making |
| 2 | Eliza Kerivan (11) | Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling |
| 2 | Daphne Campbell (11) /Cadyn Sawyer (12) | Integrated Marketing Campaign Event (HWRHS Senior Art Show) |
| 2 | EmmaRose Safford (10) | Principles of Finance |
| 2 | Haley Hamilton (9) | Principles of Marketing |
| 3 | Miles Oram (11) | Automotive Services Marketing |
| 3 | Annabel Howley (12) / Hannah Moroney (11) / Isabella Schwartz (12) | Buying & Merchandising Operations Research (Lyon-Waugh Auto Group) |
| 3 | Olivia Patt / Caroline Pratt (11) | Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making |
| 3 | Jack Stewart (10) | Entrepreneurship Series |
| 3 | Jameson Courtney (10) | Financial Consulting |
| 3 | Hadassah Idoko (10) | Principles of Finance |
| 3 | Jessica Cooper (9) | Principles of Hospitality & Tourism |
| 3 | Sophie Strozier (9) | Principles of Marketing |
| 3 | Cameron Guyer (12) | Professional Selling Event |
| 3 | Keegan O’Shea (11) | Sports & Entertainment Series |
| 4 | Pierson Tocci (12) | Business Finance Series |
| 4 | Quinlan Kelly (12) | Business Services Marketing |
| 4 | Justin Tremblay (11) | Financial Consulting |
| 4 | Eli Leonard (12) | Financial Literacy Promotion Project |
| 4 | Henry Jones (12) | Food Marketing Series |
| 4 | Sheridan Metternick (12) | Integrated Marketing Campaign Product (Arbonne 30 Days to Healthy Living) |
| 4 | Ella Stock (12) | Marketing Communication Series |
| 4 | Jack McMahon / Jake Sturim (12) | Marketing Management Team Decision Making |
| 4 | Mathilde Gordon (9) | Principles of Hospitality & Tourism |
| 4 | Eliza Campbell / Eliza Meahl /Haley Rivers (12) | Public Relations Project (Toys-for-Tots) |
| 4 | Megan Amero (11) | Restaurant & Food Service Management |
| 4 | Tessa Mastrocola (10) | Retail Merchandising Series |
| 4 | Conner Alberry / Katherine Everitt (12) | Sports & Entertainment Operations Research (Patriots Foundation) |
| 5 | Abigail Hogan (10) | Automotive Services Marketing |
| 5 | Eileen Campbell / Evelyn Easdon /Ginger Hubbard (11) | Business Services Operations Research (Cell Signaling Technology) |
| 5 | Clinton Gourdeau / Michael Moynihan / Samuel Webber (12) | Creative Marketing Project (The Goddard School) |
| 5 | Leonard Dolan / Caleb Schmidt (11) | Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making |
| 5 | Todd Jackson / Andrew Winch (10) | Financial Team Decision Making |
| 5 | Mackenzie Walles (10) | Hotel & Lodging Management |
| 5 | Ava Halstead / Klaudia Rushi / Sarah Traverse (11) | Hospitality & Tourism Operations Research (Cafe Shishco) |
| 5 | Samantha Cooke (12) / Emma Lanciani (11) / Madison Rivers (11) | Learn & Earn Project (Generals Store Basketball PopUp) |
| 5 | Makenzie Liphardt (10) | Personal Financial Literacy |
| 5 | Cyrus Soleimani (10) | Principles of Finance |
| 5 | Elizabeth Collins (9) | Principles of Hospitality & Tourism |
| 5 | Joseph Maher (10) | Professional Selling Event |
| 5 | Rachel Lee (11) | Restaurant & Food Service Management |
| 5 | William Whelan (12) | Retail Merchandising Series |
| 6 | Xander Nostrand (12) | Automotive Services Marketing |
| 6 | William Jones (11) | Business Services Marketing |
| 6 | Lucas Bailey (12) | Entrepreneurship Series |
| 6 | Peter Gourdeau (9) | Food Marketing Series |
| 6 | Alexis Donovan / Brianna Vesey (9) | Financial Team Decision Making |
| 6 | Lucy Werner (9) | Hotel & Lodging Management |
| 6 | Samantha Bucci (10) | Human Resources Management |
| 6 | Emma Day (10) | Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling |
| 6 | Benjamin Gingrich (12) | Quick Service Restaurant Management |
| 6 | Philip Worstell (12) | Retail Merchandising Series |
| 6 | Niekko Louissaint (12) | Sports & Entertainment Series |
| 6 | Maeve Folger / Jemma Shea (11) | Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making |
Awards Students
1st place: 15 22
2nd place: 11 15
3rd place: 10 13
4th place: 13 17
5th place: 14 24
6th place: 12 14
Team and series competitors took a 100-question test, then performed a role-play in front of judges. Role-plays are common business scenarios where the student is asked to solve a problem and present their solution to the judge. Project competitors conducted research, prepared a paper, and presented their ideas on the day of the conference.
The DECA program is in its third year at Hamilton Wenham this year and is led by Business Teacher and DECA Advisor Laura Wheeler. As the program has grown to include more than one third of the school, Stefanie Rogal, Academic Coordinator of the RISE program, has joined Mrs. Wheeler as an Advisor. DECA is a co-curricular student organization of high school business students with over 200,000 members in all 50 states, 4 US territories, Canada, Mexico, Germany and beyond. DECA helps students develop transferable skills for college and career, builds self-esteem, provides leadership opportunities, and stresses community involvement.
The team was joined by HWRHS faculty and staff Kevin Beckwith, Brianna Borek, Julie Cahill-O’Shea, Matt Fitzgibbons, Dan Hayden, Lisa Heitz, Kristen Lazzaro, and Jennifer Sauriol, as well as parents Lori Johnson, Stacey Verge and Carla Wise.
To learn more about DECA, visit www.deca.org and www.massdeca.org.
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