Charleston, WV – Members of the Moorefield High School chapter of West Virginia DECA joined 250 school business, finance, hospitality and marketing students at the annual association career development conference held March 9-10 at Charleston Town Center Marriott in Charleston, WV.
The following students received recognition of individual ability and achievement at the association level:
- Elizabeth Williams was elected to the WV State DECA officer team.
- Elizabeth Williams & Drake Kimble earned Gold in Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making.
- Martina Nesselrodt, Makayla Nesselrodt & Emily See earned Gold in Franchise Business Plan.
- Amelia Gagnon earned Gold in Human Resources Management.
- Demi Arbaugh & Mady Ketterman earned Gold in Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making.
- Ryan Greenwalt earned Silver in Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling.
- Jeshua Mazariego earned Silver in Entrepreneurship.
- Kate Combs & Faith Snyder earned Silver in Innovation Plan.
- Thomas Parisi earned Gold in Principles of Finance.
- Jasmine Baldwin earned Silver in Marketing Professional Selling.
- Leah Hose & Emmy Crites earned Bronze in Business Law & Ethics.
- William Kuh earned Bronze in Start-up Business Plan.
Moorefield High DECA was chartered in 2019 by advisor Mrs. Jessica Markwood and has a long history of success. Mrs. Amy Crites was hired in 2023 and continues to have a very successful team of competitors and elected state officers.
Students who earned Gold or Silver will advance to international level competition at the DECA International Career Development Conference that will be held April 26-29, 2025, in Orlando, FL.
As an integral part of the classroom curriculum, DECA’s industry-validated competitive events are aligned with the National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism. DECA’s competitive events directly contribute to every student being college and career-ready when they graduate from high school. More than 30 business professionals evaluated the members’ performance in the format of role-plays, case studies and prepared presentations.
“This year seventeen students competed, and seventeen students medaled, it’s quite impressive,” said Amy Crites, Moorefield High School DECA Advisor.
About DECA Inc.
DECA is a career and technical student organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs with a career interest 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. DECA student members leverage their DECA experience to become academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leaders. DECA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with over 287,000 members in more than 4,000 high school and college chapters in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Germany.
For more information about DECA, visit www.deca.org.
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