Brookwood High's DECA Students Receive Award, Progress to International Competition

Brookwood High School DECA members recently won the right to compete at the international level in the organization’s competitive events program. DECA’s industry validated competitive events are aligned with National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism.

Competition begins at the local level and advances to regional, state, and international level events. Students have the opportunity to compete in several types of competitions including written events, interviews, role-plays, case studies, as well as individual and team presentations. 

State Competition was held this year in conjunction with the DECA State Career Development Conference on February 28-March 2 at the Sheraton Hotel in Atlanta. Events were held over a two day period. A Recognition Session for the awarding of medals was held on Saturday, March 2nd. Top scoring participants will represent the state association in the international competition to be held as a part of the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, CA on April 24-27, 2013.

The following are the Brookwood High School student winners that will be advancing: 
Alex Lister - State Champion in Restaurant and Food Service Marketing 
Kevin Tian - State Champion in Business Services Marketing 
Daniel Komoroski - 2nd Place in Hotel and Lodging Management 
Kevin Tian - 2nd Place in Entrepreneurship Testing 
Jessica Barton - 3rd Place in Selling Testing 
Caitlin Costello - 4th Place in Principles of Business Administration 
Caitlin Costello - 4th Place in Selling Testing 
Taylor Bennett - 5th Place in Selling Testing 
Alex Lister and Christian Gochnauer - 5th Place in Business Operations Research 
Ryan Anderson and Chester van Poucke - 7th Place in Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making 
Matt Pallansch - 10th Place in Entrepreneurship Testing