Nine West Bloomfield Students Qualify For DECA ICDC

West Bloomfield, MI–Nine West Bloomfield High School DECA students will represent the Central Region of the United States at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Nashville, Tennessee at the end of April 2020. They will compete among the other top four teams from each of the other three regions for recognition, scholarships and prizes. We are proud of all our competitors and for our students below who worked hard to earn their spot among 45,000 competitors around the country.

Kaleb Bertovich, Virtual Business Retail
Aaaryan Chandna, Virtual Business Retail
Mick Gordinier, Virtual Business Retail
Abbaas Hakim, Virtual Business Sports
Ali Hakim, Virtual Business Sports
Kyler Hwa, Virtual Business Fashion
Tejas Kode, Virtual Business Fashion
Raj Mulherkar, Virtual Business Fashion
Sundeep Ravella, Virtual Business Sports

In addition to the International qualifiers mentioned above, four additional students will be recognized at the Michigan DECA State Career Development Conference in March for placing first in Michigan in their Virtual Business Competition:

Zward Ahmed, Virtual Business Hotel
Tristan Asher, Virtual Business Hotel
Wyatt Feldman, Virtual Business Hotel
Judah Karesh, Virtual Business Accounting

DECA Virtual Business competitions use game-like simulations where students knowledge in sports and entertainment marketing, fashion, accounting, retailing, personal finance, restaurant management or hotel management is tested over eleven days. The simulations are based on material learned within their high school business courses as well as the use of common core math, reading and critical thinking skills. Students compete with others around their region to earn the opportunity to attend the International Career Conference where the top teams will compete live against each other for cash prizes, scholarships and recognition.

About West Bloomfield High School DECA
West Bloomfield High School DECA is a Career and Technical Student Organization of 200 members. West Bloomfield High School DECA works to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in four fields of business: marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. DECA integrates into classroom instruction, applies learning, connects to business, and promotes competition in order to prepare the next generation to be academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, and experienced leaders.