From BGHS DECA
Members of the Bowling Green chapter of OH DECA joined 2,500 high school business,finance, hospitality and marketing students at the annual association career development conference held March 2024 at the Columbus Convention in Columbus.
The Bowling Green DECA Chapter is a satellite program of Penta Career Center located at Bowling Green High School.
The following students received special recognition of individual ability and achievement at the state level:
- Juniors Tessa Kirchner and Liam Triggs, Integrated Service Marketing Campaign- 2nd Place for a paper and presentation on their “Leap into Fun” proposal for WBGU-TV.
- Seniors Drake Joseph, Braden Loomis, and Casey Moore, Sales Project- 4th Place. These three seniors were project managers, and with the help of their chapter they organized a campaign known as “Paint our Future”, raised over $6,000 in community sponsorships, met with over 60 businesses, and attended a professional conference in Austin, Texas!
- Senior Jackson Horst, Personal Financial Literacy- 5th Place.
These students will advance to international level competition at the DECA International Career Development Conference that will be held this weekend (April 27-30) in Anaheim, CA.
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.
Several business professionals evaluated the members’ performance in the format of role-plays, case studies and prepared presentations.
“We had 52 Penta BGHS DECA members compete are the district level, 42 placed to compete at the state competition, and 11 Top 10 Finalists. Each of our chapter members should be proud of their personal and professional development! Best of luck to our competitors competing in Anaheim! ,” said Cara Maxey, marketing instructor and DECA advisor.
