Mission
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management in high schools across the globe. Pre-requisite: one business course.
Club Advisor: Cynthia Dorman
What’s New?
On Saturday, April 23, four students who qualified for DECA’s ICDC (International Career Development Conference) traveled to Atlanta along with 17,000 students, advisors and chaperones from all over the United States, Canada and other countries to compete for two days. Competition included exams, engaging in role plays and presentations with the goal of making it to the finals and taking home some “DECA glass”. The students who competed were:
William Zhang – Principles of Business Management and Administration
Maxwell Burd, Siyang Ding and Caleb Graupera – School Based Enterprise – Retail Division for the Cat’s Den
William Zhang won an Achievement Award, which is a silver ribbon medallion for achieving a top 10 exam score in Principles of Business Management and Administration.
In addition, all competitors receive a Certificate of Achievement recognizing the achievement necessary to qualify to compete at ICDC.
Students also had the opportunity to meet and network with students from other states, trading pins representing their state or country (Massachusetts pin was Fenway’s green monster)!
In addition to competition, students from Massachusetts enjoyed a night at the World of Coke and the Georgia Aquarium as well as a State Dinner at the College Football Hall of Fame.
Please join me in congratulating William, Maxwell, Siyang and Caleb for their hard work and achievements!
Cynthia Dorman
Business Teacher / DECA Advisor
Weston High School
Nineteen WHS students participated in the MA DECA State Conference from March 10-12, 2022 in Boston at the Hynes Convention Center. It was exciting to be back in person and compete against other MA school districts for a chance to attend the International DECA Conference (ICDC) in Atlanta in April.
The results are:
William Zhang qualified for ICDC with a top 6 finish in the category of Principles of Business Management and Administration.
Placing in the top 12 in their events and possible ICDC qualifiers are:
Maxwell Burd – Principles of Finance
Siyang Ding – Principles of Business Management and Administration
Caleb Graupera – Principles of Marketing
Gregoire Marsot and Kevin Joseph – Innovation Plan
Test scores in the top 6 for their event were awarded to:
Neil Agarwal -Financial Consulting Event
Zunian Luo – Business Finance Series Event
In addition, Gregoire Marsot and Ray Wang qualified for ICDC based on their gold recertification award for The Cat’s Den in the Small Business Enterprise – Retail category.
Congratulations to all participants for your hard work – Coco Curran, Chloe Zhang, Sofia Moukaddem, Shreya Mehta, Yash Agarwal, Annie Dong, Olivia Rome, Chloe Zhong, Bridget Delduchetto, Molly Ross and Hannah Marill.
Way to go WHS DECA!
Cynthia Dorman
WHS Business Teacher / DECA Advisor
posted 12/13/2021
DECA had a very successful and amazing in-person District competition on December 9, 2021 at the Boxborough Regency! Students enjoyed a delicious buffet lunch, as well as a DJ and dancing after the competitive events. Twenty-four students competed in multiple categories – from role plays, to individual and team events.
Please join me in congratulating the students who placed in the top 5 in their category and secured a spot at the States competition in March!
Business Finance – Zunian Luo – 2nd place
Business Services Marketing – Melina McDonald – 4th place
Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making – Nick Cross and Sam Iyer-Singh – 3rd place
Food Marketing Series – Chloe Zhong – 2nd place
Innovation Plan – Molly Ross and Bridget Delduchetto – 4th place
Innovation Plan – Kevin Joseph and Gregoire Marsot – 3rd place
Marketing Communication – Julia Chow – 3rd place
Personal Financial Literacy – Anna Lian – 1st place
Principles of Business Management – Siyang Ding – 2nd place
Principles of Business Management – William Zhang – 1st place
Principles of Finance – Maxwell Burd – 2nd place
Principles of Marketing – Caleb Graupera – 1st place
Sports & Entertainment Marketing – Caitlyn Rhatigan and Ray Wang – 4th place
Congratulations to all!!
Cynthia Dorman
Business Teacher
Weston High School
