DECA Heads to State

January 15, 2019

Members of the DECA program competed in the District Competition on January 11. More than 800 students from ten schools in the east and south metro participated. DECA participants engage in a variety of events from business role-playing to detailed business, franchise, and innovation plans. In order to advance to the state competition in March, students had to finish in the top 12 of their event.

The state conference is in Minneapolis, March 3-5, where we will compete against students from across the state.

Congratulations to all students who participated!

Kiana Kotasek ’19 (Franchise Business Plan)
Grace Bullard ’19 (Franchise Business Plan)
Taylor Lindeman ’19 (Franchise Business Plan)
Travis Teeter ’20 (Start-Up Business Plan)
Louie Rottjakob ’19 (Start-up Business Plan)
Max Rottjakob ’19 (Start-Up Business Plan)
Steven Budka ’19 (Start-Up Business Plan)
Jackson Enquist ’19 (Start-Up Business Plan)
Josh Garcia ’20 (Sports and Entertainment Marketing Operations Research)

What is DECA?

DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs by integrating authentic, experiential learning through rigorous project-based classroom instruction. DECA partners with business and the broader community to promote relevancy and realistic insight into students’ creative solutions in the focus areas of Marketing, Business Management and Administration, Entrepreneurship, Finance, and Hospitality, and Tourism.

In Minnesota, roughly 4000 students in 60 high schools participate in DECA. This is the fifth year CDH has participated in a DECA program.

Interestingly since the 1990s,“DECA” is no longer an acronym for a more formal name due to the diversity of business and educational interests it now represents. With a well-respected mission to enhance the worldwide, co-curricular education of students with interests in marketing, management, and entrepreneurship, DECA is committed to business education and preparation of emerging leaders as well as the growth of business/education partnerships. The well-known name of the organization, DECA has remained consistent throughout the growth of this organization.