GRAYSON DECA Recognized for Outstanding School-Based Enterprise (SBE)

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 08, 2023

Contact: Tara Gunter
Grayson DECA at Grayson High School
tara.gunter@gcpsk12.org
770-554-7806

GRAYSON DECA Recognized for Outstanding School-Based Enterprise (SBE)

Grayson, Georgia – Planet Rams, the school-based enterprise at Grayson High School, was among 461 school-based enterprises achieving gold recertification for the 2022-2023 school year and will be recognized during DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Orlando, FL.

A school-based enterprise (SBE) is an entrepreneurial operation in a school setting that provides goods and services to meet the needs of the market. SBEs are managed and operated by students as hands-on learning laboratories that integrate National Curriculum Standards in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. DECA advisors have utilized this effective educational tool for over four decades to provide their students with realistic and practical learning experiences that reinforce classroom instruction, enhance 21st century skill development, and prepare students for college and careers.

The Grayson DECA members who contributed to the certification were Planet Rams student Co-Operations Manager and 22-23 Grayson DECA President Christian Hooks (11th grade) with the assistance of DECA members Lena Tata (11th grade and 21-22 Grayson DECA President); and John David Lindsey (11th grade and 22-23 DECA Finance Officer) under the guidance of their Grayson DECA Chapter Advisor and Marketing Management Pathway Teacher, Tara Gunter. The SBE at Grayson High School has operated for six years years under Ms. Gunter's guidance and is to be commended for this achievement.

“DECA’s School-based Enterprise Certification Program is a rigorous process designed to help DECA members demonstrate their classroom learning in a practical, learning laboratory, and then translate that into meaningful outcomes,” said Christopher Young, CAE, Chief Program Officer at DECA Inc. “These DECA members are practicing important workplace readiness skills while preparing for college and careers.”

DECA’s School-based Enterprise Certification Program provides recognition for outstanding achievement by school-based enterprises and to motivate SBEs to strive for excellence and growth. SBEs can be certified at three levels: bronze, silver or gold. In order to apply for the certification, SBEs must submit extensive documentation that explains how the SBE demonstrates the practice of various marketing and retail standards. A review committee evaluates the documentation to determine which level of certification has been achieved.

DECA’s School-based Enterprise programs are sponsored by Intuit and Otis Spunkmeyer Inc.

About DECA Inc.
DECA is a career and technical student organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs who are interested in careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. DECA enhances the preparation for college and careers by providing co-curricular programs that integrate into classroom instruction, apply learning, connect to business and promote competition. DECA student members leverage their DECA experience to become academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leaders. DECA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with more than 225,000 members in 4,000 high school and college chapters in all 50 United States, Canada, Guam, Puerto Rico and Germany.

For more information about Grayson DECA, visit www.GraysonDECA.org or follow us on instagram @ghsdecaevents or @ghsplanetrams

For more information on DECA, visit http://www.deca.org.

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