Six West Bloomfield Students to Represent the Central Region at ICDC

West Bloomfield, MI–Six West Bloomfield High School DECA students will represent the Central Region of the United States at the DECA International Career Competition in Orlando, Florida in April 2023 in the Sports Virtual Business Challenge. They will compete among the other top fifteen teams from around the country for recognition, scholarships, and prizes. We are proud of all of our competitors and of our students below who worked hard to earn their spot among 45,000 competitors around the country.

Milin Sharrow, Virtual Business Sports
Jin Park, Virtual Business Sports
Josh Vincent, Virtual Business Sports
Matthew Gordinier, Virtual Business Sports
Ben Gurfinkel, Virtual Business Sports
Darin Lavine, Virtual Business Sports

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

Janel Jarbo, Virtual Business Fashion
Ilyssa Sheena, Virtual Business Fashion

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.