West Bloomfield DECA Earns Fifty-Four Awards at State Conference

Detroit, Michigan – West Bloomfield High School, DECA earned fifty-four awards at the Michigan DECA State Career Development Conference. Twenty-eight students were finalists in the state. Eighteen students from West Bloomfield School District will represent Michigan at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, this April.

March 10-12th, forty-one students from the West Bloomfield High School DECA chapter attended the State Career Development Conference in Detroit, Michigan. This was a weekend leadership and business conference and competition. To advance to the International Conference, students had to place high enough at the DECA State Career Development Conference event held at Huntington Center in Detroit. West Bloomfield High School competed against 4,500 marketing students from schools across the state.

Below are the students recognized among the top six in their category in Michigan. They will represent West Bloomfield School District and Michigan DECA at the International Career Development Conference:
Madison Boyd, Innovation Plan
Frank Bachulis, Virtual Business Challenge Sports
Aaryan Chandna, Virtual Business Challenge Sports
Mariah Carver, Innovation Plan
Lukas Graff, Virtual Business Challenge Sports
Kulthom Hussain, Integrated Marketing Campaign Event
Amani Kayat, School Based Enterprise
Joey Kosh, Integrated Marketing Campaign Event
Ryan Lynch, Integrated Marketing Campaign Event
Jin Park, Virtual Business Sports Challenge
Alexander Selektor, Virtual Business Challenge Sports
Milin Sharrow, Virtual Business Challenge Sports
Andrew Shore, Professional Selling and Consulting Event
Morgan Shropshire, Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
Jack Stuit, Integrated Marketing Campaign Event
Safa Syed, Integrated Marketing Campaign Event
Shyanne Taylor, Innovation Plan
Sophia Watha, School-Based Enterprise

The following students were recognized as top ten finalists in their respective categories:
Alexander Wszolek, Business Services Marketing
Joe Jakbuiak, Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making
Anthony Valente, Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making
Julia Livedoti, Entrepreneurship Series Event
Omar Januzi, Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making Event
Jake Kaslly, Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making Event
Kevin Toledo, Financial Consulting Event
Talia Faison, Financial Consulting Event
Brady Scheidt, Principles of Business Management and Administration
Nyla Patterson, Retail Merchandising Series Event

In addition, West Bloomfield High School was recognized with the, "Gimme 5 Award" based on the increase in student membership for the chapter over the one school year. WBHS also earned the title of, "All-Star Chapter" for the 2022-2022 school year. The third award of gold recertification was earned for the high school's hands-on marketing learning laboratory Laker Landing.

About West Bloomfield High School DECA-
DECA is an International Competitive Business Organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in four fields: marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. Our DECA chapter integrates classroom instruction, applies learning, connects to business, and promotes competition to prepare the next generation to be academically prepared, community-oriented, professionally responsible, and experienced leaders. Students enrolled in Growing Your own business I & II, Marketing, Sports and Entertainment Marketing or Advanced Marketing, Personal Finance, Accounting, Advanced Placement Micro and Macroeconomics or Fashion can participate in the West Bloomfield DECA co-curricular organization.