West Bloomfield DECA Earns Forty-Seven Awards at District Competition

Southfield, MI– Forty-seven awards were earned by West Bloomfield High School DECA students at the District 6 Conference Friday, December 16th at Lawrence Technological University. Students presented real-world situations, marketing plans, business law cases, and entrepreneurial pitches to local business professionals who served as judges for the competition. The top competitors in each event qualified to attend the State Career Development Conference (SCDC), which will take place in Detroit March 9-11, 2023.

Twenty-seven students will represent West Bloomfield High School at the State Competition, where they will join an additional twenty competitors from the high school writing research papers to present at the event. Students will compete in March among the top 5,000 marketing students around the state of Michigan. Student qualifiers and their competitive events include the following:

Aidan Biehl, Business Services Marketing Series
Lucas Watha, Business Services Marketing Series
Hannah Grubbs, Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making
Gurleen Kaler, Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making
Joe Jackubiak, Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making
Rocco Valente, Buying and Merchandising Team Decision Making
Joseph Hakim, Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
Elias Ibrahim, Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
Kevin Toledo, Financial Consulting Event
Elliot Foreman, Hotel and Lodging Management Series
Milin Sharrow, Human Resources Management Series
Lauren Mandel, Hospitality Services Team Decision Making
Lauren Marsh, Hospitality Services Team Decision Making
Chy’ah Smith, Marketing Communication Series
Jake Kaslly, Marketing Management Team Decision Making
Eric Krupic, Marketing Management Team Decision Making
Krzysztof Balajewicz, Principles of Business Management and Administration
Haniyah Siddiqui, Personal Financial Literacy
Victoria Okezie, Principles of Finance
Pablo Amoroz, Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Stephen Khatchadourian, Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Hitha Surapaneni, Principles of Marketing
Arsida Ballaj, Restaurant and Food Service Management Series
Nyla Patterson, Retail Merchandising Series
Mattisyn Hill, Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series
Charlotte Brager, Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making
Julia Theobald, Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making

About West Bloomfield High School DECA
West Bloomfield High School DECA is a Career and Technical Student Organization of {number of members at your chapter} 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 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.