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'Amazing Performance': Deer Park DECA Excels At Competition

Deer Park High School's DECA club earned numerous trophies and honorable mention awards at the Suffolk County Regional Competition.

Deer Park High School’s DECA club earned 31 trophies and 12 honorable mention awards at the Suffolk County Regional Competition.
Deer Park High School’s DECA club earned 31 trophies and 12 honorable mention awards at the Suffolk County Regional Competition. (Courtesy of Deer Park School District)

DEER PARK, NY — Deer Park High School students took numerous wins and awards at a recent competition in New York.

A total of 73 members from Deer Park High School’s DECA club participated in DECA’s Suffolk County Regional Competition last month.

In the most competitive regional competition in over 20 years, Deer Park’s students had an amazing performance, earning 31 trophies and 12 honorable mention awards. The team was guided by DECA adviser Gregory Menig.

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Most of the Deer Park DECA students will be moving on to participate in New York DECA’s 66th annual State Career Conference, to be held March 5 to 7 at the Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center in Rochester.

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