Hall marketing students advance to international competition

GAINESVILLE - Chestatee, East Hall, Flowery Branch, Lanier Charter Career Academy (LCCA), and North Hall Marketing students and DECA members recently won the right to compete at the international level in the organization's competitive events program.

DECA's industry validated competitive events are aligned with National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism. Competition begins at the local level and advances to regional, state, and international level events. Students have the opportunity to compete in several types of competitions including written events, interviews, role-plays, case studies, as well as individual and team presentations.

State Competition was held this year in conjunction with the DECA State Career Development Conference February 28-March 2 at the Sheraton Hotel in Atlanta. Events were held over a two-day period.

Top scoring participants will represent the state association in the international competition to be held as a part of the International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, Calif., April 24-27.

These students participated:

· 1st place, Kevin Brown, LCCA, Financial Literacy
· 1st place, Nicole Columbo, LCCA, Creative Marketing Project
· 1st place, Ellie Forrester, LCCA, GA DECA Memorial Scholarship, Awarded $ 1000
· 1st place, Ellie Forrester, LCCA, Public Relations Campaign
· 1st place, Lauran Gregory, LCCA, Entrepreneurship Participating Independent
· 1st place, Danielle Hansel, LCCA, Financial Literacy
· 1st place, Alexandra Herndon, LCCA, Financial Literacy
· 1st place, KayLynn Samples, Chestatee, Entrepreneurship Participating Franchise
· 1st place, KayLynn Samples, Chestatee, American Marketing Association Scholarship, Awarded $ 1000
· 1st place, KayLynn Samples, LCCA, Public Relations Campaign
· 2nd place, Zach Alexander, LCCA, Entrepreneurship Innovation
· 2nd place, Nicole Columbo, LCCA, Job Interview
· 2nd place, KayLynn Samples, Chestatee, GA DECA Memorial Scholarship, Awarded $ 500
· 2nd place, Amber Tyner, East Hall, Finance Operations Research
· 3rd place, Andrew Evans, East Hall, Entrepreneurship Written
· 3rd place Abigail Moon, Chestatee, Entrepreneurship Independent
· 3rd place, Taylor Jarrard, Chestatee, GA DECA Foundation Scholarship, Awarded $250
· 3rd place, Christen Watkins, Chestatee, GA DECA Memorial Scholarship, Awarded $250
· 4th place, Alexis Dellinger, Flowery Branch, Civic Consciousness
· 4th place, Montana Nowak, Flowery Branch, Civic Consciousness
· 4th place, Colby Riddell, Flowery Branch, Civic Consciousness
· 5th place, Anahy Ancieto, Chestatee, Entrepreneurship Growing Your Existing Business
· 5th place, Julian Chuan, Chestatee, Entrepreneurship Growing Your Existing Business
· 5th place, Blake Farkas, East Hall, Financial Literacy Promotion Plan
· 5th place, Brook Hudson, Chestatee, Sports & Entertainment Promotion Plan
· 5th place, Makayla Lee, Chestatee, Sports & Entertainment Promotion Plan
· 5th place, Brook Moody, Chestatee, Sports & Entertainment Promotion Plan
· 5th place, Nathalie Nogues, LCCA, Civic Consciousness
· 5th place, Nicole Phillips, Chestatee, Business Services Marketing
· 5th place, Mackenzie Potts, North Hall, Job Interview
· 5th place, Khian Skidmore, East Hall, Financial Literacy Promotion Plan
· 5th place, Ross Stevens, East Hall, Financial Literacy Promotion Plan
· 5th place, Tyler Williams, Flowery Branch, Principles of Marketing
· 5th place, Coleman Wilson, Chestatee, Entrepreneurship Growing Your Exciting Business
· 6th place, David Castillo, LCCA, Community Service Project
· 6th place, Kayla Dinkel, LCCA, Community Service Project
· 7th place, William Birkhead, Flowery Branch Sports & Entertainment Marketing
· 8th place, Chance Bloomer North Hall, Entrepreneurship Testing

All of the students earned the right to make the trip to California except those who were awarded scholarships. School system officials say say Chance Bloomer and McKenzie Potts earned the right to attend the conference in a Senior Leadership Academy. They add that scholarships are "Georgia only" and those students do not go on to the National level.