PRESS RELEASE
March 5, 2024
Clayton High School DECA attends North Carolina DECA Career Development Conference
Clayton, North Carolina– Members of the Clayton High School chapter of North Carolina DECA joined 5046 high school business, finance, hospitality and marketing students at the annual association career development conference held February 29- March 1, 2024 at the Koury Convention Center in Greensboro, NC.
The following students received recognition of individual ability and achievement at the association level:
Myles Minder and Justin Robertson - 4th Place- Buying & Merchandising Team
Zachery Schooley - 4th Place and High Roleplay Score - Automotive Services Marketing
Justin Somol - 7th Place -Professional Selling
Briana Moreira - 8th Place and High Test Score - Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
Peyton Lee and Addison White - 8th Place - and High Roleplay Score - Hospitality Services Team
Iyana Sappington - 9th Place - Business Growth Plan
Jarron Jordan - High Roleplay Score - Quick Serve Restaurant Management
Edgar Duran Colin - High Test Score - Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Kay McHone - High Roleplay Score - Entrepreneurship
Kiara Tate - High Roleplay Score - Apparel and Accessories Marketing
Noah Mallion - High Test Score - Travel and Tourism Team
Jared Spencer - High Roleplay Score - Hotel and Lodging Management
Preston Poole- High Roleplay Score - Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Clayton High School DECA boasts a strong membership of 125 students. Advisors are Natalie Everett, Susan Perdue, and Rocio Cullins.
Competition finalists will advance to international level competition at the DECA International Career Development Conference that will be held April 27-30, 2024, in Anaheim, CA.
As an integral part of the classroom curriculum, DECA’s industry-validated competitive events are aligned with the National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism. DECA’s competitive events directly contribute to every student being college and career-ready when they graduate from high school. More than 500 business professionals evaluated the members’ performance in the format of role-plays, case studies and prepared presentations.
“We are very proud of our students; their hard work has paid off,” said Rocio Cullins, advisor.
About DECA Inc.
DECA is a career and technical student organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs with a career interest in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. DECA enhances the preparation for college and careers by providing co-curricular programs that integrate into classroom instruction, apply learning, connect to business and promote competition. DECA student members leverage their DECA experience to become academically prepared, community oriented, professionally responsible, experienced leaders. DECA is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with nearly 260,000 members in 4,000 high school and college chapters in the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Germany.
For more information about DECA, visit www.deca.org.
