Central and Lafayette students take home DECA awards

Central and Lafayette high school students received awards at the recent Missouri DECA State Career Development Conference.

St. Joseph School District DECA Marketing students joined more than 1,700 high school marketing students and their
teachers at the statewide conference, which was sponsored by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

DECA members were evaluated by more than 100 business and industry professionals who served as competitive event judges.
Students who participated in the competition solved realistic workplace problems through one-on-one interaction with an executive or community member. Students participated in individual or team events, business operations
research projects, and entrepreneurship projects. Event criteria were aligned with national curriculum standards.

Central’s State DECA winners. Photo courtesy SJSD

Central High School results:
Management Teams:
1st Place: Marketing Communications Management Team – Annaka Kellogg and Devon Shewell
3rd Place: Sports & Entertainment Marketing Management Team – Larry Baker and Neil Shewell
5th Place: Travel & Tourism Management Team – Anna Richardson and Brandon Sears
Medalists: Hospitality Services Management Team – John Jenco and Alec Pfleiderer

Professional Selling Events:
Medalist: Professional Selling Event:– Jamison Ball

Written Project Presentation:
2nd Place: Business Growth Plan – Alex Bergland
2nd Place: Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan – Jacob Dryer and Jacob Epperson
3rd Place: Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan – Zach Jordan and Colman Loch
3rd Place: Buying and Merchandising Operations Research Events – Makayla Hedge and Miriam
Darnell

Medalist: Advertising Campaign– Sara Schlange and Ali Sigrist
Larry Baker, Miriam Darnell, Jacob Epperson, Makayla Hedge, Zach Jordan, Annaka Kellogg, Colman
Loch, Anna Richardson, Sara Schlange, Brandon Sears, Devon Shewell, Neil Shewell, and Alison
Sigrist will represent Central High School and Missouri at the International DECA competition in
Nashville, TN, in late April.

Central High School DECA sponsors: Mr. David Jordan and Mrs. Lisa Beavers

Lafayette High School Results:

LHS DECA State Participants, Winners: Dillon Dewey is first boy from the left, Victor Boynton is on the far right. Photo courtesy SJSD

Medalist, Business Services Marketing – Victor Boynton
Missouri Leadership Delegate – Dillon Dewey
The Missouri Leadership Delegate is the highest DECA honor. This is a very prestigious award. This
award will provide training to help prepare Dillon to pursue his goal of being a future local and state
leader. Both students will continue on to the International Career Development Conference in Nashville
TN.

Lafayette High School DECA Sponsors: Theresa Paolillo and Amy Ryan