Students in Beaver’s DECA club–a program designed for students interested in business and leadership–competed in a DECA district competition this week. The competition challenged students to hone in on their leadership skills and create business plans in various categories including…
- Apparel & Accessories Marketing
- Food Marketing
- Principles of Entrepreneurship
- Business Services Operations Research
- Business Solutions Project
- Community Giving Project
- Financial Consulting
- Financial Literacy Project
- Franchise Business Plan
- Independent Business Plan
- Innovation Plan
- International Business Plan
- Start-Up Business Plan Paper
25 students have qualified to advance to the DECA state conference in 2025. Not only this, but two groups finished in first place; Hunter Chacko ’25 and Zak Faris ’25 for “Business Solutions Project” and Zachary Gross ’25, Neal Mahidhar ’26, and Brody VanDernoot ’26 for “Franchise Business Plan.”
Students will work alongside DECA advisors Sue-Ann Newell, Blake St. Louis, Wren Huston, and Billye Toussaint to iterate their plans and prepare for the next competition.
The following students will be moving on to compete at the state level:
Freshmen
Kellan Glass
Sophmores
Lucie Berenson, Catherine Kozhemiakin, Zico El Abd
Juniors
Chris Anderson, Kyle Boudreau, Sebastian Perry, Rylee Barnwell, Connor Hurley, Jasmine Idehen, Tessa Murphy, Giselle Peselman, Caroline Agola, Calder Kropp, Neal Mahidhar, Brody VanDernoot, Alex Jacoby, Henry Stanton
Seniors
Soren Yaphe, Hunter Chacko, Zak Faris, Ellie Katz , Emma Thiebault, Zack Gross, Tareq Khreis