The King Philip DECA Chapter returned home victorious on Saturday March 9, from the 60th

annual Massachusetts DECA State Career Development Conference at the Mariott Copely and

Hynes Convention Center in Boston with 58 students qualifying for the International Career

Development Conference (ICDC) in Orlando, FL.

117 King Philip students joined over 3,000 students, advisors and business professionals

attending the conference where students compete in over 50 categories of marketing, hospitlity,

finance and entrpreneurship topics.

58 King Philip Students Qualify for DECA

International Career Development Conference

The King Philip DECA Chapter

ICDC Qualifiers and Finalists

Justin Yatsugatake (10) Cole Breen (10) Mitch Breen (10)

Hospitality and Tourism

Operations Research HTOR

1st

Jackson Pepper (12) Tyler Dowd (12)

Sports and Entertainment Operations Research SEOR

2nd

Phil Bemis (12) Joey Linehan (12)

Sports and Entertainment Operations Research SEOR

Finalist

Ryan Hastings (12) Creative Marketing CMP 4th

Kate Poletcynski (11) Creative Marketing CMP Finalist

Ryan Boucher (10) Ajea Olsen (10) Colin Wesley (10)

Creative Marketing CMP 2nd

Emma Daly (12) Gabby Giannelli (12)

Entrepreneurship Promotional Plan EPP

2nd

Mat Tobichuck (12) Jaskirat Kaur (12)

Learn and Earn LEP Finalist

Sophie McLaughlin (11) Ally Stanton (11)

Learn and Earn LEP Finalist

Abigail Simmons (11) Lilia Angelone (11)

Learn and Earn LEP 5th

Hannah Mahoney (11) Emily Melanson (11)

Learn and Earn LEP 3rd

Katherine Welch (11) Sarah Natan (11)

Public Relations PRP Finalist

Sara Sylvestre (10) John Mullen (10)

Public Relations PRP 5th

Hayden Doherty (12) Lauryn Weber (12)

Financial Literacy Promotion Plan FLPP

5th

Student (Grade) Category Award

Jaclyn Anderson (10)

Noelle Kennedy (10)

Business Services Operation

BOR

4th

Catherine Cummings (12) Business Services Operation

BOR

1st

Brendan Lemieux (12)

Tim Shaffer (12)

Buying and Merchandising

Operations Research BMOR

4th

Chris Longobardi (12) Buying and Merchandising

Operations Research BMOR

Finalist

Kristina Conlon (10)

Courtney Keswick (10)

Finance Operations Research

FOR

1st

Olivia Costa (12)

Logan Greenberg (12)

Andrew Genesky (12)

Hospitality and Tourism

Operations Research HTOR

Finalist

Ryann Stagg (11)

Kiley Sullivan (11)

Hospitality and Tourism

Operations Research HTOR

2nd

Eric Anderson (11) Jack Hastry (11) Owen Conlin (11)

Innovation Plan EIP 2nd

Kat Caravaggio (12) Start Up Business Plan ESB 1st

Charlotte Barnard (12) Kylie Breen (12) Bettina Harvey (12)

Independent Business Plan EIB 1st-Tie

Zachary Ball (11) Ramez Saad (11) Kyle Hurley (11)

Independent Business Plan EIB 1st-Tie

Max Armour (12) Jack Norgren (12) Jake Anderson (12)

Independent Business Plan EIB 2nd

Catherine Waldeck (11) International Business Plan IBP 2nd

Madyson Salvatore (11) Miranda Matheson (11)

International Business Plan IBP 5th

Mitchell Pearson (10) Dan Dumais (10)

International Business Plan IBP 4th

James Peterson (12) Business Growth Plan EBG 2nd

Nathan Farkash (11) Business Growth Plan EBG 3rd

Alyssa Florio (12) Lauren Keenan (12)

Franchise Business Plan EBG 2nd

Cameron Lawrence (10) Anthony Zappala (10) Tadgh Keller (10)

Franchise Business Plan EBG Finalist

Ryan Wood (12) Dan Sammarco (12)

Integrated Marketing Campaign Event IMCE

1st

Shea Duffy (11) Nick Bush (11)

Integrated Marketing Campaign Product IMPC

1st

Tony Bozza (12) Dylan Powers (12)

Integrated Marketing Campaign Service IMCS

1st

Nick Putney (10) Scott Marshall (10)

Integrated Marketing Campaign Service IMCS

Finalist

David Morganelli (12) Financial Consulting FCE Finalist

Harrison Cooper (12) Melissa Campbell (12)

School Based Enterprise SBE GOLD (1st)

King Philip had 10 students in 1st place, 9 students in 2nd, 2 students in 3rd, 4 students in

4th and 4 students in 5th. All of these students will be moving on to the International

DECA Career Development Conference in Orlando, FL in April where they will compete

against over 200,000 members in all 50 states, four US territories, Canada, Mexico,

Germany, Korea and more.

Additionally, King Philip DECA earned 8 allocations for the prestigious Leadership

Development Academy at ICDC through chapter campaigns on the state and national

levels.