DECA DIVERSIFIED

NOVEMBER 2011

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IN THIS ISSUE DECA DIVERSIFIED NOVEMBER 2011

2011-2012 OFFICERS

Presidents Catie McGovern

Abby Baah

Vice Presidents Ryan Heffner Nick Zuzula

Secretary

Brianne Laird

Treasurer Manveer Sandhu

Public Relations Kennedy Chaney

Stephanie Cheesman Wadsana Xinavong

Advisors

George Brush Jennifer Chambers

Area 2 President

McKenzie Strickland

WA DECA President Jansen VanderMeulen

National President

Claire Coker

DECA prepares emerging leaders and

entrepreneurs in marketing, finance,

hospitality and management in high schools and colleges

around the globe.

Issue 1

Welcome………………………………………………………….4

From your editor…………………………………………………4

DECA Week………………………………………………………5

Octoberfest………………………………………………………6

Find us on Facebook…………………………………………...6

DECA Dorks……………………………………………………….7

State Competition………………………………………………7

Nationals………………………………………………………….8

Aspire Higher……………………………………………………..9

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DECA Diversified

Hello everyone! My name is Abigail

Baah and I am your 2011-2012

President of Competition. I would like

to welcome our new and returning

members to the most prestigious

international association of

marketing students – cheers to that!

National DECA is encouraging all

members to aspire higher this year.

Claire Coker, our National DECA

President, reminds students in the

September issue of DECA Dimensions

that “the obstacles we face in life

are hurdles that force us to aspire

higher and achieve greatly.”

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Welcome to DECA This year we are aspiring to succeed in

developing academically prepared,

community oriented, professionally

responsible, experienced leaders here at

Jackson. Competition is a significant part

of participating in DECA. This year we are

a member of Area 2, and will be

competing at the Area competition

alongside twelve other schools. If you

place at Area, you will transition on to

State and possibly Nationals. I want to

encourage everyone to compete this

year as we continue to aspire higher for

our chapter. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns.

Best wishes,

Abigail Baah

President of Competition

Abbybaah@yahoo.com

"The entrepreneur is essentially a visualizer and an actualizer...

He can visualize something, and

when he visualizes it he sees exactly how to make it happen." - Robert L. Schwartz

a letter from your EDITOR Greetings DECA dorks! I would like to thank you kindly for taking time out of

your day to flip through the pages of our very first DECA Diversified newsletter!

Like any catalog or magazine, this newsletter was inspired by you and created

for you. If you have any suggestions or would like to be featured next month’s

issue, don’t hesitate to contact JHS DECA on Facebook. I look forward to

working with each and every one of you – let’s get to work!

Take care,

Wadsana Xinavong

Public Relations

Pnw.ltg21@gmail.com

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DECA WEEK 2011 As a chapter DECA week was a great turn out! So many people

participated each day, and learned even more about DECA. During

DECA week we went to the ropes course, and I felt that for the

members that attended we really learned a lot about working as a

team (our chapter). It was so nice to see so many people wear their

blue shirts on Monday to kick off DECA week with a bang! Go to the

ropes course and particpate at minute to win it on Tuesday. And on

Wednesday seeing everyone dressed up so nice really showed

peoples commitment to their class and DECA. On Friday when we

made the posters in class, everyone participated and showed their

knowledge of DECA, and even learned more! Overall DECA week 2011

was a huge success!

Kennedy Chaney

Public Relations

kennedy.chaney@gmail.com

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Octoberfest

Octoberfest is held at Henry M. Jackson High School before or on

Halloween every year. Jackson students come together to create a

safe and fun experience for members of our community. This year,

DECA successfully stood out from the other booths sporting our pin

the tail on the cat, graveyard golf, and more! Thank you to

everyone that volunteered! To view more pictures and stay in the

loop, add us on Facebook!

DECA Dorks

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“I joined DECA

because I

wanted to gain

marketing skills

and I wasn’t

great at public

speaking. DECA

trained me!”

– Olga

“I want to

pursue a career

in the fashion

industry. DECA

has given me

opportunities to

learn the skills to

do what I love.”

– Crystal

John Song sold

three

entertainment

books at High

School &

Beyond. Way

to go!

So you want to go to State? Excellence and persistence can set a great foundation for your career with DECA. Click below to view a

recap video of Washington DECA’s recap video of State 2011! If we can’t convince you, this will.

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Going to DECA Nationals (ICDC) was

a once in a lifetime opportunity!

Although the project my partner and I

worked on didn’t quite qualify for

Nationals, I was still fortunate enough

to be offered the chance to

participate in a Leadership Academy

there. In March of 2011, I attended the

ICDC in Orlando, Florida. For me, one

of the most exciting things about

Nationals was meeting so many

people from different states that I

never would have had the

opportunity to meet otherwise. In

Leadership Academy, we were put

into groups of six people who would

be our groups for the entire academy.

All the people in the academy were

divided into “color teams” with

probably 200 people on each team.

In my group there were students from

Michigan, Massachusetts, and

California. It was really enlightening to

learn about the differences between

those states and Washington and

about how their DECA chapters were

different from ours. During Leadership

Academy, we spent our time doing

various events and competitions.

During some of the competitions

between color teams, the energy in

the room was crazy; it was a level of

energy I had never felt before! Being

in that kind of environment was

actually life-changing. Outside of the

competitions and academies, we got

to do a lot of other entertaining things

with all the Jackson DECA members.

We were lucky enough to spend a

few days at Disneyworld and Orlando

Studios, and both of those places

were so much fun! Although there is

definitely a lot of work required to be

able to participate in Nationals, I think

that everyone involved would agree

that it is worth it in the end!

Danielle Zehr

2010-2011DECA member

Nationals – where our dreams

came true! Orlando, Florida 2011 YOU CAN MAKE IT TO NATIONALS, TOO. Passion. Hard work.

Dedication. Every year, we are given the opportunity to compete

in a sundry of events, all with one goal in mind: Nationals.

Danielle Zehr shares her experience.

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