Last Wednesday, on January 4th, 2017, 38 members of the newly formed DECA club attended a field trip to attend the regional competition. DECA, which stands for Distributive Education Clubs of America, is an international association of high school and college students and teachers. It prepares students for careers in finance, marketing, management, and many other useful areas.

In only its first year, Ward Melville’s DECA club was able to excel at the regional competition, with 18 students placing in the top three in their respective events. We congratulate the following DECA members, who placed in the top three in their respective events and thus qualified to compete at the state competition in Rochester this March:

• Alexander Young and Mary Kate Whelan (1^st Place – Marketing Management)

• Julia Hu (1^st Place – Apparel & Accessories)

• Craig Deng (1^st Place – Business Finance)

• Dylan Maggio and Hugh Ferguson (1st Place – Business Law & Ethics Team)

• Kelsey Ge (2nd Place – Principles of Marketing)

• Joshua Farahzad and Will Jin (2nd Place – Buying & Merchandising Management Team)

• Andrew Kirillov (2nd Place – Accounting Applications)

• Justin Bertini (2nd Place – Automotive Services Marketing)

• Elizabeth Wang (2nd Place – Quick Serve Restaurant Management) 

• Jenna Fu and Ari Solomon (3rd Place – Travel & Tourism Marketing Team)

• Nicholas Milvid and Ryan Abatiello (3rd Place – Financial Services)

• Priya Mukhi (3rd Place – Principles of Business Management & Administration)

• Jay Sangwan (3rd Place – Principles of Finance)