Middleton High School DECA: District 3 Career Development Conference
Thirty-one DECA members recently competed at the District 3 Career Development Conference at Sun Prairie High School. Students performed role plays that resembled scenarios they would encounter if they worked in marketing.
They also took an industry-based exam to test their knowledge on various business and marketing concepts. Students earned medals based on their performance and the series champions (1st through 4th place) earned a plaque. Honorable mention students earned a special medal for placing 5th, 6th, or 7th in their event. "It was great to have an in-person competition again," said DECA Advisor Robert Hutchison. "The students wore masks and the traditional handshake to start, and close, the role plays were eliminated to follow mitigating protocols."
The students competed against other schools in the area and had an impressive showing. "It's clear that the previous competitions, Whitewater and Middleton, helped prepare the students for the competition," said Hutchison.
Nineteen students will compete at the State Career Development Conference at The Grand Geneva Resort and Spa in Lake Geneva in February.
1st Place
Varsha Gouraram - Apparel and Accessories Marketing
Aarush Jain and Rohan Kommuri - Financial Services Team
Grace DeCroix - Marketing Communications
Clay Kaufman - Restaurant and Food Service Marketing
2nd Place
Jackson Rademacher - Accounting Applications
Huda Baloch and Vivian Liang - Business Law Team
Sneha Chandrashekar - Human Resources Management
Nuha Khatri - Principles of Business, Management, and Administration
3rd Place
Franklin Hu - Entrepreneurship
4th Place
Karen Lu - Accounting Applications
Sydney Compton and Chloe Larson - Business Law Team
Rishika Kommuri and Punitha Manne - Marketing Management Team
Nicholas Tangwall - Restaurant and Food Service Marketing
Honorable Mention
Carter Kadow and Lucas de Leon Rosa - Business Law Team
Franklin Hu - Economics Exam
Aarush Jain - Economics Exam
Jackson Rademacher - Economics Exam
Upanesh Valavansenni and Xiaodong Zhang - Entrepreneurship Team
Madeline Hutchison - Food Marketing
Shreya Ramesh - Principles of Finance
Payton Rademacher - Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
Parin Gouraram - Principles of Marketing
Raghvi Sethi - Quick Serve Restaurant Marketing
The following students earned a medal on one of their role-plays:
Himangi Nepal - Principles of Finance
Mokshaa Shah - Principles of Finance