BRONZE  LEVEL CERTIFICATION: new chapter John Stark Regional High School, Mrs. Macey, Advisor

GOLD LEVEL RE-CERTIFICATION: Pinkerton Academy, Derry, NH;  Mrs. Scheffer, Advisor;  Nashua North High School, Nashua;  Mrs. Gingras, Advisor;    Hillsboro-Deering High School,  Mr. Payeur,  Advisor. ……Congratulations  for all your hard work and your plan to Aspire Higher in 2012!!!

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Josh Dudas,  Bedford High DECA;   NAPA Scholarship  and  Marriott Scholarship

Jennifer Hitchey,  Bedford High DECA; TJ Maxx/Marshall’s Scholarship

Austin Brown,  Hillsboro-Deering DECA; Otis Spunkmeyer Scholarship

Kevin Cassidy,  Manchester Central DECA; Harry Applegate Scholarship,   Otis Spunkmeyer Scholarship

Good luck in the next level of the scholarship process at the ICDC!

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**5th Place: Ryan Maloney, Josh Bell, Hunter Oliveira

**9th Place: Ryan Tilly, Nate Richards

**21st Place: Erica Howland and Elizabeth Furey

**23rd Place: Ryan Broderick, Nate Peabody, Ben Parker

REGIONAL FINALISTS for the VIRTUAL BUSINESS RETAIL COMPETITION  from Hillsboro-Deering will be going to ICDC in Salt Lake to try for an unheard of THREEPEAT!  Congratulations to the students and their advisors Mr. Payeur, Mr. Walker, and Mr. Madden!!!!

**Hillsboro DECA students Robert and Austin, and their team, “Bacon Eggs and Steez” came in Second in Round Two of the Regional Competition, and are thus qualifiers!

Here is a sampling of some of our grads!

They can be found everywhere!

Brandy Bourassa: Former State Officer and Johnson Wales Graduate Brandy Bourassa has certainly put her Marketing/DECA training to work for her! While she was on a DECA scholarship at Johnson and Wales she was in the top ten at the National DEX Conference twice.  Shortly after graduation she was hired by Raytheon full-time in a marketing position working in supply chain. Today, she is a Program Coordinator for Alene Candles in Milford, NH.  DECA was a great spring-board for Brandy, and the DECA family wishes her continued success!

Gary Burns: Works for Walt Disney Company in Orlando as Documentation Development Director, where his job takes him from Florida to California , from Germany to Hawaii- examining company operations, and developing procedure manuals for such diverse areas as electrical parade floats or character costume design.  Gary also is trained and certified to be a pyrotechnician (shoot fireworks;) he has run a successful DJ business, been a concert and event promoter, and worked at Canobie Lake Park as a Special Event Production Designer.  He is a grad of Southern New Hampshire University.

Kathleen Bolton: Former NH DECA State Officer (two terms!) Kathy attended DECA conferences in Denver, New Orleans, and Boston, as well as Anaheim.  She was a finalist at the ICDC in her senior year.  She went on to UNH, worked at Marriott in the hospitality industry, and now is Operations Finance Manager at Raytheon in Massachusetts. Countless hours developing and practicing presentations and promotion plans with DECA were a big assist in future career success.

Pat Sage: Manager of Modell’s Sporting Goods in Nashua- the top grossing unit in the region!  Using his marketing knowledge, Pat has become a merchandising master at a very popular sporting goods outlet.  He has kept developing his managerial, leadership and team building skills to create a very successful store with a great atmosphere.  Pat attended DECA conferences in Anaheim and was part of the team that helped develop the Creative Marketing Workshop with Universal Studios and New Hampshire DECA in the 1990’s.

Kristen Schwamb: Certainly has put her DECA expereince to work for her! Since high school she has earned and Associates Degree in Marketing from Nashua Community College, a B.A in (of course marketing) from Riv.College-in Nashua and is currently in a Masters Degree program at Riv. Kristen continues to work hard with DECA both in college and at the State Career Development Conference as an Event Manager. In Feb. of 2012 she will compete in the DEX Career Development Conference. GO KRISTEN!

Check out the role plays, and case problems…

Prep for your project presentations…

Get ready for the state officer candidate speeches!

Build up an appetite for some great food..

Sharpen your pencil for the 100 question competency based marketing tests!

Get ready to break it down at the dance…

Vote for your favorite officer candidate for the 2012-2013 term…

Have a bit of crazy fun at the First Annual DECA Marketing Trivia Challenge!

Get your caricature drawn on Thursday night!

Plus… much more….

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* Southern New Hampshire University

* Johnson and Wales University

* Plymouth State University

* Rivier College

See this year’s conference program for details as to which schools offer scholarships, and in which event categories they are offered.   You may be able to save thousands of dollars for your college education!

Win at  the Career Development Conference, (often top three places qualify for scholarships!) and win in college financing too!

Check it out!

Just over 200 DECA members attended their two workshops

Great tips on successful job interview skills

Be-Do-Have

Philadelphia

Ready for Salt Lake City?

Here before we know it!

Philly was great…more updates to come!!!!

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at the Empire State Building..

getting ready for adventures tomorrow throughout the city..

then on to Philly for NARCON..

coming up Friday…

thanks to Krysta for the photo

Thurs:  Wall Street, Mid Town,

Lion King

Whitney and Grand Central

plus more..

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