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GEORGIA DECA NEWS
Georgia School-based Enterprises Strike Gold!
Four Georgia School-based Enterprises (SBE’s) were just notified by National DECA that they were awarded Gold Certification-- Gold Certification is the highest recognition possible. The schools are: In order to become Gold Certified, the SBEs had to complete a rigorous application process and meet stringent criteria in 12 areas, including:
This project represents months of hard work and countless hours invested! The four Gold SBEs are now eligible to bring 1-3 student managers and 1 advisor to the 2010 DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Kentucky where they will be recognized on stage during the Opening Session. Students from Gold Certified and Gold Re-certified SBEs who attend ICDC will also be attending the DECA SBE Academy. As a part of the Academy, students will be making presentations which will be judged. The top presentations will be recognized on stage at the Awards Session and the winning presentations will posted on the SBE web site. Last year, two schools from Georgia—North Gwinnett and Lee County- were both recognized on stage at the 2009 DECA ICDC as one of the 12 Top Presenters. Or contact Sissy Long (sjldeca@aol.com), Rhonda Samples (rhondadeca@aol.com), or Jacqueline Huffman (jacqueline_huffman@gwinnett.k12.ga.us). 61 DECA Chapters Increase Membership Sixty-one DECA Chapters have already increased their membership numbers for the 2009-10 school year. Congratulations to the following schools: AlfredElyBeach, Brookwood,Camden County, Campbell, Cass, Cedar Shoals, Cedartown, Central Gwinnett, Chapel Hill, Chestatee, Collins Hill, Columbia, Creekview, Cross Creek, Dalton, Dougherty, Eastside, Glenn Hills, Habersham, Hardaway, Hephzibah, Houston, Howard, Jonesboro, Kennesaw Mountain, Lanier Charter Career Academy, Lassiter, Lee, Lithia Springs, Louise Radloff Middle, Lovejoy, Luella, Martin Luther King Jr., Mill Creek, Milton, Mount Zion, Norcross, North Clayton, North Forsyth, North Paulding, Northeast Magnet, Northside-Columbus, Northside-Warner Robins, Patrick Henry, Redan, Rockdale Career Academy, Rutland, Sequoyah, Sol C. Johnson, South Paulding, Southeast, Spencer, Stephenson, Stone Mountain, Tift, Tri-Cities, Troup, Warner Robins, West Forsyth, Winder Barrow and Woodville-Tompkins Career. Forty-two chapters have achieved the Gimme 10+ membership campaign. Congratulations to the following schools: Alfred Ely Beach, Brookwood, Camden County, Cedar Shoals, Chapel Hill, Chestatee, Collins Hill, Columbia, Creekview, Cross Creek, Dalton, Glenn Hills, Hephzibah, Houston, Howard, Jonesboro, Kennesaw Mountain, Lanier Charter Career Academy, Lassiter, Lovejoy, Martin Luther King Jr., Mill Creek, Mount Zion, Norcross, North Forsyth, North Paulding, Northside-Columbus, Northside-Warner Robins, Patrick Henry, Redan, Rockdale Career Academy, Rutland, Sol C. Johnson, South Paulding, Southeast, Spencer, Tri-Cities, Troup, Warner Robins, West Forsyth, Winder Barrow and Woodville-Tompkins Career. GA DECA Chapters Receive Gold Level Status! Minimum Requirements:
GA DECA Hosts the 2009 Fall Leadership Development Conference 2009-10 Georgia DECA State Action Team Elected! Recently at the Georgia DECA State Career Development Conference held in Atlanta, the 2009-10 Georgia DECA State Action Team was elected. Danielle Miller, a senior next year from Flowery Branch High School enrolled in the Hospitality High program at the Lanier Charter Career Academy, was elected State President. Danielle follows in the footsteps of this past year’s president, Christin Samples, a senior from Chestatee High School. Christin led the State Officer Team and Georgia DECA achieving the highest membershiåp numbers in Georgia DECA history . . . Read more. FLASH REPORT HIGH SCHOOL DIVISION 2009 International Career Development Conference The purpose of the Flash Report is to keep you informed of any changes in the ICDC plans. Georgia DECA Raises Over $ 7,000 for Cystic Fibrosis The Georgia DECA State Conference Community Service Project supported the rare disease of Cystic Fibrosis. Over thirty individual DECA Chapters participated in supporting this disease which affects an estimated number of 30,000 children and adults in the United States. This disease consists of a defective gene and its protein product causes the body to produce unusually thick, sticky mucus that causes life-threatening lung infections and preventing enzymes to help the body break down and absorb good. . . . Read more. TWELVE Vidalia Comprehensive High School DECA members qualify to compete at ICDC in the DECA Stock Market Game! The DECA Stock Market game allows DECA members to test their investment skills against other high school DECA members in a nationwide, online investment competition. Sponsored by the Foundation for Investor Education, the competition consists of two parts: 1) an online investing competition, and 2) a portfolio presentation at the DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Anaheim, California in April of 2009. . . . Read more. GA DECA Raises $ 15,000 for Breast Cancer! Over forty individual chapters participated in the fall community service project, Breast Cancer Awareness. The proceeds went towards the Georgia Cancer Foundation, which is located in Atlanta and provides education and early detection for Georgia residents affected by all types of cancer. . . Read more. 190 Georgia DECA Members Earn Statesman Award 190 Georgia DECA members earned their Statesman award recently at the 2008 Georgia DECA Fall Leadership Development Conference. The Statesman Award is an award recognizing state officers, local officers and local members for mastery of basic DECA information. The requirement to earn the DECA Statesman Award is that students study and learn information about their organization...Read more. 2008 Fall Leadership Development Conference a SUCCESS! Nine hundred plus DECA members from around the state came together on October 30-31 at the Atlanta Gwinnett Place Marriott to participate in the 2008 GA DECA Fall Leadership Development Conference. With the participation of so many wonderful DECA Chapters, the conference was a success...Read more. GA DECA Basket Silent Auction a Success! This year’s Silent Auction held at the DECA Fall Leadership Conference was a great success! To raise funds for scholarships, many local school chapters donated Silent Auction Baskets of special goodies. The Silent Auction Baskets and the state officer’s Shop ‘Till You Drop raised $ 900.00...Read more. Georgia DECA hosts the 62nd Annual International Career Development Conference! Over four hundred marketing students and DECA members along with DECA advisors/chaperones from Georgia attended the 62nd Annual National DECA 2008 International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, April 26-30. Students experienced an awesome time of competing, participating in leadership academies, attending workshops and seminars, campaigning, going to Six Flags, sightseeing, etc...Read more Georgia DECA Tops 8,000 Members! Congratulations! We did it! Georgia DECA membership tops 8,000! Several years back Georgia DECA was the 13th largest state delegation. Last year, Georgia DECA moved up to the 7th largest state delegation with 7,345 members. In 2007-08, Georgia DECA met the challenge and met a NEW goal of 8,065 members!!! ...Read more 2008-2009 State Action Team Ready to Make Their Mark Making the Mark this year with Georgia DECA, your State Action Team is already hard at work! As the newly elected 2008-2009 Georgia DECA State Action Team, we recently traveled to Covington, Georgia’s FFA-FCCLA Center to attend the first of many CTSO officer-training weekends. We pushed our limits mentally and physically from in-depth leadership development with Bryan Fiese...Read more. |
