Two students from Central High School will represent the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation at this year’s DECA International Career Development Conference April 23 – 28 in Anaheim, Calif. Kimber Dugger and Jodi Ganapathy competed in the financial literacy promotion project at the state competition last week and earned first place and the opportunity to advance. The team will compete against other students from the United States, Guam Puerto Rico and Canada at the international competition.
Students qualify by advancing through a series of competitions at the district and state levels. At each level of competition, students were required to take a 100-question test covering basic business, marketing, economics, and specialized area concepts. In addition, they participated in role playing and case study situations in front of judges.
The International Career Development Conference is attended by approximately 14,000 members, advisors, business people and alumni every year. Top competitors in each event category are recognized for their outstanding achievements and earn scholarship money as well as cash prizes.
Other students who received awards at the state level, but will not attend the international conference include:
· Ashleigh Carroll, Courtney Frank and Gretl Schuerger, all from Central, who earned an honorable mention in Community Service Project
· Taylor Cravens, Kendra Gerst and Alex Harger, all from North, who placed as finalists in the Entrepreneurship Written Project
· Evonna Tramill, from Bosse, who placed third in Marketing Management
· Brandon Medcalf and Brandon Schu, from Central, who placed 4th overall in Sports & Entertainment Promotion Plan
DECA, An Association of Marketing Students, is a 60 year-old co-curricular club that assists students in preparing for future careers in marketing, management and entrepreneurship.
Why doesn’t the EVSC work with the other high schools to modify what their DECA program is doing to incorporate the best parts of the DECA program at Central?
A study by the Harvard Business School and the employers in Indiana both say we need more high school students with work skills that qualify them for jobs when they graduate. The Harvard Study indicated that 27% of high school students are needed for immediate employment upon graduation. Professional educators need to drop back and look at the needs of the total economy and students. Then they need to modify their push to brainwash ALL children to go to college.
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