Students at Walter G. O’Connell Copiague High School recently competed in the Distributive Education Club of America (D.E.C.A.) Regional Competition. Competing against high school students from throughout Long Island, Copiague students captured the spotlight in multiple categories, winning 21 first-place trophies. These students now qualify to attend the D.E.C.A. State Competition in March.
D.E.C.A. is a national student organization whose program of leadership and personal development is designed specifically for students interested in marketing, management and entrepreneurship. Students won first-place in a multitude of different areas, including accounting, automotive services, public speaking, retail merchandising, and economics.
Congratulations to Carolina Wykowska (Accounting), Jessica Schweit (Apparel & Accessories), Brian Conroy (Automotive Services), Sam Cirola (Automotive services) Puvi Shah (Marketing Management), Arthur Mack (Quick Serve), Jessica Taveras (Retail Merchandising), Deann Morgan (Retail Merchandising), Emily Hall (Decision-Making Marketing), Georgina Patterson (Job Interview), Shanice McKenzie (Public Speaking), Krystal Bates (Public Speaking), Andrew Preda (Public Speaking Prepared), Dan Handy (Sales Demonstration), Corey O’Brien (Wholesale Selling), Lauren Marotta (Broadcast Advertising), Nicole Mangels (Broadcast Advertising), April Garrovillas (Visual Advertising Newspaper), Elona Voyotovych (Public Service Visual Advertising), Morgan Gorbett (Economics), and Jacob Ohrnberger (Mathematics).
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