TRUMAN HIGH SCHOOL DECA members excel in state career conference

Over the past weekend Truman High School’s DECA members competed at the State Career Development Conference in Detroit. All of the events took place at Cobo Hall and the group stayed at the Holiday Inn Express.

The students represented Truman with pride. They were so well behaved the hotel staff went out of their way to compliment the school on their manners and generosity to help not just the staff, but other schools students as well.

Truman graduate Johnny Williams is now a manager at PizzaPapalis in Detroit and he donated dinner for Truman and Kennedy High School on Saturday night. Their famous Chicago-style deep-dish pizza, pop, bread and salad – along with all of the plates, cups, napkins and silverware – were great. It was just another example of the great Truman character our students leave our school with when they graduate.

Truman took 18 students to the competition. Each student dressed professionally, attended events, “networked” with other students, advisors, teachers, businesses and colleges at the vendor exhibit. Our chapter was recognized for having 100 percent membership, meaning all marketing students are also DECA members.

Bianca Warner will be attending the International Career Development Conference in April. She applied for and was awarded a prestigious spot in the leadership academy. She had to write essays on leadership, marketing, character, and her future goals in business and marketing. She needed recommendation letters and a grade point of 3.0 or higher in all CTE classes.

Luke Deshano, Ethan Mulready, and Brett Rideout won medals for their entrepreneurship innovation plan. They were among the top 10 qualifiers in the state of Michigan. Linda Szabo and Rachel Trombetta won medals for their public relations project spreading awareness in the school and community on the importance of online safety.

Alexa Bailey, Alexandra rice, George Felix, Javon Felix, Amario Massey, Cindy Nyarko, Harkarin Sembhi, Da'kyra Mcghee-Monk, Daniel Andrade, Christian Hernandez, and Brendan Hoffman all won medals and were the top finalists in our district competition to qualify for the state competition. Each of them worked very hard on their projects and we are very proud of all 18 students that competed at the state level for DECA.

The staff wants to thank my administration and teachers for being so supportive of our DECA marketing club and for all the help they have given our students.