Norfolk & Wrentham July 2019

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King Philip Students Win First Place
at International DECA Conference
Multiple King Philip High
School students took first place
during competitions at DECA’s
International Career Development
conference in April, and
several others were named top
international finalists.
DECA, a nonprofit student
organization, works with high
schools and colleges to prepare
emerging leaders and entrepreneurs
for careers in marketing,
finance, hospitality and management.
A group of 63 students from
King Philip’s DECA club attended
the April 27-30 conference
in Orlando, Florida, where
they participated in competitive
events to test their professional
skills. The students qualified for
the competition after placing in
state and regional competitions
designed to stimulate real-life
business scenarios and test students’
academic understanding
and skills development earlier
this year.
Approximately 21,000 students
from around the world
competed during the conference.
In the Integrated Marketing
Event, Dan Sammarco, a senior
from Plainville, and Ryan Wood,
a senior from Wrentham, took
first place.
Tony Bozza, a senior from
Norfolk, and Dylan Powers, a
senior from Wrentham, also took
first place in the Integrated Marketing
Service competition.
Several King Philip Students
were named Top 10 International
Finalists, including Kat
Caravaggio, a senior from Wrentham,
in the Start-Up Business
Plan competition; Hannah Mahoney,
a junior from Norfolk,
and Emily Melanson, a junior
from Norfolk, in the Learn and
Earn Project competition; and
Zach Ball, a junior from Plainville,
Kyle Hurley, a junior from
Plainville, and Ramez Saad, a
junior from Plainville, in The
Independent Business Plan competition.
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Ryan Hastings, a senior from
Plainville, was also named a Top
16 International Finalist in the
Creative Marketing Campaign
Competition.
In addition to career-based
competitions, DECA members
engaged in leadership academics
and networking opportunities
with over 60 internationally recognized
businesses at the conference.
“Our DECA students worked
incredibly hard to prepare for
this conference,” said James Dow,
the adviser of the King Philip
DECA club. “These students are
dedicated to learning important
skills for their futures as leaders,
entrepreneurs and professionals,
and they showcased their knowledge
and abilities impressively in
these competitions.”
Several King Philip DECA club members placed and were named international
finalists at DECA’s International Career Development conference
this April. Back row, from left: Hannah Mahoney, Emily Melanson,
Kyle Hurley, Raaz Saad, Zach Ball, Kate Caravaggio. Front row, from left:
Ryan Hastings, Tony Bozza, Dylan Powers, Dan Sammarco, Ryan Wood.
(Courtesy Photo King Philip Regional School District)
About King Philip DECA
King Philip DECA is a high
school business club. The group
is part of a larger network of
over 215,000 high school students
around the world. DECA
prepares young leaders and entrepreneurs
for careers in marketing,
finance, hospitality and
management in high schools and
colleges globally.
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