Nipmuc DECA students move on to States

Top l-r: Evan Offord & Lindsay Doyle (first place) and Kyle Larocque & Krissy Dubois (first place)  Bottom l-r: Cam Dunning & Ryan Kelleher with Mr. Cody (third place) and Nolan Bradley & James Rogan (third place)  photos submitted by Mr. Cody

On January 2 sixty eight students from Nipmuc attended the DECA District competition where they competed against 8 other schools within the district.  Students competed individually or with a teammate in the business oriented competition. Each student/team took a test and role played with judges to demonstrate their presentation and problem solving skills; topics ranged from Buying and Merchandising to Business Law and Ethics.

Nipmuc DECA Coach and business teacher Ryan Cody was proud to announce thirty-six students from Nipmuc qualified to compete at DECA States where they will go up against the best competitors from all districts across the state; seven individual/teams finished within the top three in their category.

DECA States will be held in March at the Marriott Copley in Boston. Those who place within the Top 4 in their category at States will qualify to compete at the DECA International Career Development Conference.

Students who placed within the top 3 at DECA Districts where awarded trophies, those who placed within the top seven move forward to States. Below is a list of all trophy winners and students/teams which are advancing to States. Congratulations!

​​​​Apparel and Accessories Marketing (AAM)

    Annabelle Hentz – 3rd Place

    Hollis Ryder

Business Finance Series (BFS)

    Alex Jayyosi – 3rd Place

Business Law and Ethics (BLTDM)

    Evan Offord and Lindsay Doyle – 1st Place

    Mackenzie Callahan and Paige Murphy

Business Services Marketing (BSM)  

    Samantha Chase

Buying and Merchandising (BTDM)

    Kristina Dubois and Kiley Larocque – 1st Place

    Brianna Busby and Madison Sauter – 3rd Place

    Lauren Parent and Katie Sauer

    Angelica Puchovsky and Abigail Colombo

Hospitality (HTDM)  

    Nolan Bradley and James Rogan – 3rd Place

    Meredith Sarah and Christina Curtis

    Sadie Clark and Brittany Lunny

    Kealani Peters and Ashley Round

Marketing Communications (MTDM)

    Cam Dunning and Ryan Kelleher – 2nd Place

Restaurant and Food Services Management (RFSM)

    Colleen Lavoie

Retail Marketing Services (RMS)

    Ian Lahhoud

Sports and Entertainment Marketing (STDM)

    Zach Hunter and Chris Miller – 3rd Place

    Cam Busby and Max Checkoway

Travel and Tourism (TTDM)

    Zach Dawson and Thomas Keville – 3rd Place

    ​Hunter Kadra and Sarah Bloznalis