DECA Competition

Student Reporter: Lyndsey Weyker
On January 9, 2009, two of our high school students participated in the Southeastern Wisconsin District DECA competition. DECA is a club where people compete in a topic of their choice that deals with business. The competition was held at Kettle Moraine High School in Wales, WI and it was held from 8am to 5pm.The students were Amanda and Alex Isken. Amanda is a senior this year and her brother Alex is a sophomore. Amanda and Alex competed in the Buying and Merchandising; they got a perfect score on the role playing event. Amanda and Alex placed 2nd out of 61 teams in that event. The Buying and Merchandising event had over 600 students in the entire event that the Isken siblings participated in. They received medals and a trophy for their outstanding job at the competition. Amanda and Alex’s next challenge will be the State Competition on March 17-18th at Lake Geneva. When asked their feelings on making it this far Amanda and Alex said, “We were shocked because we were so new to DECA.”