Hickman Marketing Class brands its gymnasium

Mr. Scott Fuenfhausen's marketing class at Hickman High School has branded its gymnasium. Check it out at: http://www.columbiatribune.com/2007/Nov/20071125Spor010.asp

Missouri DECA participates in PiperJaffray Survey

This fall more than 1,000 DECA members and marketing and cooperative education students participated in the online "Taking Stock With Teens" marketing research survey by PiperJaffray.

Students in marketing and cooperative education courses at Blue Springs High School, Blue Springs South High School, Fort Osage Career & Technical Center, and Fort Osage Career & Technical Center at Independence Center participated in an on-site marketing research project at Independence Center. The students visited retail operations to evaluate the effectiveness of the window displays, clearance levels, customer service from store associates, and fashion trends.

Missouri DECA continuously receives recognition from DECA, Inc. and PiperJaffray for its enthusiastic participation in this educational and realistic instructional experience.

Welcome Missouri DECA

Missouri DECA's 60th anniversary is finally here!

Your State Action Team is committed to keeping everyone updated with great ideas using our first-ever Missouri DECA Blog! With information from chapter highlights to information about the one thing we have our hopes set for - competing at the State CDC, this Blog! will be your one stop for everything Missouri DECA. The State Action Team hopes to better the communication among our individual chapters, so please make sure to check the blog often for promotional activities.

You can submit your highlights to your District Vice President or Kaila Metz, State Reporter at kailametz@gmail.com for posting.

Stay motivated Missouri DECA!

Gainesville DECA celebrates DECA Week

Gainesville High School’s DECA chapter recently held DECA week with a full week of festivities to support and raise awareness of DECA and the COE program.

The week’s activities were kicked off on Friday, October 5, with DECA Game Night. A Guitar Hero 2 tournament was held to raise money for the DECA chapter. The tournament was divided into the same levels that the game is divided into: easy, medium, hard, and expert. Twenty people entered the tournament and enjoyed competing with their friends for victory. The winners were: Jordan Stewart—expert and hard, Melissa Stewart—medium, and Colton Gardner—easy. Those who were not interested in competing enjoyed watching the competition and the movie, School of Rock.

The week continued on Tuesday, October 9, with Dress For Work Day. Members of DECA dressed up in the clothes that they wear to work. Wednesday was Teacher Appreciation Day. DECA gave teachers cookies to show appreciation for their support of DECA projects and students. DECA also provided them with free delivery from Subway for lunch.

Thursday, October 11, was DECA’s Community Service Project Day. DECA members went to each class and collected donations for Faith Home in Honduras. The class that raised the most money was given a prize. Two retired teachers from Gainesville are currently serving in Honduras at Faith Home so this project is close to many people’s hearts. I am proud to report that $119.52 was raised to support Faith Home. The DECA chapter also voted to raise the donation to equal $240.00—the amount of money it takes to support a child at Faith Home for one year.

The week concluded with Diamond Scavenger Hunt. DECA Diamonds were placed all around the school. The student who collected the most throughout the day was given a prize. The winner of DECA’s scavenger hunt was Jeremy Hambelton. The scavenger hunt raised awareness within the school for DECA.

A bulletin board highlighting DECA members and projects was displayed during DECA week.

By Megan Turner, Gainesville DECA Reporter

Missouri DECA's State Action Team

The Missouri DECA State Action Team for 2007-2008 developed its program of work for the upcoming school year on October 27-28. Two priorities include celebrating Missouri DECA's 60 years of excellence and attaining 10,000 members.

Contact your State Action Team Executive Officers:
President Isaac Robinson - isaac_for_president@yahoo.com
Vice President Hannah Holden - 08HoldenH@parkhill.k12.mo.us
Secretary Hilary Wehmeyer - hilaryweh@aol.com
Reporter Kaila Metz - kailametz@gmail.com

Smith-Cotton DECA hosts Trunk or Treat

The Smith-Cotton DECA chapter hosted its second-annual "Trunk or Treat" Halloween event on October 31. More than 80 DECA members passed out candy and offered a safe environment for Halloween. The DECA chapter's efforts also raised funds for Educare of Pettis County.

"The turnout was amazing. We are estimating that over 3000 people came out last night! Traffic was everywhere. It was awesome for the students’ hard work to pay off so well. We gave away over $1,000 in candy—it was crazy," said Angie Dick, chapter advisor.

To read more, visit http://www.sedaliademocrat.com/news/event_3582___article.html/candy_treat.html

To see video of the event, visit http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1185136146/bclid1155331433/bctid1274020230