St. Charles High School DECA’s community service project raises $405

Using marketing and project management skills, the St. Charles High School DECA chapter held a pet photo contest to raise money for the St. Charles Humane Society. Each photo entered into the contest was accompanied by a $5 donation. There were a total of 47 entries. In addition, people voted for the photos by giving donations during a session in the school’s common area. The students raised $405 for the humane society.

Several DECA representatives visited the St. Charles Humane Society on December 11 to present the check to Sarah Wood, the executive director, and to visit the pets. In addition, the pet photo entries were compiled into a calendar which now is being sold to raise additional money.

Affton DECA members produce local game

DECA members at Affton High School created a game featuring local businesses as part of their entrepreneurship class. The project provided the students with hands-on opportunities to interact with businesses in the community and learn entrepreneurship through a realstic, problem-based project. To learn more, visit http://southcountyjournal.stltoday.com/articles/2007/12/26/news/education/sj2tn20071224-1226fen_mcgavix.ii1.txt or the company website at http://www.mcgavix.com.

Parkway West DECA members also winners in athletics

Parkway West DECA members were also winners at the State Cross Country Meet in November. They were coached by Dave Tobey, Parkway West DECA Advisor and Marketing Education Teacher.

• Eric Fernandez, State XC Champion was a distirct cdc medalist in MTDM Travel and Tourism. He is also working on a marketing research project with Big River Running Company. You will be able to participate in his online survey at http://www.blogger.com/www.bigriverrunning.com soon.
• Ross Larimer, All State XC runner was Eric Partner in the MTDM event
• Steven Hsieh was in QSRM at District and State last year
• Thomas Campbell will present a Marketing Research Project at District CDC this year
• Other members of the team include Jake Lamke, Comron Hassanzadeh, Clark Maynard, and Matt Collegeman.

Congratulations, Parkway West DECA!