We are very pleased and extremely proud to report that 30 students from Ramapo-Indian Hills DECA medaled in the final rounds of their competitive events at the 2018 New Jersey DECA State Career Development Conference, with 9 students finishing in 1st Place Overall. This competition season saw the most students from our district to ever qualify for both the State and International Conferences. Notably, this was also the most competitive year in the history of New Jersey DECA, with more than 10,000 students competing originally at the regional level.
I would like to thank Angela Funk, Michelle Patrickio, Eileen Shemon, Connie Cheff, and Bob & Corinne Jasinski for chaperoning and volunteering as competitive event judges this conference. Our students' success would not be possible without their support. Thank you to all RIH staff for your understanding in allowing these students to take time out of the classroom to pursue this incredible opportunity.
The following Ramapo-Indian Hills students will be advancing to the International Career Development Conference in Atlanta, Georgia this April:
Indian Hills - Danny Breslow, Quick Serve Restaurant Management Series 1st Place Overall
Indian Hills - Cayla Coleburn, Principles of Marketing 1st Place Overall
Indian Hills - Elijah Kupferberg, Innovation Plan 1st Place Overall
Indian Hills - Bradley Fern, Innovation Plan 1st Place Overall
Indian Hills - Skyler Fortunato, Innovation Plan 1st Place Overall
Indian Hills - Sabina Taneja, Start-Up Business Plan 1st Place Overall
Indian Hills - Priya Rai, Start-Up Business Plan 1st Place Overall
Indian Hills - Gillian Guss, Business Services Marketing Series 2nd Place Overall
Indian Hills - Nicholas Capirossi, Marketing Management Team Decision Making 2nd Place Overall
Indian Hills - Harrison Chen, Marketing Management Team Decision Making 2nd Place Overall
Indian Hills - Sidney Strickland, Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making 2nd Place Overall
Indian Hills - Kalina Mesrobian, Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making 2nd Place Overall
Indian Hills - Allison Dalton, Professional Selling 4th Place Overall
Indian Hills - Ami Patel, Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan 5th Place Overall
Indian Hills - Anthony Mazzilli, Marketing Communications Series 6th Place Overall
Indian Hills - Rachel Garland, Financial Services Team Decision Making 6th Place Overall
Indian Hills - Jason Rosen, Financial Services Team Decision Making 6th Place Overall
Indian Hills – Andrew Cameron, Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making Event – 6th Place Overall
Indian Hills – John Kim, Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making Event -6th Place Overall
Ramapo - Jonathan Grossman, Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making 1st Place Overall
Ramapo - Jack Gifford, Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making 1st Place Overall
Ramapo - Mitchell Tesser, Sports & Entertainment Promotion Plan 2nd Place Overall
Ramapo - Grant Reed, Sports & Entertainment Promotion Plan 2nd Place Overall
Ramapo - Alex Webb, Principles of Marketing 2nd Place Overall
Ramapo - Stephanie Goodrich, Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making 2nd Place Overall
Ramapo - Jamie Murtha, Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making 2nd Place Overall
Ramapo - Aisha Ali, Automotive Services Marketing Series 3rd Place Overall
Ramapo - Emma Kinney, Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making 4th Place Overall
Ramapo - Isabelle Boomhower, Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making 4th Place Overall
Ramapo - Aisha Ali, Entrepreneurship Promotion Project 5th Place Overall
Ramapo - Rhea Tandon, Entrepreneurship Promotion Project 5th Place Overall
Ramapo - Omer Abdel-Wahab, Entrepreneurship Promotion Project 5th Place Overall
Ramapo - Vanessa Even-Chen, Restaurant & Food Service Management Series, 6th Place Overall
Additionally, I would like to recognize Indian Hills student Danny Breslow, NJ DECA's outgoing Northern Region Vice President, for presenting such a successful conference. Please congratulate Indian Hills junior Stella Bayiokos, who was elected as NJ DECA's next Vice President of Public Relations. Along with six other students, she will represent and serve all 10,000 members of the organization in the upcoming year. such an incredible honor for our district to have two students sit on the State Officer Action Team, out of more than 125 high schools that make up NJ DECA.
Indian Hills students Allison Dalton, Gillian Guss and Jason Rosen were New Jersey DECA Scholarship Recipients.