Message From the President

By Emily Zhang, State President

School is officially around the corner, and with it comes the exhilarating potential for a killer DECA year. To ensure your success, the officer team has been planning for chapter visits, Presidents Council, and the upcoming conferences. We can’t wait to see you there, and we wish you all a fulfilling and fruitful year!

Dougherty Valley DECA Starts Off Year Strong!

By Anika Sumush

After an amazing #SummerofDECA, the time to get started is finally here! With competition season just a few short months away, DVHS DECA began the year by getting to know their youngest competitors-to-be.

Chapter officers spoke to the incoming freshmen as they toured the school, with presentations, ICDC pins, and DECA glass to inspire new competitors. Freshman orientation is the perfect time to discover motivated members as soon as possible and introduce them to the community and opportunities DECA has to provide. But don’t stop there! Getting an early start on preparations is the key to success not only as a chapter, but in competition. Bring your officers and members together, because it is going to be an incredible year, and you want to be #ReadyForIt.

Message From the President

By Emily Zhang, State President

This month, your state officers spent a weekend in Chicago at the Emerging Leader Summit learning leadership and project management strategies, as well as networking with other association officers. We had a great time sharing ideas, and we can’t wait to apply what we learned to make this year incredible. We’ve also been busy preparing guides, videos, and other resources for you, so keep an eye out for some exciting project drops!

Washington DECA Starts Off Summer Strong!

By Sungum Sogani

WHS DECA started off summer with an amazing July 4th fundraiser! Throughout the fundraiser, officers and members built and handed out flags throughout their local community to help raise money for their chapter. There was a great turnout, with many members coming out to help make the fundraiser a success. The fundraiser provided an opportunity for members to work together and interact with their community while also helping their chapter.

With this event being such a success, WHS DECA hopes to do even more fundraisers in the future to make its members’ DECA experiences even more exceptional!

Message From the President

By Emily Zhang, State President

It’s bittersweet. The last month of the DECA year is full of celebration: celebration of the year’s competitive successes, newly developed friendships, and unforgettable memories. But also, it’s time to say goodbye to the 2017-2018 season. Whether you’re a new member, graduating senior, advisor, or supporter, let’s all take a moment to reflect upon the amazing year we’ve had together. Thank you all for making our time together truly limitless, and here’s to the start of #SummerofDECA!

#SummerofDECA

By Zuhair Imaduddin and Sanjana Aithal, Northern California DAT

If you are like me, your chapter’s training workshops have ended, the end of the year banquet is over, and school is finished. You might be sad that the 2017-2018 DECA is coming to an end, but get excited because the 2018-2019 competitive year is almost here! We begin the new competitive year with Summer of DECA. The summer time is an amazing opportunity to get a lot of DECA work done before the upcoming school year begins so you can be #ReadyForIt. The “DECAcation” you express this summer can give you a significant edge over your competitors at your upcoming district career development conference.

Here are a few tips to help you maximize this Summer of DECA:

1. Plan Ahead
   Each one of us have personal summer commitments from SAT classes to family vacations; use a calendar to plan out your summer schedule and allocate sufficient time for DECA. This includes meetings with: team mates, business leaders, organization representatives, DECA Alumni, parents, and classmates.
2. Select Your Events
   The first step that all DECA members must take is to select their competitive events for the upcoming year. This can be a challenge, especially for first time members. Use the DECA Inc. website as a resource to research events you are interested in. Feel free to ask returning chapter members, advisors, and alumni for more help in selecting events. Be sure to select your event early enough in the summer so you can begin your preparations for the upcoming year.
3. Bond with Your Chapter
   Summer is a great time to get to know the members of your chapter! This is the beginning of spending a lot of time with each other from workshops to conferences; forming strong relationships through activities such as watching movies or simply grabbing a cup of coffee will make competition season much more enjoyable!