By Madelyne Falivene
Cherry Creek High School Senior
Cherry Creek DECA is a marketing co-curricular club at Cherry Creek High School. As a junior or senior, students are permitted to register and take Marketing I and Marketing II. Both of these classes operate with a Career and Technical Student Organization (CTSO), which is DECA. DECA provides students the opportunity to prepare for and analyze a real-world problem that has occurred within the business industry. Marketing and DECA introduces students to finance, marketing, and entrepreneurship and allows for their members to explore all aspects of business. The Creek DECA members take advantage of opportunities to create and present different topics throughout the year.
Competition is rigorous and requires students to think on their feet. Whether they are writing a 20-page franchise business plan or a 10-page marketing campaign, they are researching, analyzing, and creating solutions. If students are not interested in a written event, they may participate in a role-play. If a student is competing in a role play, they must think on the spot and quickly. Given a prompt to read quickly, students will then address the problem at hand and identify the solution. The entire process is about 10 minutes before they see a judge to present their idea.
Cherry Creek DECA is currently preparing for the state competition, where students from all over Colorado travel to compete and earn a spot to the International Career Development Conference (ICDC). Last school year, Cherry Creek DECA did really well, with five State Champion titles. Additionally, Cherry Creek took 80+ competitors to Orlando, Florida to compete in the International competition. They also placed 2nd in the Financial Services Team Decision Making event. Competition plus traveling can get expensive. DECA is inviting the community to come support all DECA students in their competitive endeavors. When purchasing tickets for the hypnotist,100% of the funds will go to the students competing at the state competition on February 24th- 27th. This will help pay for their trip and lower the cost so that they can have this very rare opportunity.
DECA will host world renowned Hypnotist, Brian Imbus as he performs his amazing talent on Cherry Creek High School Students. Brian has been entertaining Creek DECA students for years and Cherry Creek High School was lucky enough to bring him to the Fine Arts Theatre this year to perform for the whole school and the local community. We invite you to join us for this special occasion with a ton of” giggles” and “wows” as we experience a very fascinating performance. To buy tickets make sure to visit the link down below. TIckets are $10 per person up until the day of the 30th where they will be $15 per person. Creek DECA hopes to see you there!