Francis Howell DECA

1. FrancisHowell DECA 2012/2013

2. FHHS DECA FACTS Sponsors: Mr. Anders, Mrs. Freedline & Mrs. Guttmann Previous Honors & Awards: • Over 250 DECA Members (100% membership) • The largest & most successful chapter in the state. • Raised $3000 for Hodgkins Lymphoma and Katie Long and Jenna Hale two former students. • FH members have held a number of State and District Officer positions. • Have had over 40 students attend state in a given year. • Have had 20 students attend Nationals in a given year. • Missouri DECA Chapter of the Year 03/04 2010/2011. • Top 10 Chapter of the Year in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

3. QUESTIONS?????? • What is it? • What do we do? • How will I benefit? • Why should I join? • How do I join?

4. DECA is an Association of Marketing Students • More specifically…It is a student-centered educational/professional organization that is co-curricular. • DECA mission: prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. • The Diamond is DECA’s brand symbol which represents how it plans to fulfill its mission and what the rewards will be to the students.

5. DECA Diamond’s inner points represents how they plan to fulfill the mission. • Integrates into Classroom Instruction • Applies Learning • Connects to Business • Promotes Competition

6. DECA Diamond’s outer points address the benefits the student will receive from DECA. • Academically Prepared • Community Oriented • Professionally Responsible • Experienced Leaders

7. Experienced Leaders We will be holding a FHHS officer election next week. We are looking for enthusiastic & dedicated juniors and seniors to lead our DECA chapter to excellence. • There are some Leadership fieldtrips available for DECA members to attend. • District Fall Leadership which will be here in St. Charles on Monday, September 20th. Other schools in attendance will be all the Howells, Zumwalts, Wentzvilles, Troy and Washington (Four Rivers). Attendees will participate in leadership workshops, hear a motivational speaker and observe the District 6 officer election. • State Fall Leadership and Officer Election Conference will be at the Lodge of the Four Seasons in Lake of the Ozarks on Oct. 16-17. It is designed to provide Missouri DECA members the opportunity to develop leadership skills through participating in the officer election process or by active involvement in the Leadership Academy.

8. Professionally Responsible(Social) • You will meet and develop so many new friendships through DECA not only at a school level but also at the District, State and National Level • FH DECA will host an average of one social per quarter. Examples are a BBQ social, movie night, ice cream social, pizza party and Halloween breakfast. Hopefully your new officers will come up with some new ideas!

9. Community Oriented • FH DECA prides itself on the many things it does to help the community. Some examples of what we have done in the past are: • Racing for Trevor Joerling • Hearts for Huntington’s Disease • Bowling for SIDS • Adopt a family • Crafts for Children’s Hospitals • Caroling for a Cause • Spring Fling Carnival • MDA Fundraisers • Unlimited change for Unlimited Play • Carving out Cancer

10. Academically Prepared • 2nd Semester you will have the opportunity to compete at a school, district, state and national level in an area of Marketing that interest you. • There are many areas to compete in such as: • Accounting • Apparel and Accessories • Automotive • Business Service • Food Management • Hotel and Lodging • Marketing Management • Quick Serve Restaurant • Restaurant Service (Full Serve) • Retail • Sports and Entertainment • Business Law • E-Commerce • Finance • Hospitality • Travel and Tourism

11. What is Competition? • You will complete a 100 question test in the category of your choice. • You will also participate a role play from your category. You are given performance indicators in which you are judged by. • All the scores from above are combined to determine winners. At the district level you will compete against a max of 40 students and generally the top 6 students move on to the next level of competition. • NOTE: WINNERS ARE NOT ALWAYS THE “BOOK SMART” PEOPLE. IT ALSO TAKES GREAT COMMUNICATION SKILLS.

12. Where is Competition? • We will host a mini-competition here at school in January. • Districts will be in February at The Mills Mall. • State will be in March. It is held at the Lake of the Ozarks. • Nationals this year is in April in Anaheim, CA!!!!!!!

13. Why Join? • This club will offer many opportunities for you on many different levels. Whether you are shooting for being a National Competitor or just enjoying the school level activities offered. • As part of the class you are required to obtain Professional Development Points for a grade each quarter. These pts. can be obtained in many different ways. Being an active DECA member offers a lot of opportunities to earn these pts. • Scholarship money is available. • It looks great on College Applications and your Resume. • It is lots of fun! • Why not?????????????????????????

14. How do I join? • Be in a Marketing I or II class. • and • Sell 2 entertainment books. • or • Pay $10 in dues and sell one entertainment book. • or • Take the buy out option and pay $25