CCSD Students Advance to International Business Skills Competition

Twenty Cherokee County School District high school students earned the opportunity at the statewide business skills competition to advance to internationals!

The students competed at the DECA student marketing, management and entrepreneurship association’s State Career Development Conference recently held in Atlanta.  Five students won the state championship in their competition category, and 15 more also placed in the top 10 in the state to qualify for the international competition in Orlando next month.  Additionally, the River Ridge High School DECA chapter earned four top chapter awards.

Congratulations to the students and their teacher sponsors!  Thank you to our School Board for its investment in career education programs to support our students in learning more, growing more and achieving more in our classrooms than they could anywhere else.

Chase Ard of Sequoyah HS, first place, Automotive Services 
Caleb Miller of Creekview HS, first place, Personal Financial Literacy
Charles Miller of Sequoyah HS, first place, Food Marketing Series 
Sebastian Murillo of Sequoyah HS, first place, Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling 
Lindsey Stine of Creekview HS, first place, Job Interview Skills
Natalie Buck of Sequoyah HS, second place, Principles of Business Management and Administration
Carter Ligetti of Sequoyah HS, fourth place, Financial Consulting 
Valentina Murillo of Sequoyah HS, fourth place, Principles of Marketing 
Tyler Stacey and Mia Stiefel of River Ridge HS, fourth place, Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making 
Jackson Purser of Creekview HS, fourth place, Professional Selling
Eleni Giannopoulos of Sequoyah HS, fifth place, Professional Selling Event 
Beatriz Roca-Garcia of Sequoyah HS, fifth place, Sports and Entertainment Marketing 
Carly Bass, Caroline Leuzarder, and Denisse Rios-Medina of Sequoyah HS, eighth place, Sports & Entertainment Operations Research 
Joshua DeLima, Noah Morris, and Huntyr Mugge of Creekview HS, eighth place, International Business Plan
Seriana Hebert of Sequoyah HS, 10th place, Principles of Entrepreneurship 

The chapter sponsors are Career Pathway teachers Ashley Jones of Creekview HS, Katie Thompson of River Ridge HS, and Chana Miller of Sequoyah HS.

The River Ridge HS DECA chapter has earned two international awards: Membership Campaign (Thrive Level) and Chapter Campaign (Thrive Level), and two state awards: Gold Level Membership Campaign Certification and Blue Bears Community Service Campaign.  

Only 1,100 chapters worldwide earned international Thrive Level awards, and the chapter will be recognized for this honor at the international competition next month.  The awards recognize the chapter’s excellence in school outreach activities and community service projects.  The chapter members who contributed to the recognition are: Amanda Faure, Udi Gitau, Ian Haas, Rylee Hall, Chris Himiob, Pratiksha Kandasamy Tamilselvi, Sarasvi Kuruba, Juliean Ngo, Briya Patel, Kishan Patel, Krish Patel, Mia Stiefel, McLane Wallace and Tristan Wallace, with the assistance of Ms. Thompson.

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