Kailee Wahler and Cody Guetzow

This year Wilmot has three of the eight DECA state contestants going to nationals in Louisville, Kentucky. Kailee Wahler, Cody Guetzow, and Nick Crifase will be leaving this weekend to compete against the top DECA students in the United States. They will have to take  two tests and do two role plays. They will need to use marketing skills that they have learned in classes to outsmart the other students and medal. Mrs. Grochowski, Wilmot’s DECA advisor will be with them to help them study and prepare before their tasks. Hopefully they will all come back with medals. Good Luck!

The following Wilmot DECA members will be traveling to DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Louisville, KY this week.

Kailee Wahler – Senior – Retail Merchandising
Cody Guetzow – Junior – Retail Merchandising
Nick Crifase – Senior – Restaurant & Food Service Management

All three students did an incredible job at our state conference in March and earned national qualifying scores in order to attend Internationals in Louisville.

Best of luck to Wilmot DECA’s International Competitors!

DECA State Competitors

On March 9-11, 2010 our DECA chapter traveled to Lake Geneva for the annual state competition.  Over 1,200 DECA members from the state gathered to compete in a variety of occupational areas.  Wilmot was represented by eight outstanding students.  Each of these students competed two tests and two professional case studies.  Their performance was incredible.  Three of our state competitors have qualified to compete at national competition in late April in Louisville, KY.  Our state competitors were:

Nick Crifase – Senior (Series finalist AND National Qualifier)
Ashley Dargan – Junior
Sara Dillon – Junior
Cody Guetzow – Junior (Series finalist AND National Qualifier)
Ben Hejhal – Junior
Kelly ONeill – Junior (Case study medalist)
Kailee Wahler –Senior (4^th Place in Retail Merchandising AND National Qualifier)
Courtney White – Senior

Congratulations to all competitors and Good luck at Nationals!

Again this year our DECA chapter will be travelling to the Grand Geneva Resort for the annual DECA state competition on March 9th through the 11th. This year our chapter will be represented by eight students, which are:

Seniors- Kailee Wahler, Courtney White, and Nick Crifase

Juniors – Cody Guetzow, Ashley Dargan, Sara Dillon, Kelly ONeill,  and Ben Hejhal

They will be participating in various business and marketing categories and each competitor will have to do two role plays and will have to take two tests. Best of luck to all competitors in state!

Tomorrow, Saturday January 9th, DECA students from many different school will be competing in many categories such as Retail, Food, Sports, Full Service, Apparel, and many more.  Students compete in front of judges to potentially earn ribbons or medals.  Few students are then selected to move on to state to compete.  Our very own, Travis Wetzel has had many past experiences with DECA and has judged numerous DECA competitions.  Tomorrow’s competition will take place at Kettle Moraine High School. We wish all of tomorrows competitors best of luck.

DECA would like to thank all groups who participated in the annual holiday door decorating contest. The 16 doors that decorated our halls were presented by:

Mrs. Gauss’s Link Crew Study Hall
Mrs. Fragale’s Shakespeare Class
Mr. Wenglowsky’s/Ms. Mai’s American Lit Class
Ms. Neau and her students
Mrs. Nolan and her students
The Main Office Staff
Dakota Cates and friends – Mr. Adamczyk’s Office Door
Mrs. Reichwein and Honors Study Halls students
Mrs. Anderson’s Link Crew Study Hall
Key Club & Mrs. Tilsner
Ms. Banwart’s Leadership Class
Mrs. Smits’ Art 2 Class
German Club & Ms. Bauer
DECA & Mrs. Grochowski
Mr. Wetzel’s Link Crew Study Hall
Mr. Sepnafski’s Link Crew Study Hall

And the winner of the 2009 Door Decorating Contest is……………………..

Mr. Wenglowsky/Ms. Mai’s American Lit Class!

Congratulations!

DECA is doing a door decorating contest, to get everyone in the Christmas spirit!

When: The doors have to be decorated by Friday, December 18th by 7th hour.

Who:
1. Link Crew Study Halls
2. Clubs/Organizations
3. Winter Sports Teams
4. Academic Departments
5. Other departments such as Front Office Staff and custodial closet doors

How: You can use any supplies you wish but you must bring your own.

Prize: Treats will be supplied to the winners!

Judging: Each door will be judged by:
1. Originality and creativity
2. Quality
3. Clear identification of the group and it’s members
4. Holiday theme

So everyone get going and decorate your favorite teacher’s door. Awwww yeah!

Unfinished Decorated Door.

Found Him.

Have you ever wanted to play Dodgeball against our rival……Central High School?!  Well, here’s your chance.  The Wilmot and Central DECA chapters are co-hosting this cross-town rivalry.  On Friday, November 13^th at 5:00 pm 12 teams from each school will duke it out for the title for Best Dodgeball Team in western Kenosha County.  Interested in playing….get a team together and pick up sign-up forms from Mrs. Grochowski in Room 247.  All registration forms are due Wednesday, November 4^th.  First-come, First-serve. …..so get your team’s forms in early.

Any questions, see Mrs. Grochowski in Room 247!

Last Sunday was Key Club and DECA’s Walk for the Life of the Child, it was held on Wilmot high’s track.  Every who came to the walk was asked to pay ten dollars to cover the cost of the T shirt and lunch they were given.  Most people who walked brought a donation of some sort.  Key club’s money was going towards Camp Wawbeek in the Wisconsin Dells, and DECA’s money is going toward the muscular dystrophy association.

MDA logo

As of right now the preliminary amount raised is over 1,500 dollars, I hope to receive the exact amount soon.  The Top Donator was Faith Anderson, she raised over 100 dollars.  A special thanks goes out to the Westosha Kiwanis Club for the generous donation.  Thanks to all who participated!

This week our DECA chapter is celebrating National DECA Week.  In honor of this very special occasion, DECA members have hidden over 150 DECA diamonds throughout the building for everyone to find.  If you see one or more of these diamonds, take them down and start collecting them.  At the end of the week, hand your diamonds into Mrs. Grochowski.  The person who collects the most diamonds will win a prize.  Keep your eyes open and find those diamonds!!

Also, on Wednesday October 21^st DECA would like everyone to participate in the 7^th Annual Necktie Day.  Be creative, wear it as a belt, use it as a headband, or go the traditional route and wear it with a dress shirt.  Just wear those ties – all shapes, sizes and designs are welcome!!

Reminder to all DECA members –  Locker DECA-rations should be put up by the end of the day on Tuesday and DECA t-shirt day is on Friday. Those wearing their NEW DECA shirt on Friday will also get a FREE ice cream treat during lunch.