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Darien High School DECA Business Club Brings Home International Trophy

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Darien High School brought home its first international DECA trophy since business teacher Claudia Gray started the local chapter of this club four years ago. Six Darien students traveled to California to compete against winners from 50 states and five countries at the International Career Development Conference on April 26 — 29. The students earned the right to compete at the international level by ranking top in their designated competition area in the Connecticut state competition in March. ____________

— an announcement from Darien High School

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The ICDC event brought together more than 18,000 industry leaders, policymakers, teacher-advisers, and the next generation of leaders in business and entrepreneurship. Student members from the United States, Canada, China, Korea, Mexico and Spain took part in several days of leadership activities and competition.

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Darien High School DECA Business Club Honored by Town

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Darien First Selectman, Jayme Stevenson, made an official proclamation that Nov. 23, 2015 be “Darien High School DECA Day.”  

[DECA (previously known as Delta Epsilon Chi and Distributive Education Clubs of America) is an international association of high school and college students and teachers, according to Wikipedia.]

In recognition of National DECA month, the DHS DECA club reaffirmed their commitment to students focused on business education and pursuing a career in business, finance, marketing or entrepreneurship. Along with Mrs. Stevenson, DECA club advisor and faculty member Claudia Gray, Technology Education Department Coordinator Jeromy Nelson and Principal Ellen Dunn joined the leadership team in celebration of their achievements. — an announcement from Darien High School (with the the description of DECA we’ve added in brackets from Wikipedia)