Awards and Commendations
2021/2022
2022 DECA NY STATE COMPETITION
The Hills East DECA Team once again had a fantastic showing at the DECA NY State Competition. Students competed against all schools in NY State in a variety of business categories.
Congratulations to all winners listed below. Good luck at Internationals in Atlanta, GA in April!
Drew Tannenbaum
2022 FBLA REGIONAL COMPETITION
The following HSE students competed against other Suffolk County schools in various business topics ranging in either an in-person role play event or a written test. These students qualify to represent Hills East at the State Conference in April!
1st Place
Ryan Lashin (Basic Decision Making Role Play)
Logan Zipper (Accounting Test)
Chase Keskinyan (Economics Test)
Amir Estejab (Personal Finance Test)
Dylan Rosenberg (Sports & Entertainment MGT Test)
2nd Place
3rd Place
Matt Pell (Economics Test)
SUFFOLK COUNTY 2021 DECA REGIONAL BUSINESS COMPETITION
HSE Winners
The Hills East DECA Business Team once again shined at the DECA Suffolk County Regional Competition. This year's competition was once again virtual, and was extremely competitive, as only the Top 7 to 10 winners qualified in many categories that had upwards of 40 to 50 people in them.
The team had 23 state qualifiers, many of whom finished in the Top 3 in their categories. All of the winners will compete at the NY DECA State Competition in March. This, more than any other year, is really an amazing accomplishment! Congratulations to all winners listed below.
DECA NY State Qualifiers
2nd Place Winners
Mia Bordwin
Jack Gidseg
Lev Glushkovskii
Dylan Rosenberg
Ava Sobel
Jake Swersky
Shayna Swersky
Jack Zaremsky
3rd Place Winners
Alison Gelman
Sam Gerstman
Jake Maneri
Drew Tannenbaum
4th Place Winner
Becca Lupion
Placed in Category
Alec
Ethan
Sophie
Julia
Jessica
Luke Gottlieb
Charli Jassey
Cole Manus
Lily Nussbaum
Cody Tannenbaum
19th annual emerging leaders competition
The Huntington Chamber of Commerce had their 19th Annual Emerging Leaders Competition that took place virtually on Wednesday, December 1st, 2021.
This competition challenges high school students to think beyond the scope of the classroom and gives them the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and capabilities in a business environment. Students use their understanding of business to address given tasks and current issues in their category of choice. The prompts are based on real businesses and those business owners often judge the competition. Congratulations to all winners listed below.
1st Place: Skyler Turner (Sports Marketing)
2nd Place: Jake Swersky & Matt Pell (Entertainment Marketing)
3rd Place: Mia Bordwin (Tourism)
3rd Place: Sydney Harris & Brianna Plaisance (Entrepreneurship)
2020/2021
fbla business state leadership conference
March 26th - April 7th 10 HSE students competed in their first ever virtual FBLA NY State Leadership Conference with the culmination of the awards ceremony on Friday April 9th. Several students placed top in their categories and qualified to move on to the National Competition later this year. Congratulations to all winners listed below.
1st Place - Dylan Rosenberg (Hospitality & Event MGT)
1st Place - Dylan Rosenberg (Introduction to Business)
1st Place - Chase Keskinyan (Business Calculations)
2nd Place - Jordan Katz (Banking & Financial Systems)
2nd Place - Maleeha Vij (Marketing Team Event)
2nd Place - Skyler Turner (Marketing Team Event)
2nd Place - Skyler Turner (Advertising)
2nd Place - Amir Estejab - (Business Calculations)
2021 DECA NY STATE COMPETITION
The Hills East DECA Business Team had a great showing at the (Virtual) DECA NY State Competition. The team had 20 students participate this year and had ten medal winners. In addition, two students qualified for the DECA International Competition in May, who will compete against DECA members from across the globe. Congratulations to all winners listed below.
DECA ICDC International Competition Qualifiers
Lev Glushkovskii - 2nd Place in NY - Business Services Marketing
Jake Swersky - 2nd Place in NY - Marketing Communications
Top 10 Medal Winners in NY State
Preet Anand
Sophie Elkin
Gayathri Ganesan
Julia Garelick
Allison Gelman
Jessica Gelman
Jordan Heyman
Jack Zaremsky
2021 FBLA REGIONAL COMPETITION
February 4, 2021 was HS East's first-ever virtual FBLA Regional Competition. 19 students competed in various business topics either in the form of a written exam or in a role-play/public speaking event. In total HSE walked away with 10 awards!
Congratulations to the following students for doing an outstanding job!
1st Place
Mia Bordwin (Public Speaking)
Jordan Katz (Banking & Financial Systems)
Dylan Rosenberg (Hospitality Management)
Maleeha Vij (Marketing)
2nd Place
Skyler Turner (Impromptu Public Speaking)
Zach Weiss (Accounting)
Drew Miller (Personal Finance)
Jake Bornstein (Sports & Entertainment Marketing)
3rd Place
Amir Estejab (Business Calculations)
Skyler Turner (Marketing)
SUFFOLK COUNTY 2020 DECA REGIONAL BUSINESS COMPETITION
HSE Winners
Congratulations to the students listed below for an exceptional showing in the 2020 DECA Regional Business Competition! The team had 32 winners that qualified for the NY State Competition and 9 Honorable Mention winners. Many of the winners finished in 1st, 2nd and 3rd place as well. The competition this year was virtual. Students competed with all Suffolk County High Schools in a variety of business topics. All 1st, 2nd, 3rd and Placed In Category winners will have the opportunity to take part in the New York State competition in March.
1st Place Winners
Jordan Katz - Business Finance Series Event
Adam Nathan - Hospitality Services Team Decision Making
Ryan Steinberg - Hospitality Services Team Decision Making
Victoria Tong - Marketing Communications Series
Jordan Heyman - Principles of Business Management and Administration
2nd Place Winner
Ethan Breakstone - Accounting Applications Series
3rd Place Winners
Jake Swersky - Marketing Communications Series
Placed in Category
Sammy Gerstman, Jake Maneri, Allison Gelman, Julia Garelick, Ryan Koval, Alex Zeh, Sydney Homler, Mia Bordwan, Ava Sobel, Sophie Elkin, Isabella Fraum, Jessica Gelman, Justin Adler, Aden Cohen, Preet Anand, Lev Glushkovskii, Benjamin Brett, Brandon Sivin, Joshua DeCicco, Gayathri Ganesan, Dylan Rosenberg, Jack Zaremsky, Skyler Turner, Max Rallo, Benjamin Lee
Honorable Mention
Jase Nadboy, Sam Zaret, Angel Vasquez, Drew Tannenbaum, Alec Abrams, Ethan Cohen, Ethan Blansky, Shruthika Senthilkumar, Sammy Sekler
HSW Winners
Congratulations to the students listed below for an exceptional showing in the 2020
DECA Regional Business Competition! Fifty students participated in the
regional competition with 34 receiving recognition in their category. All
1st, 2nd, 3rd and Placed In Category winners will have the opportunity to take
part in the New York State competition in March.
1st Place
Winners
Julia Bloomstein
- Apparel & Accessories Marketing
Harrison Zoccoli
- Principles of Finance
Ryan Bonocore -
Principles of Hospitality and Tourism
2nd Place Winner
Caroline
Stanzione - Principles of Marketing
3rd Place
Winners
Team - Aryan
Patel & Ethan Robertson - Sports and Entertainment Marketing
Placed In
Category
Diana Finchum, Dimitri Dimitrakis, Roya Barakzai, Brooke Pase, Matthew Amendola, Kenny Andrew, Michelle Gomez, Jenny Zhang, Anushka Pandya, Andrew Rosenthal, Christian DiGangi, John Tevez, Gio Reyes, Mia Nathenas, Julia D'Alessandro, Joshua Krinick, Haleigh Gildin, Nicolette Reale, Kevin Stauder, Ross Vishnick
Honorable
Mention
Luke Guttman, Aman Khanna, Aaron Rubin, Julian Cottone, Michael Lombardo, Daniel Zabbia, Mario Jean-Baptiste, Aliajah Allen