Awards and Commendations
DECA 2020 STATE CAREER CONFERENCE
The New York State DECA 60th Annual State Career Conference was held at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center on February 25-28, 2020. There were over 3,000 students, representing most of the 62 counties of NYS, who competed at the competition. The competitions were either individual or team events consisting of a myriad of business topics.
Seventeen HSW students participated in this challenge. The HSW DECA students earned 3 first place positions, 6 Top 10 medals (some students earned multiple medals), and 6 medals for induction into the NYS DECA Honor Society.
All International Qualifiers will compete at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Nashville, TN on April 29-May 2, 2020. Please join us in Congratulating the following students:
International Qualifiers HSE
| Alexa Cooper | Second Place |
| Alexis Kalina | Second Place |
| Victoria Tong | Fourth Place |
International Qualifiers HSW
| Tahana Ahmed | First Place |
| Shreya Barot | First Place |
| Julia Bloomstein | First Place |
| William Banai |
| Adam Nathan |
| Ryan Steinberg |
| Justin Adler |
| Aden Cohen |
| Sari Strizik |
| Drew Miller |
| Ishan Khwaja |
| Sydney Homler |
| Joshua DeCicco |
| Roya Barakzai |
| Garret Cincis |
| Kevin Devine |
| Ashley Kalb |
| Krish Malhotra |
| Nicolette Reale |
| Tahana Ahmed |
| Shreya Barot |
| Garret Cincis |
| Dino Galanoudis |
| Alexis Rosenthal |
| Sophia Sacchetti |
FBLA HSE dISTRICT WINNERS 2020
On January 17, 2020, fourteen HSE FBLA students competed in the FBLA Spring Meeting S1 Competition at Hofstra University. The students competed against approximately 300 students from Suffolk County FBLA chapters. The topics of the competitions encompassed an array of business topics. The students competed in either a verbal presentation or an exam format. Several students competed in multiple events. There were 16 awards earned. Please congratulate the following HSE students who placed in their event:
First Place
| Andrew Abrams | Personal Finance |
| Sari Strizik | Marketing |
| Sari Strizik | Client Services |
Second Place
| Jordan Katz | Global Business |
| Daniel Shulman | Hospitality Management |
Third Place
| Alex Bernstein | Sports and Entertainment Marketing |
| Jordan Katz | Banking and Financial Systems |
| Hunter Rudman | Marketing |
Fourth Place
| Jared Androsiglio | Advertising |
| Jordyn Aronowitz | Business Calculations |
| Jordyn Aronowitz | Business Communications |
| Jack Gottlieb | Economics |
| Benji Vogel | Job Interview |
Fifth Place
| Rachel Bigman | Global Business |
| Chase Keskingyan | Accounting |
| Brandon Sivin | Hospitality Management |
DECA REGIONAL COMPETITION 2020
Congratulations to our HS East and HS West students who placed at the DECA Suffolk County Regional Competition which was hosted at Suffolk Community College in Selden, NY on January 8, 2020. The students competed against approximately 1600 students from 26 Suffolk County high schools in a variety of business topics from Finance to Sports Marketing. HS East had 26 students place and HS West had 23 students place. An additional 3 HS West students earned Honorable Mention.
All winners will compete at the NY State DECA Competition in February. Please join us in congratulating this years winners for their hard work and dedication to business:
First Place
| HS East | HS West |
| Adam Nathan | Julia Bloomstein |
| Ryan Steinberg | Brett Levinton |
| Sydney Homler | |
| Victoria Tong |
Second Place
| HS East | HS West |
| William Banai | Aryan Patel |
| Ethan Robertson | |
| Alexis Rosenthal |
Third Place
| HS East |
| Alexa Cooper |
| Alexis Kalina |
| Hunter Rudman |
| Jordan Katz |
| Sari Strizik |
Top 10 in Event Category
| HS East | HS West |
| Aden Cohen | Matthew Amendola |
| Benjamin Brett | Roya Barakzai |
| Brandon Sivin | Sabrina Barakzai |
| Brent Morris | Garret Cincis |
| Brooke Gronich | Julia D’Alessandro |
| Carly Yanover | Kevin Devine |
| Drew Miller | Christian DiGangi |
| Emily Sobel | Daniel Guido |
| Ethan Breakstone | Anthony Jean-Baptiste |
| Jamie Klinkowize | Ashley Kalb |
| Josh DeCicco | Andrew Kenny |
| Justin Adler | Krish Malhotra |
| Lev Glushkovski | Mia Nathenas |
| Lilly Nussbaum | Mark Palmeri |
| Matthew Freedman | Nicolette Reale |
| Zakariya Khwaja | Sophia Sacchetti |
| John Tevez | |
| Kihan Wahabzadah |
Honorable Mention
| HS West |
| Aman Khanna |
| Michael Lombardo |
| Aaron Rubin |
EMERGING LEADERS BUSINESS COMPETITION WINNERS
Congratulations to our business students from Hills East and West who placed at the 17th Annual Emerging Leaders Business Competition on December 4, 2019 at St. Joseph’s College in Patchogue, NY. This business competition was sponsored by the Huntington Township Chamber of Commerce and the Young Professionals Chamber of Commerce. The competition challenged the students to think beyond the scope of the classroom and it gave the students the opportunity to demonstrate their knowledge and capabilities in a business environment. The students had to create viable business solutions for existing businesses and demonstrate their knowledge through presentations in several business categories. The students competed either as a team of two or individually in the business events. There were over 300 students from 16 Long Island school districts who competed at this event. The following are the results:
| Sari Strizik | First Place | Job Interview | HSE |
| Jordyn Aronowitz and Victoria Tong | Third Place | Entrepreneurship | HSE |
| Ishan Zakariya Khwaja and Brandon Sivin | Third Place | Human Resources | HSE |
| Aliajah Allen and Mia Campbell | Third Place | Public Relations | HSW |
2019 DECA HILLS EAST PRESIDENTIAL AWARD WINNER
One of our 12th Grade DECA Students at East, Sari Strizik, was recently recognized as a distinguished recipient of the Presidential Volunteer Service Award, which is given out by the office of President Trump. Sari won the Gold, Silver & Bronze Service Awards.
Sari is the DECA Club president and has been the organizer of our yearly basket fundraiser which has raised over $7,000 the past three years for various charities. Sari has also put in countless hours through all of our club fundraisers, helping with organization of events and all event aspects. It is a major honor to be recognized at the highest level, and Sari certainly deserves it.
Please join us in congratulating Sari Strizik on winning the prestigious Presidential Volunteer Service Award for 2019.
(FBLA) NYS WINNERS
Congratulations to the following HSE students who achieved first place in the FBLA NYS District 1S Competition:
| Rebecca Farber | 1st Place Public Speaking |
| Sari Strizik | 1st Place Basic Decision Making |
HSE DECA INTERNATIONAL WINNER
Congratulations to our students in the Hills East and West DECA clubs who competed against 22,000 DECA students from around the world at the DECA ICDC International Competition in Orlando, Florida from 4/27/19 - 5/1/19. One of our students, Sari Strizik, finished Top 10 in the World in her category Marketing Communications. She was also a finalist to go for the Top 3. This is an amazing accomplishment for Sari!
stock market game winners
HSE period 5 Financial Literacy class finished in 2nd Place in New York State in the stockmarketgame.org $100,000 Stock Market Challenge. Each person in the class had $100,000 to invest in the market and competed against 50 other schools in NY. We also had some individual winners as well. Overall 1,500 students competed. Please congratulate the following students!
CLASS RANK #2 IN NYS
5 STUDENTS IN THE TOP 50
| Logan Sands | 8th |
| Justin Weinstein | 18th |
| Cassandra Kobel | 30th |
| Skyler Byer-Mixon | 33rd |
| Kailey Brechter | 44th |
6 OTHER STUDENTS WITH RETURNS OVER $5,000
| Madison Brigati |
| Isabella Jamnaprasod |
| Alex Testa |
| Alex Mace |
| Avery Francis |
| Adam Grusenmeyer |
7th Annual king of the hills competition
On March 28, 2019 students in the business classes, as a component of the Business Honor Society requirement at Hills East and Hills West, took part in the 7th Annual King of the Hills Competition. The students presented original ideas for new products and companies to a panel of judges over a two day span in hopes of taking their "companies" to market. Please congratulate the following students:
FIRST PLACE - HSE
| Hood Lacer |
| Zachary Simon |
Jared Ettenger |
Matthew Ettenger |
| Matthew Jacovsky |
SECOND PLACE - HSE
| Life Board |
| Alexa Cooper |
| Alexis Kalina |
THIRD PLACE - HSW
| iRecycle |
| Dino Galanoudis |
| Garrett Cincis |
FOURTH PLACE - HSW
| Take YOU Out to the Ballgame |
| Pamela Kreinces |
| Tobi Alper |
| Kristen Nicolino |
FIFTH PLACE - HSE
| Blume |
| Rebecca Farber |
| Samantha Hammer |