DECA REGIONAL COMPETITION 2020

EMERGING LEADERS BUSINESS COMPETITION WINNERS

Congratulations to our business students from Hills East and West who placed at the 17^th 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:

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:

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

6 OTHER STUDENTS WITH RETURNS OVER $5,000

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

SECOND PLACE - HSE

THIRD PLACE - HSW

FOURTH PLACE - HSW

FIFTH PLACE - HSE

DECA 2019 STATE CAREER CONFERENCE

The New York State DECA 59th Annual State Career Conference was held at the Rochester Riverside Convention Center on March 5 - 8, 2019. 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.

Twenty-nine HSW students participated in this challenge. The HSW students earned one first place position, one fifth place position, 17 Top 10 medals, and 6 medals for the DECA Honor Society. The students who place first and fifth are eligible to represent NYS DECA at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) in Orlando, Florida on April 27 - May 1, 2019.

Thirty-four HSE students participated in this challenge. The HSE team had 10 International Competition Qualifiers and 10 Top 10 Medal Winners. All International Qualifiers will compete at ICDC in April versus students from around the world.

Please congratulate the following students:

Top 5 Winners HSW

Top 10 Medal Winners

DECA Honor Society Medals HSW

FBLA 2019

On January 18, 2019, twenty-three 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 25 awards earned. Please congratulate the following HSE students who placed in their event:

First Place

Second Place

Third Place

Fourth Place

Fifth Place