Congratulations to the Smith DECA Winners

Newman Smith DECA competed on Saturday at Lone Star High School in Frisco in district competition against more than 1,000 other competitors. The team had 68 students compete with 55 winners and three alternates. Our students will now advance to state competition in Corpus Christi on March 1-3 for a chance to compete in Salt Lake City, Utah for National DECA competition.

Please congratulate the following students:
Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making

• Ariette Agnew & Stephanie Camacho 
• Mario Aguiliar & Lanna Bachga 
• Michaela Douglas & Rachel Shuford 
• Hasnain Mithani & Emmanuel Nava 

Financial Services Team Decision Making

• Michael Chi & J.J. Echaniz 

Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan

• Abraham Arias, Jennifer Ventura & Paulina Vantha 

Hotel Lodging Management

• Farhan Hasham 
• Darshan Patel 
• Shivam Patel 
• Marcos Garcia-Vega 
• Hunter McNally 

Human Resource Management

• Devon Spencer 

Hospitality Team Decision Making

• Gadhi Cruz & Sayuri Martinez 
• Jaida George & Radhika Shah 
• Cynthia Herrera & Saidy Servin 
• Tina Tip & Deja Mason 
• Phoebe Mizano & Sierra Sailer (Alternates) 

International Business Plan

• Monica Borrego 
• Andrew Chara 
• Erin Christman 

Marketing Communications Team Decision Making

• Becka Chang & Michelle Tran 
• Joe Heath & Luv Patel 
• Ben Rice & John Shuford 
• Joy Seo & Sophie Tawerbhoy 

Principles of Business and Management

• Isra Merchant 
• Mickey Babick (Alternate) 

Principles of Marketing

• Miles Calloway 

Public Relations Project

• Oscar Roel 
• Amber Marco 

Professional Selling

• Kenneth Messer 
• Karim Varini 

Travel and Tourism Team Decision Making

• Marueen Genov & Erica Lara 
• Paulina Herran & Blaire McClure 
• Breanna Huynh & Karen Pedraza 
• Christine Karanev & Kelsey Morrison 

DECA Advisors are Kathy Holdge, Linda Hicks, Kathi Long and Lola Walker.