CV Students Win Big at Business Competition
Castro Valley High School’s business club has something to crow about. Some 43 students from the Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) club competed against 2,500 other students from 60 other California-based schools in a business competition highlighting their knowledge and skills learned in class.
The State Career Development Conference (SCDC), held February 27 – March 2 in Anaheim, California, was a chance to compete, attend workshops, network, and potentially advance to the international competition.
Grace Tan (Junior) earned 6th place overall in her Accounting Applications event, competing against 50 other student competitors. Ian Hsu, Genevieve Onorad, and Nathan Le (Seniors) earned 9th place overall out of 40 student groups in their written event, which focused on a franchise business plan.
Several students ranked in the Top 15 overall for their business events, including Ian Hsu (Senior) for Business Services, Joziah Becerra (Junior) for his presentation skills, Martin Barragan (Senior) for his knowledge about Principles of Marketing, Alison To (Junior) for Marketing Communications, Josh Wong (Senior) for Quick Service Restaurant Management, and Grace Tan (Junior) for Financial Consulting.
CVHS Marketing teacher and DECA Club advisor Byron Thompson said he was proud of the students whose “experience is unique and provides them with opportunities to grow both personally and professionally.”
