Issaquah High School DECA
Grace Chen and Muskaan Agarwal
2nd Place - Finance Operations Research Event
2018 ICDC - Atlanta, GA
2018 ICDC Finalists
Muskaan Agarwal, Grace Chen, Dawson Oen, Ananya Sahoo, Olivia Morgan
2017 Delegation to ICDC
The Eagles have landed!
The IHS DECA Club went to Atlanta for the International Career Development Conference. It was an incredible experience, and the students demonstrated their professionalism and knowledge through a series of business-based, academic competitions.
This year:
The IHS DECA Club went to Atlanta for the International Career Development Conference. It was an incredible experience, and the students demonstrated their professionalism and knowledge through a series of business-based, academic competitions.
This year:
- IHS DECA brought 27 students to ICDC
- IHS DECA saw 5 students place as Finalists (matching last years record breaking year!)
- Muskaan Agarwal
- Grace Chen
- Dawnson Oen
- Ananya Sahoo
- Olivia Morgan
- Also, Grace and Muskaan came in 2nd place in the world for Finance Operation Research Event!
- That is the highest result for Issaquah DECA in a decade!
The 2018 DECA Team at SCDC
Top results from this year's State Competition!
The following Students were finalists, indicating top scores in an event
Fly, Eagles, Fly!
- Wyatt Callahan & Dylan Valdez - State Champions in Finance Operations Research Event
- Kyle Millis & Avery Tan - State Champions in Marketing Management Team Decision Making
- Muskaan Agarwal & Grace Chen - 2nd Place in Finance Operations Research Event
- Claire Kaill - 2nd Place in Principles of Business Management and Adminstration
- Olivia Morgan & Ananya Sahoo - 4th Place in Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making
- Jun Ahn - 5th Place in Principles of Business Management and Adminstration
- Rohan Vaidya - 5th Place in Restaurant and Food Service Management Series
- Amaya Kejriwal, Alyssa Winterbauer, & Chris Leu - 6th Place in Buying and Merchandising Operations Research Event
- Lauren Milne - 6th Place in Business Growth Plan
- Brian Zehnpfennig - 6th Place in Hospitality & Tourism Operation Research Event
- Isaac Andersen - 7th Place in Marketing Communication Series Event
The following Students were finalists, indicating top scores in an event
- Dawson Oen
- Trevor Mele
- Peter Orfanos
- Mary DeCaprio
- Callie Mejia
- Sravani Nanduri
- Claire Siefkes
- Emma Smith
- Altai Yildirim
- Mia Sunday
- Adya Mohapatra
- Karen Juhn
- Jenna Heesacker
- Dani Madan
- Ogedei Gantumaur
Fly, Eagles, Fly!
IHS DECA at Area 2018
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2017 ICDC Finalists
Rohan Vaidya, Samantha Sato, Nicole Kay, Aashika Jhawar, Sharan Jhangiani
2017 Delegation to ICDC
Issaquah DECA has arrived!
First, I want to again say how UNSPEAKABLY grateful Issaquah DECA is for the tremendous support of the IHS Booster Club this year. They have truly made this year one of the most special in recent memory.
The IHS DECA Club went to Anaheim for the International Career Development Conference. It was an incredible experience, and the students demonstrated their professionalism and knowledge through a series of business-based, academic competitions.
This year:
We want to thank everyone in the building who has helped make this year’s success a possibility.
First, I want to again say how UNSPEAKABLY grateful Issaquah DECA is for the tremendous support of the IHS Booster Club this year. They have truly made this year one of the most special in recent memory.
The IHS DECA Club went to Anaheim for the International Career Development Conference. It was an incredible experience, and the students demonstrated their professionalism and knowledge through a series of business-based, academic competitions.
This year:
- IHS DECA brought 27 students to ICDC (up from 20 last year and 3 two years ago)
- IHS DECA saw 5 students place as Finalists (up from 1 total in the past 5 years)
- Sharan Jhangiani
- Aashika Jhawar
- Samantha Sato
- Nicole Kay
- Rohan Vaidya
- We saw 3 Top 10 finishers (our first in recent memory!)
- Sharan Jhangiani
- Nicole Kay
- Samantha Sato
We want to thank everyone in the building who has helped make this year’s success a possibility.
- To everyone in the admin office (and in particular to Margaret, Jill, Laura, Cathie) who make all of the logistics possible: we couldn’t do any of it without you.
- To all of the fantastic teachers at this school who prepare these students to be their best in a variety of ways, and then are so flexible when these students need to miss class: thank you for your support.
- To the incredible chaperones who have helped with many trips this year (Jamie Olson, Nicole Harrington, Kelly Crickmore, Michael Steffan, Kristi Hardy, Sarah Orton, Cheryl Furey): the kids (and I appreciate everything you do to make the trip safe and fun.
- And to Cheryl Furey, who works tirelessly side-by-side with me to help prepare these kids, and who holds them accountable and lifts them up each and every day: words cannot do justice to how much we owe you.
- To our incredible mentors, parents and business professionals who meet with these students throughout the year to coach them and give them feedback on their projects!
- I’m sure I’m forgetting people! So many people have touched these kids’ lives: THANK YOU!
Aashika Jhawar and Daley Potter: our INCREDIBLE Co-presidents, whose tremendous leadership and hard work helped inspire Issaquah DECA to new heights!
The 2017 DECA Team at SCDC
We had great success, and had students place as finalists in 27 event. This is a significant increase from prior years. Even better, 21 students qualified for the International Career Development Conference, with one student qualifying in two events!
Here are the student qualifiers!
Go Issaquah DECA!
Here are the student qualifiers!
- Daley Potter – 1st in State in Business Service Marketing Series
- Altai Yildirim – 3rd in Start Up Business Plan and
- Morgan Hughes & Katie Zue – 3rd in Marketing Management Team Decision Making
- Sharan Jhangiani – 3rd in Accounting Applications
- Karen Juhn – 3rd in Principles of Business Management and Administration
- Nicole Kay & Samantha Sato – 4th in Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making
- Muskaan Agarwal, Isabel Hsien, & Ananya Sahoo – 4th in Finance Operations Research
- Peter Orfanos & Daniel Eskenazi – 4th in Buying and Merchandising Operations Research
- Rohan Vaidya – 4th in Restaurant and Food Service Management
- Abigail Paxton & Kyle Millis – 5th in Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research
- Aashika Jhawar – 5th in Restaurant and Food Service Management
- Jake Behn & Kunaal Sikka – 5th in Finance Operations Research
- Kylie Fischer & Kayley Willbrandt – 6th in Buying and Merchandising Operations Research
Go Issaquah DECA!
Issaquah DECA at 2016 Washington State Career Development Conference