John Paul II student Michael Fitzgibbons finished in second place in the state for Apparel & Accessories Marketing Series in February at the South Carolina DECA Convention in North Charleston.
DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.
Fitzgibbons’s finish qualifies him to compete again at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC). He is the third student in the school’s five-year DECA history to qualify for DECA’s ICDC.
Students complete the 100-question written test at JPII ahead of the State Conference. At the conference students competed in a role play — where they take on a management role in their genre to solve a situation in an innovative way using 21st century skills. Some students qualified for the second round of role plays. These included Fitzgibbons and Lily Garrick (10th) in Apparel & Accessories Marketing Series; Trenton LaFountain in Principles of Finance; Ryan Bertagna in Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series; Aadi Patel and Daniel Snyder in Marketing Team Decision Making; Finley Borgan and Leo Iskandar in Hospitality Services Team Decision Making; Blake Hubik and Alan Wolf along with Keira Doran and Aanya Patel in Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making; and Megan Fox in Automotive Services Marketing Series.
At the awards banquet, the following JPII students were honored for their top 10 finishes:
- Lily Kate Garrick — 10th place in AAM: Apparel and Accessories Marketing Series;
- Isabella Perez – fourth place in BFS: Business Finance Series Event;
- Aanya Patel and Keira Doran — sixth place in ETDM: Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making;
- Trice McClure – ninth place in FMS: Food Marketing Series;
- Leo Iskandar and Finley Borgan – fifth place in HTDM: Hospitality Services Team Decision Making;
- Aadi Patel and Daniel Snyder – seventh place in MTDM: Marketing Team Decision Making; and …
- Ryan Bertagna – fourth place in SEM: Sports and Entertainment Marketing Series.
