Camas DECA Makes History at International Conference

Anaheim, CA — The Camas High School DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America) team had its best showing in history at this week’s International Career Development Conference, which concluded on April 29.

Finalists from Camas are as follows:

• Liz Schwartkopf placed 1st in Automotive Services Marketing Series;
• Ashley Miles placed 1st in Restaurant and Food Service Management Series;
• Kevin Chen and Cami Kirby placed 2nd in the Creative Marketing Project; and
• Skylar Becerra and Xiansheng Yan placed in the top 10 in Business Service Operations Management.

All these competitors qualified for finals in the morning at Achievement Awards Ceremony.

On Wednesday, April 26, nearly 20,000 DECA members, advisors, business partners and volunteers came together in Anaheim, Calif., for the largest-ever conference the organization has ever held.

The conference itself is an opportunity for each attendee to show his or her uniqueness and value the diversity of DECA membership, while coming together to celebrate as #OneDECA.

This year’s conference theme was Own Your Future, and included a message of unity – coming together as #OneDECA to support the organization’s mission, which is to celebrate personal strengths, to appreciate the diversity that each of our members represents, and to signify a strong organization that members want to be part of.

About the organization

Camas DECA strives to integrate learning into classroom instruction, apply learning, connect to businesses, and promote competition. We are preparing the next generation to be academically prepared, community orientated, professionally responsible, and experienced leaders. The club’s adult advisors are Dave Johnson and Suzie Downs.

To learn more, visit www.camasdeca.com

Some of the Camas ICDC qualifiers with Meyers Leonard, of the Portland Trail Blazers at the LAX airport.

Kevin Chen and Cami Kirby placed second in CMP.