TAUNTON — Superintendent-Director Dr. Alexandre Magalhaes and Business, Marketing and Finance instructor Jennifer Karamanian are pleased to announce that several Bristol-Plymouth Regional Technical School students attended the 2021 Ultimate DECA Power Trip convention in Boston last month.
A total of 12 BP DECA students took part in the convention, which took place from Nov. 19-21 at the Westin Boston Seaport District hotel. Students connected with approximately 1,400 peers from across the country as well as Germany and Spain.
Students learned about how to grow their chapter, participate in the community, be successful in their competitive events, choose a college, avoid online fraud, become better leaders and help the rest of their chapter be successful.
In addition to the students, chapter advisors Karamanian and Culinary Arts instructor Scott Cowell attended advisor seminars and were able to bring back some great advice and tools for competition success, project management and more ideas to help grow the chapter.
The opening ceremony for the convention featured motivational speaker Eddie Slowikowski. His new book, “The Four Minute Formula: A Seven Step Process to Creating Your Best Life!” was just released and his talk focused on establishing the three P’s: Purpose, Passion and Path.
The closing speaker for the convention was American Ninja Warrior competitor Hoan Do, who shared a message of having resilience and grit and how to stop negative self-talk and make it positive.
In addition to attending last month’s conference, BP DECA students have been busy in the community carving pumpkins for the Taunton pumping carving contest, handing out candy and treats at the Taunton trunk-or-treat event, hosting a pasta night fundraiser with raffles and walking to raise money for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
For more information on the Bristol-Plymouth DECA program, click here. You can follow the chapter on Instagram here or on Tik Tok here.
DECA is a high school business and marketing organization that prepares young leaders and entrepreneurs for careers in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. To learn more, click here.
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