THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, February 14, 2025 Page 3 Northeast Metro Tech Highlights the Growing Success of DECA Chapter Special to The Advocate W AKEFIELD — Superintendent David DiBarri is pleased to share that Northeast Metro Tech's DECA Chapter is continuing to enjoy success, expanding its membership and sending more students than ever to state and national competitions. Upon returning from the national DECA competition last year, three of the DECA Chapter's nine vice presidents decided to team up to work toward increasing the chapter's membership. Vice Presidents Taylen Livingston, a junior from Revere, Jainer Reyes, a junior from Revere, and Matthew Correia, a junior from Wakefield, pushed to recruit more exploratory freshmen and Business Technology students to join the chapter. Those efforts were extremely successful and boosted the chapter's membership from approximately 50 to 70 students. Meanwhile, DECA members launched a fourth School Based Enterprise (SBE) during the 20232025 school year, as a branch of the Reading Cooperative Bank opened at Northeast Metro Tech. DECA Chapter leadership has decided to focus on building more SBEs at Northeast Metro Tech in the coming year and to write papers about the SBEs for statewide and national DECA competitions. The chapter has also embarked on a number of campaigns, including community service projects within the school, and selling T-shirts to raise breast cancer awareness, and donating the proceeds to local hospitals. As a result, the chapter earned two seats in the Thrive Academy at the DECA International Career Development Conference in Orlando, Florida later this year. On Tuesday, Jan. 7, 65 of the chapter's members participated in district-level DECA competitions, engaging in role plays, developing Business Growth Plans for student-owned businesses, and writing student management papers, among other activ- 3rd Place - Amanda Oliviera, sophomore of Saugus • Independent Business Plan - 2nd Place - Kaelyn Dishion, sophomore of Melrose, Ana Bueno, sophomore of Woburn • Business Law and Ethics Team Decision Making - 1st Place - Giselle Fulcar Cardona, freshman of Revere and Gemma Morse, freshman of Melrose • Hospitality and Tourism Team Godson Thimothee, a sophomore from Malden, presents his Business Growth Plan to a judge at the district-level DECA competitions. Thimothee, who owns his own clothing line, GGT, earned 2nd Place in the competition, and will now compete at the state level. (Courtesy Northeast Metro Tech) ities. A total of 44 Northeast Metro Tech DECA members qualified for state competitions by finishing in the top five in their district-level competitions. Those students and the category that they competed in are: • Business Growth Plan - 5th Place - Feka Desir, junior of Melrose, Miracula Pierre Jules, junior of Malden, Rocky Edouard, senior of Malden • Business Growth Plan - 4th Place - Mohammed Zouhair, Shown from left, Nikolas Lacerda, of Revere, Kashayla Valentin, of Melrose, and Janely Lizardo, of Chelsea, stand together after winning 4th Place in Project Management Financial Literacy at the district-level DECA competitions. (Courtesy Northeast Metro Tech) sophomore of Revere • Business Grown Plan - 2nd Place - Godson Thimothee, sophomore of Malden • International Business Plan - 1st Place - Aylin Valdez Avila, sophomore of Revere, Luciana Gutierrez Vanegas, sophomore of Revere • International Business Plan - 3rd Place - Nikki Patel, sophomore of Saugus, Anna Bardascino, sophomore of Woburn, Genesis Solis, sophomore of Chelsea • Independent Business Plan Decision Making - 4th Place - Ashley Estrada Ramos, senior of Revere, Melissa Domingos, senior of Revere • Project Management Career Development - 3rd Place - Matthew Correia, junior of Wakefield, METRO | SEE PAGE 11 RON’S OIL Call For PRICE MELROSE, MA 02176 NEW CUSTOMER’S WELCOME ACCEPTING VISA, MASTERCARD & DISCOVER (781) 397-1930 OR (781) 662-8884 100 GALLON MINIMUM
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