DECA State qualifiers
State Honor Band
Irondale DECA students qualified DECA student for the state conference March 6-8 Brooke Volkert in Minneapolis. Irondale’s team of was recently elected to 32 DECA students joined more than represent the state 1,500 students statewide to compete of Minnesota as in marketing and business-related the vice president events. DECA Members are Angela of business and Abel, Emma Beckman, Andrea industry for the Beethe, Samantha Bickford, Nicole Minnesota DECA Burckhardt, Nelson Espinoza, Bailey State Officer Team. Flynn, Jake Fuhr, Brittany Harren, Thomas Hill, Akhil Jahed, Lucas Janecek, Paul Jidefor, Alexandra Jones, Tanner LaMotte, Matthew LaPorte, Alexandra Lilley, Hannah Martin, Louie Meysembourg, Noah Mruz, Secret Moua, Ryan Olson, Katherine Patten, Madison Quest, Jack Sazma, Teresa Skubal, Bridget Sweeney, Anshuman Thakral, Victor Tran, Steven Troung, Brooke Volkert, Morgan Welsh and Bryant Wong.
Chippewa eighth-grader Charlotte Hamilton (flute), seventh-grader Leah Orman (french horn), sixth-grader Johnny Yue (bassoon) and seventh-grader Raeann Vogel (tuba) were accepted into the Minnesota Band Directors Association State Honor Band. They were selected from hundreds of students that auditioned from around the state to be a part of this group. They will rehearse and perform in April at Duluth East High School.
The School-Based Enterprise at Irondale High School was among 316 stores in the United States and 15 in the state of Minnesota to achieve Gold Level Certification. The Irondale chapter will be recognized at DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Nashville in April for their work with the Spirit Warehouse. The students who completed certification were store manager Bailey Flynn and copresident Jack Sazama, with the assistance of their advisor Diane Waite. Mounds View participated in the state DECA conference with 41 students representing the school. In April, Jackson Gray, John Reim, Emily Heuring, Christina Ogard, Grant Mohlenhoff, Tim Pease, Riley Flanagan, Samuel Lerdahl, Amy Helgeson and Ben Bodin will travel to Nashville with their advisor Rebecca Allard to compete with 16,000 top students from around the world at the International Career Development Conference — the pinnacle of DECA competition. The School-Based Enterprise at Mounds View High School was also among 316 school-based enterprises in the United States achieving Gold Level Certification this year and will be recognized at DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Nashville, Tennessee, for their work with the Mustang Locker Room store.
Quiz Bowl In January, the Edgewood Quiz Bowl “A” Team played against a pool of 23 teams from schools around the metro area, and emerged as one of the top three qualifying teams. This win earned them an invitation to the National Quiz Bowl in Atlanta. Team members are (pictured left to right): teacher Dan Perucco, Lindsey Preston, Sam Parlin, Jill Ordonez, Ricco Venterea, Xander Pichner and teacher Ally Briercliffe.
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