ONTARIO
2013 SEPTEMBER
ADVISOR
NEWSLETTER
Engage … Educate … Empower
A Few Words about DECA. . .
DECA Ontario is a non-profit educational organization run by an elected Board of Directors and is
affiliated with International DECA. The Board of Directors takes direction from Chapter Advisors, the
Provincial Student Executive, a Corporate Advisory Board, a teacher Advisory Council, student members
and teacher advisors who represent their individual schools. Chapter Advisors are teachers of Business
Education or those interested in promoting Business Education.
As an educator you can easily form a chapter in your school. A minimum of ten members is required to
form a chapter.
The number of students representing each chapter varies from school to school. Through conferences
and competitions, chapter clubs and activities, DECA provides students with an opportunity to develop
and apply the skills they have learned in class and the club. Furthermore, DECA activities contribute to
the development of competencies needed for careers in management, marketing and entrepreneurship.
DECA activities also serve to boost students' self-confidence and self-image and provide a forum where
students from various high schools can meet.
Board of Directors 2013 - 2014
Position
Provincial Advisor
Provincial Coordinator
Information Technology Coordinator
Student Executive Director
Treasurer
Secretary
Advisor Liaison
Judge Coordinator
Name
Olga Plagianakos
Shalina Khanna
Corwin Wong
Greg Gregoriou
Carleton Banks
Jen Hughes
Scott Kilby
Nerissa Coronel
Email
olga@deca.ca
shalina@deca.ca
corwin@deca.ca
greg@deca.ca
carleton@deca.ca
jen@deca.ca
scott@deca.ca
nerissa@deca.ca
Student Executive 2013 - 2014
Position
President
Media Coordinator
Events Coordinator
Branding & Communications Coordinator
Secretary
Chapter Development Officer
Events Coordinator
Chapter Development Officer
Name
Jerry Zhang
Jake Jardine
Harmanjot Jassal
Brett Israel
Katie Louise Rieger
Anthony Pereira
Rida Aamer
Cassidy Alexa-Rae Ishmael
Email
jerry@deca.ca
jake@deca.ca
harman@deca.ca
brett@deca.ca
katie@deca.ca
anthony@deca.ca
rida@deca.ca
cassidy@deca.ca
DECA Schools in Ontario this past year (2012 – 2013)
SCHOOL
A.B. Lucas SS
Abbey Park HS
Ajax HS
Albert Campbell CI
AN Myer SS
Ancaster HS
Applewood Heights SS
AY Jackson SS
LEAD ADVISOR
Leeat Cribbs
Krista LoCicero
Nick Dillon
Mary Ng
Abigail Graham
jeremy russell
S Singh
Lionel Margolin
Bayview Glen SS
Bayview SS
Beyond Borders
Alison Groenewegen
David Vallier
Mike Parsons
Bishop Allen Academy
Bishop Ryan CSS
Bishop Strachan School
Franca Rubino
Sarah Urban-Blair
Donna Plester
Blessed Trinity CSS
Bloor CI
Bluevale CI
Bur Oak SS
Cameron Heights CI
Cardinal Carter CHS
Cawthra Park SS
Nancy McDermott
Josephine De Guzman
Lorie Guest
David Quan
Jamie Randall
Ashley Senger
Allan Kernot
Centennial CVI
Central Peel SS
Centre Wellington DHS
Chippewa SS
Christ the King CSS
Clarke Road SS
Country Day School
Craig Kielburger SS
Crescent School
Crestwood Prep College
David Suzuki SS
Don Mills CI
Donald A. Wilson SS
Dr. GW Williams SS
Dr. Norman Bethune CI
Earl Haig SS
East York CI
Eastern Commerce CI
Eastwood CI
Teri Osmond
Tahira Tabbani
Brenda Pettifer
Roslyn Prisco
Milena Metcalfe
Brandon Lawrence
Laura Aldoroty
Chantal Hill
Gavin Muranaka
Sue Lyons
Jessica Hipkin
Dolores Adridge
Kimberly Alexander
Tanya Santo
Krista Yeung
Michael Canzi
Olga Plagianakos
Tryfon Elles
Will Martin
EL Crossley SS
Karen Chcoski
SCHOOL
Mayfield SS
Meadowvale SS
Mentor College
Middlefield CI
Milliken Mills HS
MM Robinson HS
Monsignor Doyle CSS
Montcalm SS
Mother Teresa CSS
(London)
Neil McNeil HS
Nelson HS
Niagara Christian
Collegiate
North Albion CI
North Park SS
North Toronto Christian
School
North Toronto CI
Northern SS
Notre Dame CSS
Oakville Trafalgar HS
O'Neill CVI
Orchard Park SS
Our Lady of Lourdes
CHS
Parkdale CI
Parkside HS
PE Trudeau HS
Pickering HS
Pine Ridge SS
Pope John Paul II SS
Preston HS
Resurrection CSS
RH King Academy
Richmond Hill HS
Richview CI
Rick Hansen SS
Riverdale CI
Robert Bateman HS
Saltfleet DHS
Sandalwood Heights SS
Scarlett Heights EA
Sinclair SS
Sir JA Macdonald SS
(Waterloo)
LEAD ADVISOR
David Hertzman
Anne Chesher
Stephanie Spares
Lisa Winberg
Reima Fanari
Lara Aquino-Soriano
Jon Fage
Jane Cossar Fischer
Erich Specht
Peter Ranson
Ian Chau
Michael Zadorozny
Joanna Eagar
Phil Andras
Gordon Cooke
Robin Adams
Enrico Iafolla
C. van Ryck deGroot
Betty Farquharson
M. Terry-Bentson
Mark Ciarrocchi
Linda DePieri
Shalina Khanna
Greg Gregoriou
Sherrie Macdonald
Peter Morgulis
B. Ganesan
Grace Gamana
Rose Lomax
Toni Jaklitsch
Michael Brown
Michele Axelrod
Georgia Markakos
V Berry
Lisa Ciabarri
Ruth Daly
Gabrielle Marchese
Meera Raghavan
Kevin DSouza
Kristie Lee
Andy Flanagan
Elmira DSS
Emily Carr SS
Margie Cressman
Vanelli
Hilary Mattok
Kelvin Yip
Carla Vivian
S. Catalano
Sir Oliver Mowat CI
Sir Wilfrid Laurier CI
Sir Wilfrid Laurier SS
(London)
Southwood SS
Fenelon Falls SS
Fletcher's Meadow SS
Fr. Michael McGivney
Academy
Frontenac SS
Galt CVI
George S. Henry
Academy
Georges Vanier SS
Georgetown DHS
Michael Deslippe
Tammy Miller
Brandon Kelly
St. Aloysius Gonzaga SS
St. Andrew's College
St. Benedict CSS
Meigah Ponvia
Robert Giel
Carolyn ratz
Marlene Pettit
Marcia Cho
Andreea Stoica
St. Clement's School
St. David's CSS
St. Francis Xavier SS
St. Joan of Arc CHS
(York)
St. Joan of Arc SS (Peel)
St. John's College
St. Marguerite
d'Youville SS
Mark Bunten
Deborah Schell
Margaret Cusimano
Glenforest SS
Glenview Park SS
Gordon Graydon MSS
Sherri Fraser
Thies Scheele
Christine Hill
Grand River CI
Greenwood College
School
Guelph CVI
Bill Milks
St. Mary's CHS
St. Michael CSS (Peel)
St. Michael's College
School
St. Robert CHS
St. Roch CSS
St. Theresa of Lisieux
CHS
St. Thomas of Villanova
SS
Tanenbaum CHAT
Wallenberg
The Hill Academy
The Woodlands School
Mark Devlin
Angelina Sacco
Ian Beswick
Dino Gus Babalis
Lisa Cantor
Wade Nassar
Omari Rhoden
Alisa Rine
Adrienne Kennedy
Diana Morgenthau
K. Dharmananda
Domenica Michela
Ross Ferrara
Justine Lucas
Stephen Fleming
Harbord CI
Brian Goldkind
Harold M. Brathwaite SS Nadine Deerr
Havergal College
Denise Hartford
Heart Lake SS
Melissa Kosik
Highland SS
Holy Name of Mary
College
Holy Name of Mary SS
Holy Names CHS
Holy Trinity CSS
(Oakville)
Huron Heights SS
Huron Park SS
I.E. Weldon SS
Innisdale SS
Iroquois Ridge HS
Pieter Toth
J. Clarke Richardson CI
Jacob Hespeler SS
James Cardinal
McGuigan CSS
John Cabot CSS
John F. Ross CVI
Kingston CVI
Kitchener-Waterloo CVI
Claudett McDonald
Frank Vriezen
Thornhill SS
Thornlea SS
TMS School
Town Centre PHS
Turner Fenton SS
Unionville HS
University of Toronto
Schools
Upper Canada College
Camilla Romano
Nelson Damaso
Greg Cawsey
Huw Davies
Mark Smith
Vaughan Road Academy
Vaughan SS
Victoria Park CI
Villanova College
Vincent Massey SS
Jessica Clough
Lesia Chytra
Fabio Muscedere
Don Finan
Carolyn Doering
Rob Dowsett
Olga Plagianakos
Christina Aust
Jim Fisher
Paul Reesor
Barb Wilson
Vivian Giacomel
James Sicoli
Steve Penner
Diana Vecchi
Kirt Charter
Angie Folino
Nerissa Coronel
Manuel JJ Deocampo
Nicole Gombai
Jordan Hoffman
Bryan Bailey
P. Hopwood-Jones
Susie Choi
Scott Brucw
L'Amoreaux CI
Langstaff SS
Lawrence Park CI
Leaside HS
Lester B. Pearson CI
Lincoln M. Alexander SS
London Central SS
Susan Zarzeczny
Stanley Liu
Padraig Cullen
Shelley Mancuso
Bill Velos
Fanny Sotiriou
Saskia Schuck
Loretto Abbey CSS
Louise Arbour SS
Loyola Catholic SS
Machlachlan College
Monica Salvador
John Truong
Nancy Lo Faso
Anastasia Corbett
Marc Garneau CI
Markham DHS
Markville HS
Martingrove CI
Mary Ward CSS
Gloria Whyte
Colleen Webber
Tejpal Rao
Debra Di Clemente
Joanna Morra
Waterdown DHS
Waterloo CI
Waterloo-Oxford DSS
West Ferris SS
Westdale SS (Hamilton)
Westlane SS
Westmount CI (York)
Westmount SS
(Hamilton)
Wexford CI
White Oaks SS
Widdifield SS
William Lyon Mackenzie
CI
Woburn CI
Woodbridge College
York Mills CI
Annie DelGuidance
Eric Nullmeyer
Michelle Wein
Amy Hargrave
Trevor Nurmi
Connie Dove
David Coates
Maria Hruska
Antionette Hughes
James Sheridan
Tyler Kidd
Cate Cuttle
May Chang
Ashish Patel
Jeff Radulovic
What Students Do in DECA
Competitive Events are one aspect of the total DECA program of student activities. Other activities
include:
 Attending Professional Conferences
 Sharing Ideas With Other Members
 Developing Leadership Skills
 Aiding Local Charities
 Promoting Marketing & Entrepreneurship
 Teaching Organizational Skills
 Improving Listening & Speaking Skills
The competitive events are learning activities designed to extend students' interests and competencies
in the business field, particularly in Marketing.
There are basically FOUR types of competitions from which students can participate:
1. COMPETENCY BASED SERIES EVENTS
Students pick an occupational area in which they wish to compete. They should choose an area in which
they are interested in or have some work experience. Students have an option of choosing either an
Individual or Team based event. For the Team based events, students work in pairs to complete the oral
role-play. The Competency Based Series Event Competition is two-fold:


The first part involves a comprehensive multiple-choice test in general marketing and the
category specific marketing topic.
The second part of the competition involves a role-playing event in which students are required
to solve a problem by putting what they have learned into action. Students are given a written
"situation" to review. It may be a product or service to sell, a merchandising decision or a
problem in human relations at work. Students are allowed a pre-set amount of time (10
minutes for Individual Series and 30 minutes for Team Events) to review the situation and to
develop a professional approach to solving the problem to present to a judge.
Following this, participants are examined one-on-one by a judge and asked how they would solve the
problem. The judge, a qualified business professional, evaluates the students' responses and records
the results on an evaluation form which has been developed especially for each competitive area.
Individual Oral and Principle Events:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
ACT - Accounting Applications
AAM- Apparel and Accessories Marketing
ASM - Automotive Services Marketing
BFS - Business Finance Series
BSM - Business Services Marketing
FMS - Food Marketing
HLM - Hotel & Lodging Management
HRM - Human Resource Management Series
MMS - Marketing Management
QSRM - Quick Service Restaurant Management
RFSM - Restaurant Food Service Management
RMS - Retail Merchandising Series
SEM - Sports and Entertainment Marketing
14. PBM - Principles of Business Management & Administration (first year DECA students only, any
grade)
15. PFN - Principles of Finance (first year DECA students only, any grade)
16. PHT - Principles of Hospitality & Tourism (first year DECA students only, any grade)
17. PMK - Principles of Marketing (grade 9 only)
Management Team Oral Events:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
BLTDM - Business Law & Ethics
BTDM - Buying and Merchandising
FTDM - Financial Analysis
HTDM - Hospitality Services
MTDM – Marketing Communications
STDM - Sports & Entertainment Marketing
TTDM - Travel and Tourism Marketing
2. COMPETENCY BASED WRITTEN EVENTS
Detailed information for all written events can be found in the 2013 - 2014 DECA Guide, which is mailed
to each chapter by DECA Inc.. If the guide is not mailed to you by September 30, 2013, please contact
Olga Plagianakos via email at olga@deca.ca.
Note: Written proposals for each written event are required to be submitted prior to the Provincial
Competition to Turnitin.com (softcopy) and to the DECA office (hardcopy). A written proposal is not
required for the PSE event however the presentation notes and/or slides for this event are required to
be submitted prior to the Provincial Competition as well. More details will be posted on the DECA
Ontario website: www.deca.ca.
There will be a maximum of three entries allowed per chapter for each written event category.
Individual and Team Written Events:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
BOR - Business Services
BMOR - Buying and Merchandising
FOR - Finance
HOR - Hospitality and Tourism
SEOR - Sports and Entertainment Marketing
ADC - Advertising Campaign
FMP - Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan
SEPP - Sports & Entertainment Promotional Plan
HTPS - Hospitality and Tourism Professional Selling
PSE - Professional Selling Event
ENW - Entrepreneurship Written
IBP - International Business Plan
ENPI - Entrepreneurship Participating-Independent
ENPF - Entrepreneurship Participating-Franchising
ENI - Entrepreneurship Innovation Plan
ENG - Entrepreneurship - Growing Your Existing Business Event
3. CHAPTER AND TEAM EVENTS
Chapters can be involved in promotional activities, community service or charity by participating in a
chapter and team event.
There will be a maximum of three entries allowed per chapter for each chapter event category.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
CSP - Community Service Project
CMP - Creative Marketing Project
EPP - Entrepreneurship Promotion Project
FLPP - Financial Literacy Promotion Project
LEP - Learn & Earn Project
PRP - Public Relations Project
4. ONLINE EVENTS
Students can also take the competition to the web, by participating in one of these events:
1. SMG Online - Stock Market Game
2. H&R Block Dollars & Sense Challenge
3. Virtual Business Challenge - Retailing and Sports
4. Virtual Business Challenge - Restaurant
Please note, that students must select only one competitive event area. For example, students who
enter the written event cannot enter any other event.
Provincial DECA Student Executive Selection Process
Students who wish to hold office at the Provincial Level will be appointed through an application and
interview process. The results will be announced in May, 2014. If a suitable number of candidates do
not apply, students may be appointed at the discretion of the Board of Directors.
REGIONALS
DECA Ontario Regional Conference and Competition
Student members must compete in a regional competition in order to qualify for the Provincial
competition. The regional events will be held at the following locations for 2013-2014:
Regional Winners
DECA Ontario
going to Provincials
Registration
Date and Place
Site Coordinator
Regional Qualifier (~ 50% of 2012-2013
Contact
Membership)
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Top 15 Individuals at Seneca College ~ Newnham
Olga
York Regionals
Olga
Top 23 Teams
Plagianakos
Campus, 1750 Finch Ave. East
1,249 Competitors
Plagianakos
Top 424 students
olga@deca.ca
Toronto, ON M2J 2X5
Toronto Regionals
1,484 Competitors
Nor-Eastern
Regionals
381 Competitors
Top 16 Individuals
Top 23 Teams
Top 429 students
Top 3 Individuals
Top 4 Teams
Top 76 students
Top 5 Individuals
Top 7 Teams
Thursday, October 25, 2012
at Seneca College ~ Newnham
Campus, 1750 Finch Ave. East
Toronto, ON M2J 2X5
(404 and Finch Avenue)
Olga
Plagianakos
Olga
Plagianakos
olga@deca.ca
Sunday, November 4, 2012
at Sinclair SS, 380 Taunton Rd.
East, Whitby, ON L1R 2K5
Olga
Plagianakos
Olga
Plagianakos
olga@deca.ca
Top 130 students
Halton/Hamilton/
Upper Grand
Top 11 Individuals
Tuesday, November 5, 2013
Top 16 Teams
Hamilton Regionals Top 290 students
at the Hamilton Convention
Olga
1613 Competitors
Centre, 1 Summers Lane,
Plagianakos
Private Schools
Hamilton , ON L8P 4Y3
Top 9 Individuals
Top 14 Teams
Top 249 students
Waterloo
Saturday, November 9, 2013
Top 16 Individuals
Regionals
at
Sir John A. Macdonald SS, 650
Olga
Top 24 Teams
1 267 Competitors
Laurelwood Drive, Waterloo, ON Plagianakos
Top 431 students
N2V 2V1
Peel
Top 13 Individuals
Top 20 Teams
Saturday, November 24, 2012
Peel Regionals
Top 362 students
at Gordon Graydon MSS, 1490
Olga
1408 Competitors
Ogden Drive, Mississauga, ON
Plagianakos
Dufferin-Peel
W
(905)
274-2391
(X432)
Top 4 Individuals
Top 6 Teams
Top 166 students
Greg
Gregoriou
greg@deca.ca
Olga
Plagianakos
olga@deca.ca
Chris Hill
chris.hill@peelsb.
com
PROVINCIALS
DECA Ontario Provincial Conference and Competition
Only those students who qualify for the
Provincials in a Competency Based Series or
Management Team Event at one of the DECA
Ontario regional competitions will be eligible to
compete in that same individual or team event
at Provincials.
Participants in the Principle Events will now
need to qualify at a regional competition to
compete in the same event at Provincials.
Any student not already competing in an
Individual or Team Event may attend the
Provincials to compete in a Written Event or
Chapter Event. Students CANNOT compete in
more than one event.
NOTE: If a student qualifies to compete at the
Provincials in an Individual or Team event, they
may choose to compete in that event or they
may change to compete in a Written Event or
Chapter event. In doing so, they would
relinquish their original spot.
Ontario Provincial winners receive ribbons,
medals and may be awarded trophies or a gift
from sponsoring companies.
REGISTRATION PROCEDURES
DECA Ontario Provincials
Teachers will submit the names of competitors
and their corresponding event categories in
advance of the Competition.
A. Individual Oral Events
B. Team Oral Events
C. Written Events Business Proposals
WHEN: Monday & Tuesday
February 11th and 12th, 2014
WHERE:
Toronto Sheraton Centre
123 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario
COST:
2014 DECA Ontario Provincials
~ $35 per student
~ $25 per student (those staying overnight)
(Deadline December 7, 2013)
Provincial Competitions contact person:
SHALINA KHANNA (shalina@deca.ca)
Provincial Registrations contact person:
OLGA PLAGIANAKOS (olga@deca.ca)
AWARDS CEREMONY
Immediately following the competitions there
will be an Awards Ceremony at the Provincials
on February 12, 2014 for all Oral Events,
Written Business Proposals and Quiz Bowl.
PROVINCIALS SCHEDULE (TENTATIVE)
Monday, February 11, 2013
Oral Competitions
9:00am – 5:30pm
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Written Competitions;
1st Sitting
8:00am – 9:15am
nd
2 Sitting
9:30am –11:00pm
Awards Ceremonies
9:00 am – 4:00pm
Post-Provincial
Meeting
(Advisors Only)
4:00pm – 5:00pm
FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING THE
PROVINCIAL REGISTRATION WILL FOLLOW IN
THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
The deadline to submit Written Event Business
Proposals to www.turnitin.com (softcopy) and
100 Richmond Street West, Suite 341
(hardcopy) is Wednesday, January 16, 2013 by
midnight.
INTERNATIONALS
DECA International Career Development Conference
Students qualify to represent Ontario at the
International Career Development Conference
(ICDC) based on their standing in their
competitive area at the DECA Ontario
Provincials.
The top five DECA members in each individual
oral category and top five pairs in the team
events are eligible to attend the Internationals
in Anaheim, California. However, if one of
these students does NOT wish to attend,
consideration is then given to the student who
places sixth in his/her competitive area and so
on until the tenth finalist has been reached.
Staff Advisors ONLY will meet immediately
following the Provincial Competition’s Awards
Ceremonies on February 12th in order to state
which of their qualified DECA members will
attend the ICDC.
A compulsory meeting for Advisors, final ICDC
qualifiers, and LDA candidates will take place on
Sunday, April 7, 2014. Payment MUST be made
by March 1st for all student competitors and
advisors the ICDC.
WHEN:
WHERE:
COST:
April 22 – April 29, 2014
Anaheim, California
approximately $1500 CDN per
student
Includes hotel (4 students to a room),
transportation, breakfast daily, excursion and
registration
** Cost for Advisor will be slightly higher based
on single, double and triple occupancy.
Information packages will be available at the
post Provincials Advisor Meeting and on the
website.
ICDC CONTACT:
OLGA PLAGIANAKOS
Starting a New Chapter…
It’s Much Simpler Than You May Think!
REQUIRED:

A Chapter Advisor

Interested Students

A Bit of Money

Board Support (Optional)
STEP THREE: PAYING MEMBERSHIP FEES
In order to provide services desired by its
members, all Chapter Associations must have
funds. DECA obtains its funds by charging dues.
The dues to join DECA Ontario are $35 per
student PLUS $30 per School Chapter (this fee is
waived for new chapters).
STEP ONE: CHAPTER EXECUTIVE
Select a student executive to represent your
DECA Chapter with you as the Chapter Advisor.
Place these names on the enclosed DECA
Student Executive Form and submit it to the
Student Executive Officer Team.
STEP TWO: DECIDE ON TYPE OF CLUB
There are two basic options:
1. FORM AN EXTRA-CURRICULAR CLUB FOR
DECA
Elect an executive and work with students (as
many or as few as you wish) who will
participate at the Regional and Provincial
Competitions. Devote your time to discussing
the occupational areas and have the students’
practice mock competitions.
Should your
students place in the top four in their
competitive event, they are given the option of
participating at the International Career
Development Conference (ICDC. The cost of
this competition is borne by the individual
students. Your chapter may wish to fundraise
to provide funds for the students if they win the
right to participate at the ICDC.
2. FORM A CO-CURRICULAR CLUB FOR DECA
Each student in your class would join DECA and
you would allot class time for DECA concepts in
your curriculum. The executive would be
selected from your class to assist you. The
entire class would be involved in DECA. Now,
follow the same guidelines as in Option 1.
ALL membership and regional registration is
done online and must be SUBMITTED no later
than October 12, 2013. The system will literally
be shut down at midnight on the 12th and will
NOT be unlocked.
Hardcopies and cheque must be postmarked no
later than October 12, 2013.
NEW THIS YEAR - No late registrations or
extended membership will be accepted after
the October 12, 2013 registration deadline.
PLEASE carefully complete your Membership
Registration online at www.deca.ca.
1. Click button SUBMIT TO OLGA after
you’ve collect the $35 from each of
your students
2. Print invoice
3. Print roster of all of your students
4. Sign off on the Chapter Advisor
Commitment form
5. Send above forms and cheque to DECA
Ontario office
Remember, you must have a minimum of ten
paid members to start a chapter.
STEP FOUR: SUPPORT MATERIALS
Copies of role-play events used at previous
competitions can be ordered through DECA
Images. As these are copyright materials, DECA
Ontario cannot provide complete sets of them.
STEP FIVE:
IMPORTANT DATES
Carefully follow the attached “2013-2014 DECA
Ontario Timelines” for important dates.
STEP SIX:
STUDENT EXECUTIVE PRESENTATIONS
Contact any Provincial Student Executive to
book a New Chapter presentation to schools
new to DECA:
FUNDRAISING
You may wish to begin fundraising activities.
Students who win at the Ontario Provincial
Competition and who qualify to compete at the
ICDC in Anaheim, California will have to pay
their own way. Funds raised through DECA
activities can help offset this cost.
STEP SEVEN: BOARD SUPPORT
James Sun
Mariam Rafo
Jerry Zhang
Isabella Chiu
Sarah Liu
Jake Jardine
Katie Flanagan
Jack Fenton
Andrew Shon
james@deca.ca
mariam @deca.ca
jerry@deca.ca
isabella@deca.ca
sarah@deca.ca
jake@deca.ca
katie @deca.ca
jack@deca.ca
andrew @deca.ca
Let your Business Co-ordinator and Principal
know your intention to become involved with
DECA. You may wish to approach your Board
for funding and supply teacher coverage should
your students win the opportunity to attend the
ICDC. Also, inform them of the fact that you
may be attending an out of country field trip.
YOUR DECA CHAPTER SHOULD NOW BE UP
AND RUNNING!
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON HOW TO SET UP
OF A NEW CHAPTER CONTACT:
Olga Plagianakos at olga@deca.ca
This past April, the DECA Ontario Team travelled to Salt Lake City, Utah to compete against
approximately 15,000 students. A great sense of camaraderie developed among the 550 members of
the Ontario team. As well, our students enjoyed meeting students from the fifty states, Manitoba,
Guam, Germany, and Puerto Rico.
Of the 340 competitors, 296 medals and 26 trophies were won!!!
Outstanding results to say the least!
Leadership Development Experience
Each school will be allowed to select students to attend
the Provincial Leadership Development Experience
workshops based on their membership (one spot for
every 10 students). Students must be in grade 9 or 10.
Students
must
possess
potential
leadership
characteristics and must attend all workshops at the
Provincial competition.
At the end of the Provincial LDA workshops, each school
will have up to TWO LDA spots for the Internationals. A
deposit of $100 PER spot must be submitted by January
16, 2014 to secure a spot. If no students ultimately
wish to attend ICDC, (must decide by February 12), the
deposit will be returned. Cancellation after this date,
the deposit will be forfeited.
This candidate must be a DECA member in good
standing and have attended Provincials as either a
competitor or an LDA and may be in grade 9, 10, or 11.
The decision remains with the school Advisor.
DECA Web Page:
www.deca.ca
DECA email address:
info@deca.ca
You can find valuable information on this page
as well as access other links. The web page
includes DECA information such as Board of
Directors, Student Executives and important
dates and timelines!
Any emails you receive from the info@deca.ca
address are for outgoing purposes ONLY!
Should you need to respond, contact the
individual Board Member directly!
The DECA Board of
Directors and Advisory
Council wish you a
happy and successful
year !
How do I get to Internationals?
Regional Competitions
Provincial Competition
International Competition
Individual Event
Winners
Winners Compete
Principles Event
Winners
Winners Compete
Team Event
Winners
Winners Compete
PLUS:
Written Events
LDA’S selected by Advisor
Grade 9, 10 and 11 only
Winners compete
Grade 9 – 11 only
selected by Advisor
On-line qualifiers
(SMG, VBCR and VBCS)