Storiole heads to national DECA competition
Maria Perez Barriga and Jayde Claussen
February 20, 2020
According to Storiole adviser, Sophia Ross the Storiole was approved as a gold level store among other stores who also qualified, as DECA looked at several aspects for the ranking. “The Storiole submitted a school-based enterprise project to National DECA and they have recertified our store as a gold...
Students successful in DECA event
Colin Canaday and Harris Keekley
February 11, 2020
Competing at a DECA district competition Jan. 27, many students competed for spots at State. 15 students ended up moving on to State, according to DECA adviser Sophia Ross. According to Ross, the students have been practicing for the district competition all year in class and outside of school. “We’ve...
DECA reflects on mock competition
Maria Perez Barriga and Jayde Claussen
November 2, 2019
Junior Michael Boxley-Harmon said going to the University of Minnesota mock competition Oct. 25 gave DECA members a better understanding of official DECA competitions. “I think this helped the people who were new to DECA, and it was a refresher to the returning members of what the competition wa...
DECA dives into the world of sports management
Maria Perez-Barriga and Jayde Claussen
October 23, 2019
Business teacher and co-adviser of DECA Abigail Lugo said the club is taking students to a Minnesota Timberwolves game to look at the business aspect of a sports team. “We are going to go see what it is like to run the Timberwolves games, but on the business side of it, so ( students) will get an in-d...
DECA set to attend mock competition
Maria Perez Barriga and Jayde Claussen
October 3, 2019
Junior Rachel Stein said she is looking forward to the experience at the mock competition DECA was invited to at the University of Minnesota. “I think the (University of Minnesota) inviting DECA for the mock competition was really cool and I’m really excited that we got the opportunity,” Stein sa...
DECA closes out year
May 16, 2019
Sophomore Rachel Stein, said her year was successful overall, even though it took her some time to figure out what aspect of DECA she was interested in. “I originally wanted to go into fashion marketing, but I decided to go with job demonstration and human resource,” Stein said. “I placed second...
DECA looks back on successful season
March 19, 2019
After State competitions for DECA, senior Anya Morrison said she was pleased with the outcome because she exceeded her personal goals for the season. “I would say it was a success because I never thought I could make it past the first round,” Morrison said. Sophomore Daniel Goldberg reflects on ...
DECA competes at District
Gabriel Kaplan, Yonit Krebs, and Maria Perez-Barriga
February 12, 2019
Sophomore Rachel Stein said she competed for her second time this year at the DECA District Conference. “I did it last year, so I knew what I was doing better this year because last year I literally had no clue, and I was so confused,” Stein said. “This year I felt a little bit more confide...
DECA begins competition through examination
Gabriel Kaplan, Maria Perez-Barriga, and Yonit Krebs
January 19, 2019
According to sophomore Koby Davis, DECA’s placement at it’s next competition is entirely dependent on the test club members took this week. “It was a 100-question multiple-choice test. You had 60 minutes to complete it,” Davis said. “It had a whole bunch of questions ranging from body lan...
DECA works with Family Partnership
Gabriel Kaplan, Yonit Krebs, and Maria Perez Barriga
December 18, 2018
Senior Anthony David said a classmate of his, who is a DECA member, introduced him to the opportunity to sponsor a child’s holiday gift. “I was asked by one of the DECA participants if I was willing to sponsor a child,” David said. “I got a little sheet and on there were three things the...
DECA prepares to compete
Gabriel Kaplan, Yonit Krebs, and Maria Perez Barriga
November 21, 2018
As DECA looks forward to upcoming competitions this winter, the club prepared by signing up its members for specific events, according to sophomore Grace Schultz. “So far we all signed up for events,” Schultz said. “For first-year people, most people are doing an interview and a hospitality and touri...
Maggie Klaers and Ruthie Posada
After the Feb. 20 Sections loss to Cretin-Derham Hall, Park players gathered around each other on the ice in tears and in support of each other. Senior Will Pinney said the emotions were running high throughout...
Isabel Kjaer, Marta Hill, and Kaia Myers
Though the decision to resign was hard to make, Principal Scott Meyers said it was ultimately made easier because of the potential positive effects on his life. “I'm going to miss being a part of...
When playing against Minnehaha Academy and its nationally ranked player Jalen Suggs, coach David Breitenbucher said the plan was to keep him away from the basket. “We tried to have a game plan to...
As senior Alex Riley reflected on his last game at Park, he said it was a bittersweet experience. “It was kind of sad, but kind of cool to see everybody kind of saluting us and honoring us and almost...
