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MAKE IT COUNT
THIS IS NOT JUST ANOTHER YEAR
National DECA Conference • Atlanta, Georgia
A Publication of Cherry Creek High School DECA • April 2014
Continuing DECA’s Legacy 2013-2014
2013-2014 Creek DECA members
By Brooke Arnold
Cherry Creek DECA has a reputation unmatched by many. Since our inception in
1977, the club has proved itself to become a
longstanding Creek tradition that continues
to dominate competitions in true Creek fashion. At local events, Creek DECA shows
their support, always sporting the latest
DECA t-shirts. District, State, and National
competitions continue to hear the incessant
roar of cheering Creek students at every
awards ceremony. And we are always excited to participate in the latest community service events, filling spots fast to interview 5th
graders for their positions at Young Ameritowne. Though, this growth could not be sustained without a solid core. Exceptional
teachers, eager business students, successful
alumni, and, of course, West Café Cookies,
have fused to create the prominent club that
DECA is on the Creek campus. For the school
year of 2013-2014, that was our goal: to
uphold and advance the legacy that Creek
DECA has among all the aspects. And after
an amazing, crazy ride, we did just that.
Though other clubs start recruiting in the
fall at the September Club Fair, DECA
doesn’t take a break. DECA has been in partnership with the Muscular Dystrophy Association for 20+ years now, and this summer,
six of the most qualified DECA student volunteers were able to assist MDA firsthand.
Each student was paired with a camper with
muscular dystrophy, and they helped the
campers experience camp like anyone else.
With a week full of swimming, hiking, and
zip-lining, the DECA students who attended
said they returned with a fresh perspective for
the rest of their summer and upcoming senior year.
As August heat was rolling in, the DECA
officer team rolled out to seek refuge from
the heat in Estes Park, Colorado, for the annual officer retreat. The weekend began with an
early afternoon jam session from Mr. Sheek’s
bluegrass playlist. Clearly energized, we then
had an afternoon of fun at Estes’classic theme
park. As the DECA teachers sat back and relaxed, the officer team split up into a master
chef team, creating a 5-course masterpiece
complete with virgin strawberry daiquiris.
After a late-night planning session, we continued to evolve our visions during a beautiful, early morning hike. The entire weekend
created a bonded team, eager to lead throughout the year.
As it is every year, the year begins and
juniors are excited to be a part of DECA, but
aren’t entirely sure of their role in the club
yet. DECA Kickball changes all of that. A
late Friday in September, all of DECA
swarmed to the baseball diamonds at GV
fields to compete for the ultimate trophy,
Kickball Champions. Though the prized
honor is solely based on kickball-ability, the
best themed team seems to receive an honorary trophy. This year, Sheeks’ seniors confused the opposing teams by cross-dressing,
while Adolphi’s seniors battled with no emotion from Team Goth. Ultimately, Mrs.
Adolphi’s seniors came away with a big win
over Sheeks’ novice junior team! They were
proud to break the streak of juniors claiming the past five titles.
Now that the juniors had experienced
the “social” side of DECA, it was time for
them to get down to business. Glenwood
Springs High School hosted Cherry Creek
DECA juniors for the prelims of DECA competitions. Over two days at Hotel Colorado,
the students were introduced to DECA in its
true business setting, and the juniors left
with one round of role play competitions
under their belts.
However, more fun was to come, as the
annual Vail Local DECA Conference began.
Creek DECA switched roles and hosted
Glenwood Springs back in Vail after a oneyear hiatus at Beaver Creek. The first night
after competitions, Brian Imbus entertained
both schools in an interactive performance —
one where two volunteers from each class
were hypnotized. He puts on a hilarious show
with an overall approval rating from DECA
kids year after year — so good that our Vice
President, Jacob Curtis, remained hypnotized for the remainder of the night, which was
definitely used for continued amusement.
The next morning was back to business, and
the winning role play competitors were announced to move on to Districts the following week.
While still in the DECA mode, more than
150 Creek students traveled a short distance
to the District competition at the Denver Tech
Center Marriott. The one-day competition
shows how efficient District 2 is run, with
competitions, tests, and awards all concluded before the school day is even let out. Competitors from Cherry Creek, Smoky Hill,
Eaglecrest, Overland, and Grandview with
the top scores were congratulated to move on
to the state competitions in February.
During this DECA craze, students became even more ambitious and many decided to tackle a written event: typically a 30page research paper on one of 40 different
business disciplines. This paper is accompanied by a 15-minute presentation in front of
state judges over their findings, new ideas,
or exciting implementations. Businesses from
Greenwood Village to Singapore were spotlighted among written events. Teachers met
with groups weekly to discuss strategy, progress, and challenges. Written events are executed completely outside of school, and the
number of students who decide to further
their involvement in DECA is astonishing
and applauded.
December brought a long-waited excitement among the senior class…the New York
City trip was here. As last year’s seniors raved about their experience in the Big Apple,
we could not wait to spend the week sightseeing and learning in the biggest city in
America. Mrs. Adolphi and Mr. Sheeks accompanied nearly forty students on a nonstop trip involving extensive subway trips
and worn out feet. But it was all worth it
once we stepped onto the famous Hard Rock
marquee that looked over the Christmastime
buzz of Times Square. Tours of American
Eagle, Disney Productions, and the all-timefavorite, Google, were amazing learning experiences as we decided which colleges to
apply to and what direction in which to take
our lives. The overall business advice every
corporation taught us was to have experience. They could not stress the importance
of internships enough.
Continued on Page 3
In this issue...
2014 National Participants —
Seniors — Pages 8-9
Juniors — Pages 24-25
DECA Seniors —
Where Are You Headed?
Get To Know Your
DECA Teachers
Page 14
Page 21
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Continuing DECA’s Legacy 2013-2014
Continued from Page 1
Winter Break hit but DECA students
weren’t taking a break yet; many were putting finishing touches on their written event
papers. Once those were turned in, social
events picked back up. The MDA Bowling
night, DECA Night at the Nuggets, and Valentine’s crafts seemed almost a celebration
of sorts as students got re-involved in social
and community events. Our junior co-president delivered the Valentine’s cards to his
grandma’s living home and she gave two
thumbs up.
However, State was fast approaching.
Students spent late afternoons in January and
February practicing speeches, sprucing up
presentation boards, and packing their bags
for the Broadmoor. This year, the beautiful
grounds of Broadmoor West Towers was
Creek DECA’s home. The chapter was honored on stage numerous times for various
awards. After the endless rounds of practicing in front of administrators, peers, and
teachers, it was game time. Role play participants and written event groups met in front
of judges from their industry and were scored
against students from every corner of the
state. Relief was lifted off our shoulders, but
the real nerve-racking part was yet to come.
Finals were announced at the crack of dawn
on Monday morning, and competitors raced
to impress the judges one last time, before the
Closing Ceremonies that night. We were excited to watch Creek DECA’s own, Alex
Haar, on stage as Vice President of Colorado
Easton
Corbin
While in Atlanta, DECA students will attend a country concert featuring Brett Eldridge and Easton Corbin.
DECA and hoped to run into him as Creek
students were called up front as finalists.
Surrounding schools must easily have tired
from the 70+ times we cheered when one of
our classmates was called as a nationals qualifier. Many left with the satisfaction that their
years’ worth of work paid off.
More than 50 of the qualifiers are getting
excited to attend an eye-opening experience
among 13,000 other DECA students in Atlanta, Georgia, this year. In early May, DECA
Schedule For Nationals
By Meghan Mulligan
Friday, May 2
2:30 p.m. — Meet at DIA leave for Atlanta
9 p.m. — Arrive at Atlanta
11 p.m. — Curfew at hotel
Saturday, May 3
9 a.m. to 3 p.m. — DECA day at Six Flags
5 p.m. — Colorado DECA meeting
8:30 p.m. — Grand opening session at
Georgia Dome
Sunday, May 4
8 a.m. to 12 p.m. — Competitive event
1:35 p.m. — Atlanta Braves baseball game
6 p.m. to 10 p.m. — Georgia Aquarium
Monday, May 5
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. — Competitions
8:30 p.m. — Easton Corbin and
Brett Eldredge
Tuesday, May 6
8 a.m. — Mini awards
9 a.m. to 2 p.m. — Finals competitions
5 p.m. — Creek DECA dinner
at Hard Rock Café
8:30 p.m. — Grand awards session
Wednesday, May 7
9 a.m. — Checkout and fly back
to Denver
11 a.m. — Arrive at DIA
will continue its impressive year by sending
the most students from Colorado to nationals, once again. They will go to Six Flags over
Georgia, the Atlanta Aquarium, and attend a
true country concert with one of my favorite
artists, Brett Eldridge. What’s all this fun
without a little business, right? Our qualifiers
will be up against their toughest competition yet, competing to land in the Top Ten in
their category at the DECA International
Career Development Conference.
Though, DECA doesn’t call it a wrap
yet. We will culminate our year with MDA
Madness, DECA Dodgeball, DECA Day at
the Rockies, and the annual DECA Banquet.
Terrace Gardens will kindly host nearly 100
DECA students as they are honored for various awards. National qualifiers are highlighted, DECA letters are presented, DECA
scholarships are awarded, and the night ends
with the announcement of next year’s DECA
President.
With so much activity, it can be easy to
get lost in the hype of it all; but our members
have stayed focused in socials, community
service events, and conferences throughout
the entire year. We are thankful for the opportunity to make friends who share our passion
for business and acquire real-life skills so
early in our careers through such a highlyreputable club.
With one more extraordinary year under
its belt, Creek DECA continues to leave a
more impressive legacy on the school and
community than the year before. This year
has been busy, as will the next, but Creek
DECA would like to take a moment to wish
our seniors good luck and our juniors an
even better year than this. Thank you Cherry
Creek DECA!
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Summer Officer Retreat Is A Success!
By Madi Alexander
Last spring 12 of the biggest DECA dorks
were elected or chosen for various positions
on the officer board for this school year.
Then, we all went off to different adventures
for the summer, but the highlight of everyone’s summer was without a doubt the DECA
officer retreat.
We began the trip by loading up in the bus
and driving to the mountains. We raced down
the slides and drove go-karts in Estes Park (I
think all 12 of us lapped Mr. Konrad a few
times, he was pretty slow!) Then, we were
presented with our first task to tackle as a
team… what to make for dinner. We divided into appetizer, entrée, and dessert teams
and made the best dinner our DECA teachers have ever eaten. All of these activities al-
lowed us to get to know each other and figure out how we can best work together.
After a few intense card games, we had
some serious DECA business to handle. We
wanted to make sure we haven’t missed any
opportunities to improve the club. A big
topic of discussion was how to best involve
more students in each event as well as how
the club leaders can set good examples for
everyone else. In the smaller social, publicity, and café committees, we brainstormed
ideas for new projects, social events, and
community service events we can do as a
chapter. Once we were positive that this
DECA year would be the best one yet, we
all rolled out our sleeping bags, dreaming of
how fun DECA will be this year. We hope
that everyone else is as excited about this
year as we are!
Each year the officers and DECA teachers have their planning retreat at the YMCA.
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Off To A Great Start In Glenwood Springs
By Katie O’Brien
The juniors had a blast at their first DECA
competition of the year in Glenwood Springs!
On October 6 and 7, 40 of the current students
were able to go and experience what DECA
truly is for the first time. The bus ride up was
a great time to get to know the other DECA
students from Creek. They stopped in Silverthorne for breakfast before continuing the
journey to Glenwood Springs. When they
got there, they were able to relax and hang
out for awhile before starting the competition
aspect of the trip.
Not only did they compete, but they also
got to participate in fun activities while there.
They had a photo scavenger hunt around the
town of Glenwood Springs, got to see a movie
with the DECA students from other schools,
and even got to jump in the hot springs! This
was a great time for juniors as they got to see
what the competitions were actually like and
got to participate without any risk of elimination from other competitions throughout the
What a great group of juniors on their first DECA trip of the year.
year. It was truly just a great time to learn and
to bond with the other DECA students. Now
they have some experience under their belt
as they head to the next competition in Vail!
Creek DECA Has Success At Districts
By Walker Crowley
Junior boys got swagger.
On November 25, 150 students, from Cherry Creek, competed in the District 2 DECA
Competition at the Marriott Hotel, DTC. Students took their PK test the week before in
order to be prepared for the day of competition.
After an early morning judges briefing and breakfast, competition began. Many
Creek students arrived early to prepare for their role play. Students were somewhat relieved, hours later, when competition was over. The hardest part was not over yet. Once
competition is over, a long process of tabulating the votes has to occur. Both hungry and
anxious, competitors raced into the luncheon to find a place to eat. The salad and chicken tasted great, but the best part was still to come … Awards. Event after event, state officers read off names of State Qualifiers for each event. Many students from Cherry Creek
dominated and moved onto the State Competition, February 23-25, 2014, at The Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs. Congrats Creek DECA!
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The seniors taking in Times Square in the city that never sleeps.
Creek DECA Goes To
The Big Apple!
By Alyssa Witter
Last December 11-15 marked the annual New York City DECA trip for many Creek
DECA Seniors. This year was as busy and as
exciting as ever. The trip began Wednesday
night when Creek DECA arrived in New
York City. Thursday began with a tour and
advertising session with both Hard Rock
Café and American Eagle Outfitters. After
lunch, students toured Google offices and
then attended a tour of TBWA Advertising
Agency. The students ended the evening with
dinner at the Hard Rock followed by free
time in Times Square.
Friday proved to be just as busy as Thursday as students started early and attended an
outside taping of the Today Show and explored Rockefeller Center. Next, it was off
to a business tour of Disney Theatrical Productions. The students then had fun visiting
the Cake Boss at Port Authority for some
sweet treats. After the Cake Boss the students had some free time around China Town
and Soho to do some shopping. That evening
after a busy day Creek DECA attended the
performance of The Lion King on Broadway.
Saturday the students traveled to Brooklyn and walked the Brooklyn Bridge and visited Wall Street. Following that, Creek DECA
took a boat tour of the surrounding New York
Harbor area and then spent time at the 9/11
Memorial. After a break for lunch the students
attended an all access tour of Madison Square
The thing I love most about
DECA is how applicable it is to
our daily lives. It teaches us to be
responsible, outgoing, and
professional leaders; all of these
qualities are what will lead us
onto the path of success.
— Hannah Meek
Good Luck
At
Nationals
In
Atlanta,
Cherry
Creek
DECA!
Garden followed by dinner at Ellen’s Stardust
Diner. Creek DECA capped their last night
with some free time around Rockefeller
Center and headed back to Denver Sunday
afternoon. If you are a current Creek DECA
junior be sure to sign up for this awesome trip
next year!
Enjoying Rockefeller Center in front of the famous Rockefeller Tree.
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Ofe Ariyo
Ore Ariyo
Nina Asher
Courtney Close
CONGRATULATIONS 2014 DECA SENIORS
Gota Kajiya
Alysse Kimura
Eric Malamud
Yasmina Sirgi
Cherry Creek High School
Supports
CHERRY CREEK DECA
Good Luck In Atlanta!
Mr. Ryan T. Silva, Principal
Atlanta, Georgia • May 2 - May 7, 2014
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Teller Cunningham
Jacob Curtis
Courtney Good
Alexander Haar
GOOD LUCK AT NATIONALS IN ATLANTA!
Keaton Skudneski
Morgan Spiers
Apurva Subramanian
Claire Theodorescu
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Finance Your Future!
By Madison Hinchey
According to TransUnion’s financial
services, the average American has about
$5,000 of credit card debt. In December of
2013, about one million homes in the United
States were in a state of foreclosure according to realtor.com. These statistics are only
two of thousands of alarming signs that show
that many Americans act ignorantly with
their finances. Many of these people were not
educated well enough or possibly not even
at all in the financial realm including budgets, investments, and credit.
In order to try to prevent this from happening in the Cherry Creek High School
community, Amy Heider, Casie Hilyard, and
I, Madison Hinchey, decided to promote
financial literacy through a chapter project,
teaching students of all ages how to finance
their futures. From quizzes in the Union Street
Journal school newspaper to proclamations,
including a letter of support from Governor
Hickenlooper of Colorado, we were able to
DECA chapter members at Young Ameritowne.
spread awareness and knowledge to a wide
range of people.
One of the main activities we did for our
project was Young Ameritowne; located at a
local bank, it holds a whole “town” with jobs
and stores, reflecting how financially a society works but for a fifth grader to use. We
went with students from Schmitt Elementary
School, who our chapter spent two days with
prior for interviewing what jobs were available at Young Ameritowne, and a training day
where they learned the seven steps to the
sale and how to write checks. The students
were able to grasp how a business works and
the importance of an accountant, while also
having a fun day running their own minicity.
Other influential aspects of our project
were teaching a budget lesson to sixth graders
at Campus Middle School, attending Career
Shadow Day with other Cherry Creek DECA
members, and bringing in two financial
speakers to teach our 11th and 12th grade
peers. We also did a lot of promotion around
Cherry Creek High School, and after looking back at all we were able to accomplish,
it is safe to say that it was very successful.
Not only did we manage to spread financial
literacy awareness throughout a wide range
of people, but we also brought our DECA
chapter together to work as one by having
multiple DECA students work on our various activities. Most importantly, we hope
that we inspired the people around us to be
wise with their money and to “Finance Your
Future!”
Principal Silva signing the Cherry Creek High School Proclamation with Casie Hilyard,
Amy Heider and Madison Hinchey.
Junior Nora Greene teaches Schmitt Elementary students how to write checks as part of
Finance Your Future.
Congratulations
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Fitness Festival
Recap
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By Elise Konrad
Cherry Creek DECA participated once
again in the annual Fitness Festival this past
September 7. The Festival was sponsored by
First American State Bank and took place in
Greenwood Village on the corner of Belleview and Greenwood Parkway. Boys basketball coach Mike Brookhart was the grand
marshal from CCHS for the event. Those attending walked all around the Greenwood
Village community on a perfect Colorado
morning. Cherry Creek DECA once again
won the award for having the largest high
school team with 120 students participating
in the event. Hundreds of people from all
schools in the district got involved in the Fitness Festival to help raise money for the
Cherry Creek School District. Cherry Creek
DECA students continue to prove they are the
best in the district not only at DECA, but at
supporting our community, as well!
Creek DECA ready to get “walking” for a cause.
DECA TRIVIA
1. When was Colorado DECA founded?
A. 1950
B. 1943
C. 1946
D. 1939
2. Which is Mr. Sheek’s favorite football
team?
A. New England Patriots
B. Denver Broncos
C. Arizona Cardinals
D. New York Giants
Cherry Creek DECA wins the Largest Group at the Fitness Festival.
3. The majority of Cherry Creek DECA
students qualify for the national
competition through their role play
events.
A. True
B. False
4. The marketing mix, which describes
the different choices companies make
when bringing a product to market,
consists of:
A. Product, place, price, promotion
B. Product, transportation, distribution,
price
C. Cost, manufacturing, advertising, selling
D. Marketing, advertising, promotion,
place
5. What is Mrs. Adolphi’s favorite college?
A. University of Denver
B. University of Iowa
C. CU Boulder
D. Indiana University
Continued & Answers on page ?
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The DECA Letter
By Jacob Curtis
Similar to many of the other sports and
clubs at Creek, DECA offers a letter award to
students who demonstrate outstanding
achievement, involvement, and dedication to
the chapter. Letter points can be earned through
attendance at the chapter’s social events,
community service events, competitions, and
for writing a 10 or 30 page manual.
This year, the letter system is changing
for Cherry Creek DECA. For juniors to be
awarded a DECA letter, a student must: attain
a high level of involvement in the chapter for
two years, be in good standing with the local
chapter and Colorado DECA, and earn a total
of 50 letter points by the end of their senior
year.
For seniors, students have the opportunity to letter by meeting the same requirements
as juniors; however, students only need to
earn a total of 20 letter points per year.
Earning a DECA letter is no small feat,
but any student is capable of earning a letter.
The letter awards will be presented at the
end-of-the-year DECA banquet on May 15.
At this point, many students should be well
on their way to meeting the point requirements and should be excited for the closing
of an awesome year!
Thank you officers for all of your help with DECA this year!
Vail Conference Is
A Mountainous Success!
By Nora Greene
We had a great weekend up at the Vail
Conference on November 9 and 10. The bus
ride to Vail took less than two hours and we
were able to check into our rooms when we
arrived at the Vail Marriott. We then had dinner, after which the competitions began. Most
of the individual role play events competed
on Saturday night. While some were role
playing, others were taking a PK (product
knowledge) test. Our Saturday night entertainment was hypnotist Brian Imbus. He hypnotized students to forget their names, do the
Harlem Shake, be Miley Cyrus, drive a car
and get interrogated by a scary police officer. It was unforgettably hilarious!
Sunday was a busy day for everyone.
Events started at eight in the morning with
more individual role plays. There was also
a business math test and another PK test
during the morning. After a short break, the
team role plays started. There was a lot of
activity in the Grand Ballroom. With the
conclusion of the role plays and various
tests, Ms. Miller was busy entering all the
scores. The students enjoyed a lunch at the
Marriott while the judges compared results.
During the awards ceremony, many participants received qualifying medals that will
allow them to compete at the District Conference on November 25. There were also
awards for highest PK test score, highest
sales and human relations role play for individuals and for team events. Quickly after
the awards ceremony, we loaded the buses
and returned to Creek after a long and busy
weekend.
The coveted DECA Letter.
DECA has provided me with lots of great experiences,
from the business point, the competing point, and meeting
new people. I feel DECA is preparing me to be successful in
my future career.
— Alaina Bolton
wishes Mike Kalat
and the rest of CCHS DECA
the best of luck at Nationals!
Your Vision. Realized.
www.envision-bc.com
Congratulations
Ryan Paxton!
So proud of you!
Granny, Gran and Pop
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State DECA
Competition Recap
By Matt Lunde
The Colorado DECA state competition
took place from February 22-25 at the Broadmoor Hotel in Colorado Springs, and it was
a huge success for Cherry Creek. In both
role plays and written events, a total of approximately 65 Creek students have currently qualified for the national competition this
May in Atlanta — more than any other school
in Colorado!
The hard work and long hours Creek students (and teachers, big thank you to them)
spent working on their 11 to 30 page written
event manuals over the past several months
finally came to fruition as they got to spend
the weekend at a five star hotel and present
for the judges. At a designated time, students
entered a cubicle with a judge and presented their planned speech and poster board.
Events included Advertising Campaign,
Sports and Entertainment Operations, and
Hospitality and Tourism Operations. These
papers ranged from acting as employees and
coming up with a new re-branding plan for
a business, to conceiving a plan to take a
current business abroad. Papers and presentations were done in groups of 1-3. If selected as a finalist, students performed their presentation again, and then national qualifiers
were announced from this group.
In the role play categories, students were
Snacks and studying in the lobby of the Broadmoor.
given a business scenario and were scored or group that was able to qualify in a role play,
based on several performance indicators of as Creek usually takes approximately seven
the interview. For example, situations includ- times more DECA members to nationals
ed sales pitches, human resources, and gener- through their written event. Regardless of
al decisions about a business. Events includ- whether they qualified for nationals or not,
ed Food Marketing, Apparel and Accessories, Cherry Creek’s DECA students enjoyed their
and Quick Serve Restaurant Management. It stay at the Broadmoor for the 2014 State
was a great accomplishment for any student DECA conference.
DECA TRIVIA
Continued from page 11
Seniors waiting for their final Grand Awards Ceremony at State DECA.
Photo by Kay Rasmussen
6. What are the four main parts of a print
advertisement?
A. Headline, blurb, photo
B. Title, illustration, company name, copy
C. Headline, copy, illustration, signature
D. Signature, sub-headline, title, information
7. The ICDC National DECA conference
was held in_________ in 2013, and will
be held in _________ this year.
A. Nashville, Anaheim
B. Orlando, Atlanta
C. Salt Lake City, Nashville
D. Anaheim, Atlanta
Answers: C, D, B, A, B C, D
Copyright 2013
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See You Later Seniors!
By Gota Kajiya
•
Gone are the days where everyone attends
the local “state college.” Let’s take a look at
where this year’s DECA seniors are off to:
Adolphi’s Seniors:
• Courtney Close — Northern Arizona
University
• Claire Theodorescu — Indiana
University
• Haley Dunn — University of
Colorado Boulder
• Nina Asher — University of Colorado
Boulder
• Ofe Ariyo — University of Kansas
• Apurva Subramanian — Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute
• Brooke Thomas — Indiana University
• Mekena Nelson — University of
Colorado Boulder
• Annie Dent — University of
Mississippi
• Katie McVey — Villanova University
• Nicole Hagerl — University of
Colorado Boulder
• Carley Haws — Brigham Young
University
• Kara Lee — University of Colorado
Boulder
• Peter Nielsen — Northeastern
University
• Megan McCabe — Vanderbilt
University
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Katie O’Brien — Baylor University
Brooke Arnold — University of Texas
Austin
Sam Zoeller — University of Chicago
Caelainn Ryan — Syracuse
University
Eric Malamud — University of
Rochester
Griffin Parr — University of
Colorado Boulder
Sean Robinson — Clemson University
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Konrad’s Seniors:
• Hayley Compton —
University of
Colorado Boulder
• Jenna Sullan —
University of Oklahoma
• Andres Paciuc —
University of California
Los Angeles
• Noah Lowen —
University of Arizona
• Brian Rapport —
University of Kansas
• Erin Watson — Texas
Christian University or
University of Missouri
• Madi Alexander —
Vanderbilt University
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Congratulations JoAnn and Grace!
Good Luck at DECA Nationals!
Caroline Stone — Brigham
Young University
Dana Sapiro — University of
Denver
Amy Heider — University of
Colorado Boulder
Quinn Egan — University of
Redlands
Jacob Curtis — Brigham
Young University
Jane Rowland — San Diego
State University
Chase Randall — Colorado
State University
Alysse Kimura — San Diego
State University or Univeristy of
San Diego
McKenna Granger —
University of Alabama
Remy Altman — Colorado State
University
Sydney Johnson — Westmont College
Keaton Skudneski — Univeristy of
Miami
Teller Cunningham — University of
Kansas
Courtney Good — Notre Dame
University
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Ore Ariyo — Fashion Institute of
Technology
Danit Lieberman — Bentley
University
Alex Haar — University of Kansas
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Jordan Pinelli — Colorado State
University
Levente Puskas — Colorado State
University
Joshua Zimmerman — University of
Missouri
Adam Shafer — University of
Colorado Boulder
Marisa Varveris — University of
Arizona
Marissa Henderson — University of
Colorado Boulder
Stephanie Gilly — Texas Christian
University
Abby Rigsby — University of
Mississippi
Casie Hilyard — University of
Nebraska
Matt Imhoff — Mesa State University
Justin Jeronimus — Cornell
University
Kobe Padilla — University of
Colorado Boulder
Bradford Stahl — Colorado State
University
Amrita Gupta — University of
Colorado Boulder
Jerrad Long — Colorado State
University
Jack Johnstone — Rollins College
Sheeks’ Seniors:
• Morgan Spiers — Brigham Young
University
• Abby Bouck — Seattle University
• Yasmina Sirgi — Duke University
• Michael Fisher — Oregon
University
• Alexa Grillo — University of
Arizona
• Ethell Gershengorin — Tufts
University
• Madison Breuer — Northern
Arizona University
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Entrepreneurship Promotion Plan Chapter Event
This year’s Entrepreneurship Promotion Team was, left to right, Danit Lieberman, Katie
McVey and Alyssa Witter.
By Katie McVey
neurs in our community. At the 2014 State
DECA Conference our paper won second
This year for our DECA manual, I teamed place allowing us to advance to the Internaup with Danit Lieberman and Alyssa Witter tional Career Development Conference held
in order to do a project that we were extreme- later this year. This project has been great to
ly passionate about. I’ve volunteered abroad, serve directly with our community and we are
serving as a social entrepreneur in South so pleased with our results!
America and Africa aiding in microfinancing.
Danit grew up in Mexico and she’s been able
to compare the empowerment women have
from running their own businesses in the US
to those in Mexico. Alyssa has run her own
successful jewelry business called Aly Cat
Designs. Because of each of our entrepreneurial backgrounds we were excited to be a part
of the chapter event Entrepreneurship Promotion Plan focusing on women.
Female entrepreneurs are a necessity in
the workplace and a growing number in today’s world. We sought to share the significance in the economy that entrepreneurs bring
as well as the influence of being a female in
the workplace. We mirrored our project based
upon the four main characters in the Wizard
of Oz and each demonstrated one of the essential skills of being an entrepreneur: courage — the Lion, brains — the Scarecrow,
heart — the Tinman, and bravery — Dorothy.
We incorporated projects like teaching
entrepreneurship classes, touring social corporations like the Women’s Bean Project,
creating proclamations declaring November
Entrepreneurship Promotion Month, creating
a book display at Creek, as well as many
other events in October-January.
Our campaign was extremely successful. We inspired thousands of future entrepre-
Congratulations
Cherry Creek
DECA . . .
Good Luck In
Atlanta!
Mayor Noon signed the Entrepreneurship Promotion Proclamation with Danit, Alyssa
and Katie in November.
The team worked with the Women’s Bean
Project to encourage and promote women
in entrepreneurship.
Marketing class is easily my
favorite and I look forward to
hanging with Mrs. Adolphi
everyday. My favorite part about
DECA was going to state and
being able to present the work I
did this last year felt good.
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Kickball
Legacy!
By Eric Malamud
Creek DECA had another great kickball
tournament this year! It seems like the talent
and outfits get better as the years go on. The
rules of the kickball tournament are very
straightforward, each team gets to have everyone in their class kick and whoever has more
runs moves on to the next round. This year
we saw class themes range from Goth to gender confused to American.
We had some heated battles in every
round, but in the end the class that guaranteed a championship won it all. Ms. Adolphi’s
fourth period senior class fought through
some adversity on their way to meet Mr.
Goth or not, they got mad kickball skillz.
Konrad’s junior class in the finals. The finals win successfully completes the three-peat
provided the excitement that everyone antic- for Ms. Adolphi’s senior classes; we’ll see if
ipated with a close 3 to 1 score. This year’s they can make it four in a row next year.
Konrad’s team had a hard time playing kickball in skirts.
Good Luck at
Nationals to
Ryan Paxton
and
Creek DECA!
Sheeks’ seniors have team spirit.
DECA FUN FACTS!
DECA logos have changed over the years.
• National DECA, located in Reston, Virginia, began in 1946.
Creek DECA began in 1968.
• Colorado DECA became a chapter in
1948.
• The original name for DECA was “Distributive Education Clubs of America”
which was later changed to “Marketing
and Distributive Education.”
• Creek DECA has had 47 Presidents — 26
male and 21 female.
• In 2013, Creek DECA set a Colorado
State DECA record when 80 students attended the ICDC national conference in
Anaheim, CA.
• Creek DECA has had 70 first place winners at the national level, which is quite
possibly a national record.
• The first national winner from CCHS
was in 1977.
• This year, Creek DECA has 244 members.
• At our peak, Creek DECA had over 300
members in 2000.
• We are the only school in Colorado that
only allows juniors and seniors in DECA.
All other schools allow sophomores and
some even allow freshmen.
• The first DECA advisor from CCHS was
named Wayne Ball.
• In 46 years, Creek DECA has only had
14 advisors/teachers.
• Recently retired Tonight Show host Jay
Leno was a DECA student.
• There are over 190,000 MEMBERS and
3,500 CHAPTERS that participate in
DECA.
By Ore Ariyo
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Creek DECA Goes
Bowling For MDA
By Alex Haar
Bowling night was a success and a great way to start Thanksgiving break! Almost 100
DECA students showed up and the competition began to see who would sign the bowling
pin trophy this year. At the end of the night Andrew Stratford and Evan Markano tied for
the win with 145 points. Although Konrad claimed to come in first with 300 points, no one
witnessed it so we had no choice but to bump him down. In all seriousness, Alysse, Eric,
and I would like to thank you for showing up. Thanks to everyone that came! We made a
little under $400 for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
The big winners of the Bowling for MDA Trophy Pin.
The juniors came out in force to knock down some pins.
Thank you seniors for supporting MDA .
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Creek’s DECA
Teacher’s Are Special
By Josh Boxer
They’ve come a long way baby! Zach and Elise last summer.
Life With A Former
DECA President
By Elise Konrad
Over the last four years in DECA a lot of
things have changed within the classroom
and the West Café. However, I have always
remembered Zach Konrad’s title as president back in 2010-2011 as his name still
hangs on a plaque in Mr.Konrad’s room to
this day. Zach, my older brother, accomplished many things in DECA back when he
was a junior and senior at Creek. Some of his
accomplishments include being class senator when he was a junior, winning 2nd place
at nationals in his competitive written event,
becoming the senior DECA president, and
qualifying again for nationals his senior year.
After graduating from high school, Zach
was accepted into the Business Honors Pro-
gram at Colorado State University, where he
is currently double majoring in Spanish and
Business Finance. Both Zach’s junior and
senior year in DECA, he wrote papers on
creating businesses in Spain so he decided
that when he was in college, he would travel to Spain himself for a study abroad session
with Colorado State. He enjoyed his semester in Barcelona so much that he is going
back this upcoming summer to work at a
University in Spain.
Although my brother is successful in the
things he does, and one of my biggest role
models, there’s still a dorky side to him that
takes after his dad. Without my brother, I
don’t think life would be as fun with all the
memories we’ve shared and every summer
we’ve spent together.
Without a doubt, Cherry Creek High
School is blessed with a UNIQUE group of
teachers. Cherry Creek’s DECA Advisors
and Marketing Teachers are the most interesting of the faculty at Creek. Where should
I start? Maybe with the new DECA Advisor
of the Year, Mrs. Adolphi. Let’s just say, she
has not washed the outfit she wore the night
she won the award. To be honest, it would not
surprise me if she peed in those pants when
she was announced as DECAAdvisor of the
year. I do not think she has stopped smiling
since she won the award. In fact, rumor
around the school is that she required that
each of her students kiss the trophy as they
walk into class and bow down referring to her
as Mrs. DECA Advisor of the Year Adolphi.
Nonetheless, congratulations to Mrs. Adolphi
on her accomplishment.
As for Mr. Sheeks, he seems to still be
disappointed that he was not selected to be
the keynote speaker for this year’s State
DECA conference. He keeps telling me that
he has a wonderful stand-up comedy routine
prepared when he finally gets his “big
break.” If Mr. Sheeks’ jokes in class are any
indication of how a stand-up routine would
go, let’s just say keep your day job Mr.
Sheeks. Unless of course you would be interested in becoming a professional rock
climber, in which case Mrs. Adolphi said
that she would be happy to film you to add
to your already wonderful collection of rock
climbing films.
As for Mr. Konrad, there seems to be a
sense of relief throughout the DECA chapter that Mr. Konrad is still here. Many seemed
to think that as the carpet was being stripped
with the floor they might throw out Mr.
Konrad due to his age. It is rumored that Mr.
Konrad actually is older than the carpet but
that is only speculation at this point.
Mr. Sheeks, Ms. Adolphi and Mr. Konrad are the best DECA teachers in the state!
Future DECA stars before they knew what DECA was all about.
Good Luck At Nationals
In Atlanta
Cherry Creek DECA!
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DECA has been an amazing experience for me. I’ve made tons of new
friends and love competing at the fun conferences. I am excited to
continue participating in DECA and maybe continuing on into the real
business world.
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A Case Of MDA Madness
By Eric Malamud, Alysse Kimura
and Alex Haar
Beginning in the spring of 2013, we started to become more and more involved with
the Muscular Dystrophy Association. We attended MDA Madness, our annual basketball
tournament where teams of four competed in
basketball games with other groups. We decided to become more involved by filling
out the MDA Summer Camp volunteer paperwork and were interviewed for the job positions.
After our life changing experience at
camp, we were compelled to become more
involved. We, Alex, Eric, and Alysse, decided to take over the MDA Chapter event. We
coordinated over 10 events this year: Mr.
Creek, MDA Madness, MDA Bowling
Night, “Stuff the Turkey” Fundraiser, Peppinos and Illegal Pete’s Fundraiser, Taste of
Cherry Creek, Gift Collection for the MDA
Holiday Party, Raffle for Mr. Silva’s
Parking Spot, and Comedy Night with Matt
Iseman.
Thanks to our DECA chapter at Cherry
Creek High School, 2,447 hours were contributed to this project, and nearly $4,500
were raised to donate to the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Cherry Creek High
School has built a wonderful relationship
with MDA and we wish to further support this
organization who provides a source of support both financially and through awareness
for the patients and families of children who
suffer from this muscular disease.
Alysse, Alex and Eric with Emily Lyneis from MDA Denver.
The MDA team with comedian Matt Eisman.
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A Judge’s Perspective
Answer: “Definitely. I was very pleased with
the professionalism of the students.
Everyone was dressed up and looked
great and when it came to role plays,
everyone handled the situation well. A lot
of the scenarios were very difficult but
everyone had a game plan coming in and
acted in a very calm and professional
manner.”
Question #4: Did you know any of the kids
you judged? If so, what was it like?
Answer: “Yes I did. Some of the kids I
judged are my daughter’s friends. It was
funny to see kids who I normally just see
in a casual situation, so dressed up and
professional. It was very cute and they all
did spectacular. I was very impressed.”
Question #5: Did you enjoy judging?
Answer: “Yes! It was super fun to see the
ideas kids came up with and how well
they did. I will definitely do it again next
year.”
GOOD LUCK CREEK DECA
AT NATIONALS
IN ATLANTA!
A Creek DECA student presents for one of our great volunteer judges.
By Ashytn Reaugh,
it but I was very impressed. Every perAbigail Stewart and Jane Lynch
son there worked very hard to do their
best and that was apparent during the
During the Vail, district, and state compecompetitions.”
titions, hundreds or parents volunteered to Question #2: Why did you want to be a
judge the variety of competitions. We sat
judge?
down with Mindy Trautman, a judge at the Answer: “After hearing about all the times
Vail and district competitions, to ask her
and efforts that goes into preparing, I
questions and get a better idea of what it’s like
wanted to see what it was all about. It was
to judge a DECA competition.
exciting to see and better understand what
Question #1: What did you expect when
DECA is all about.”
you volunteered to be a judge at Question #3: Did it a feel like a real like,
DECA?
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The heart of Atlanta is the hospitality of
the people. As the South’s largest city, the
steel towers and glass buildings are endless.
Atlanta is considered the hub of transportation, as the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is one of the busiest in the
world. Many visitors to town are drawn to the
Centennial Olympic Park which is marked by
elegant fountains that grab everyone’s attention.
The most popular attractions are as follows:
1. Zoo Atlanta/Cyclorama
2. Georgia Aquarium
3. Atlanta Botanical Gardens
4. Atlanta History Center
5. Woodruff Arts Center
6. CNN Tour
7. Turner Field
8: Piedmont Park/Virginia Highlands
9: Martin Luther King Jr. Historic Site
10. World of Coke
The popular Georgia Aquarium, the
world’s largest aquarium, is home to so many
underwater creatures. It even houses whale
sharks and manta rays along with the popular beluga whales. Some of the features to the
aquarium include a 4D theatre and the Learning Loop, a place where students and teachers experience theme galleries relating to the
aquatic realms.
The World of Coca-Cola allows visitors
to experience the dynamic history of the
world’s most famous drink. Through a multimedia attraction, which features a bottling
line, visitors are able to experience something new around every corner of the World
of Coke. There is also a 4D movie experience
called “In Search of the Secret Formula.”
You are even able to sample over 60 different flavors of the beverage from around the
world and then try to match the original in
the Vault of the Secret Formula.
For any baseball fan in DECA, you have
a change to see the Braves at Turner Field.
And for all those country fans, there is a
Easton Corbin and Brett Eldredge concert.
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An App For Excellence
By Teller Cunningham,
Keaton Skudneski, Yasmina Sirgi
In June of 2012 Student Senate and the
Creative Marketing DECATeam (Teller Cunningham, Keaton Skudneski, and Yasmina
Sirgi) introduced the Creek App to Cherry
Creek High School. We started with some
preliminary data to determine what the app
should look like, and after a first focus group
and survey we went to a development team
to create the app. The app was made available for the 2013-2014 school year. During
this time, many important features were
added to the app as we had an increasingly
comfortable knowledge of what was working well.
The app opened to advertisements from
businesses to generate revenue, and this took
off. It has been able to advertise many businesses from Yogurt Yuphoria to the musician Zach Heckendorf. As participation in
the app has climbed to 5,000 users, we have
been looking for ways to increase its utility.
In December of 2013, Powerschool was added so that students could monitor their grades,
which has by far been the largest success of
the app. We hope that the students of Cherry
Creek find that the app is helpful to stay connected to the school!
Left to right: Adam Shafer, Madi Breuer, Katie McVey, Yasmina Sirgi are this year’s Creek
Café managers.
The Creek Café
By Yasmina Sirgi
One of the most unique aspects of Cherry
Creek High School is the student-run café in
the West building. All of the students in
DECA senior year get the opportunity to
work in the café and learn skills such as talking with customers, using a cash register,
and working in the food service industry. At
the end of my junior year, I was able to be
even more involved in the café as a café manager, along with Adam Shafer, Katie McVey,
and Madi Breuer. It is a huge responsibility
as a café manager to represent the café and
make sure everything is working smoothly
along with Jane and Janet.
The best part of the café is working with
other students. During each period, 2-7 other
DECA seniors are working in the café, and
by the end of the year, everyone knows and
is friends with the students in their shift. For
me, I loved the fact that I got to talk to and
work with other people that I do not usually
see on a daily basis. Cherry Creek also gives
students a credit for working in the café that
can be used as a business credit in preparation for college.
I will always cherish the experience as a
café manager and I will miss showing up to
work in the café everyday while I am in college. Jane, Janet, and the DECA teachers are
so fun to be around and I feel as if I know
them all more personally because of the Creek
Café. Good luck to all the seniors working
in the café next year and to the future café
managers!
Congrats
Ethan!
Have a great time
in Atlanta!
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time chance of seeing CNN’s global headquarters where
visitors can see the working studios and newsrooms of CNN
and maybe even see a live broadcasting event.
Dining out is also essential to the Atlanta scene, where
restaurants provide modern American cuisines in beautiful
dining rooms. Along with the cozy diners and cafes, there
are also chic restaurants or small mom and pop shops.
Atlanta oozes culture in the summer when tourists can
indulge in Grammy-winning symphonies and ballet that the
Fox theatre hosts.
Atlanta has cultivated its charm over the years and DECA
students are in for an exciting trip to this southern cultured
city.
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