Release Date: December 16, 2021

104 Hamilton Wenham Students Qualify for DECA State Career Development Conference

On Thursday, December 16, Hamilton Wenham DECA competed at the District 3 Career
Development Conference held at the Doubletree by Hilton in Danvers. Eleven schools and over
900 students participated in the business competition in over 50 categories of marketing,
hospitality, finance and entrepreneurship.

Hamilton Wenham sent 161 DECA students to the conference and 104 qualified for the DECA
State Career Development Conference to be held March 10-12 in Boston. Details on the State
Conference will be released in January.

Those who placed top 8 in their category qualified for the State conference and were recognized
during a virtual awards ceremony. The award ceremony premiered live on YouTube at 8 pm that
night and the video can be viewed here: Mass DECA District 3 Awards. Medallions will be sent
to each school for every student that qualified for the State Conference. Below are the winners
from Hamilton Wenham:

Place Name (Grade) Category

1 Jonathan Lazaridis (12)
8 Erin O'Bannon (11)
2 Christos Meimeteas (10)
7 Jack Rose (9)
5 Lily Mark (10)
Principles of Business Management & Administration (PBM)
Principles of Business Management & Administration (PBM)
Principles of Finance (PFN)
Principles of Finance (PFN)
Principles of Marketing (PMK)
Place Name (Grade)
7 Andrew Sorrenti (9)
1 Thomas De Simone (12)
2 Charles Kinch (11)
3 Lillian Prieur (11)
4 Allie Tripp (11)
5 Willow Donovan (9)
2 Kaitlyn Menegoni (11)
7 Marley Shea (12)
1 William Moroney (12)
2 Hannah Pasquarello (12)
3 Brendan Dalton (10)
4 Max Consolazio (11)
1 Caleb Leonard (11)
6 Zenas Zhao (11)
1 Vivienne Willett (12)
2 Jessica Cooper (12)
3 Jane Maguire (12)
4 Hannah Glass (11)
5 Sophia Zerilli (11)
6 Elisabeth Holbrook (10)
1 Eliza Bassom (11)
6 Isaac Jones (9)
1 Eve Gujral (12)
6 Sophie Wilbur (11)
2 Elizabeth Collins (12)
8 Gaby Campbell (10)
1 Sophie Strozier (12)
3 Laynee Wilkins (11)
8 Davis Angelli-Nichols (10)
1 Eli Labell (12)
2 Brynn McKechnie (12)
4 Maeve Clark (11)
5 Caitlyn Story (12)
7 Ryan Gillis (12)
2 Andrea Kohler (11)
5 Carly Cronin (11)
Category
Principles of Marketing (PMK)
Accounting Applications Series (ACT)
Accounting Applications Series (ACT)
Accounting Applications Series (ACT)
Accounting Applications Series (ACT)
Accounting Applications Series (ACT)
Apparel & Accessories Marketing (AAM)
Apparel & Accessories Marketing (AAM)
Automotive Services Marketing (ASM)
Automotive Services Marketing (ASM)
Automotive Services Marketing (ASM)
Automotive Services Marketing (ASM)
Business Finance Series (BFS)
Business Finance Series (BFS)
Business Services Marketing (BSM)
Business Services Marketing (BSM)
Business Services Marketing (BSM)
Business Services Marketing (BSM)
Business Services Marketing (BSM)
Business Services Marketing (BSM)
Entrepreneurship Series (ENT)
Entrepreneurship Series (ENT)
Food Marketing Series (FMS)
Food Marketing Series (FMS)
Hotel & Lodging Management (HLM)
Hotel & Lodging Management (HLM)
Human Resource Management (HRM)
Human Resource Management (HRM)
Human Resource Management (HRM)
Marketing Communications Series (MCS)
Marketing Communications Series (MCS)
Marketing Communications Series (MCS)
Marketing Communications Series (MCS)
Marketing Communications Series (MCS)
Personal Financial Literacy (PFL)
Personal Financial Literacy (PFL)
Place Name (Grade) Category
1 Alison Campbell (12) Quick Service Restaurant Management (QSRM)
2 Ava Fleury (11) Quick Service Restaurant Management (QSRM)
8 Angelina Meimeteas (10) Quick Service Restaurant Management (QSRM)
1 Sophie Bassom (11) Restaurant and Food Service Management (RFSM)
5 Claire Nistl (12) Restaurant and Food Service Management (RFSM)
8 Meena Gourley (11) Restaurant and Food Service Management (RFSM)
2 Riley Clarke (12) Retail Merchandising (RMS)
3 Ava Finn (11) Retail Merchandising (RMS)
5 Maya Granese (11) Retail Merchandising (RMS)
1 Peter Gourdeau (12) Sports & Entertainment Marketing (SEM)
5 Phoebe Ting (11) Sports & Entertainment Marketing (SEM)
Alexandra Benchoff &
1 Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making (BLTDM)
Ella Schenker (11)
2 Sadie Condon & Ava Cote (12) Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making (BLTDM)
Alexandra Chan &
1 Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making (BTDM)
Lilly Glass (11)
Hannah Ciriello &
2 Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making (BTDM)
Julia Tsappis (10)
Morgan Glovsky &
3 Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making (BTDM)
Andrew Stewart (11)
Michaela DeSimone &
8 Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making (BTDM)
Mia Flynn (12)
Oliver Fisher (12) &
3 Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making (ETDM)
Philip Prieur (11)
8 Sadie Gamber & Tessa Hunt (9) Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making (ETDM)
2 John Bial & Brady Rose (11) Financial Services Team Decision Making (FTDM)
Koa Burke (12) &
5 Financial Services Team Decision Making (FTDM)
James Day (11)
Sydney Amero &
1 Hospitality Services Team Decision Making (HTDM)
Chloe Gern (11)
Jane Burnham (11) &
6 Hospitality Services Team Decision Making (HTDM)
Madeline Wilson (10)
Jacqueline Chapdelaine &
7 Hospitality Services Team Decision Making (HTDM)
Ethan Minster (12)
Gracie Parks & Grace
5 Marketing Management Team Decision Making (MTDM)
Warrenburg (12)
Malcolm Crawford &
7 Marketing Management Team Decision Making (MTDM)
Maxwell McConnaughey (10)
 Place Name (Grade) Category
Haley Hamilton & Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making
1
Kara O'Shea (12) (STDM)
Nola Ciavola &
3 Business Services Operations (BOR)
Grace Rebello (12)
Samuel Coues, Jackson
2 Finance Operations (FOR)
Courtney & Zackery Walles (12)
3 Nikolas Kessler (12) Business Solutions Project (PMBS)
Peter Leger &
4 Community Giving Project (PMCG)
Sydni Smaller (12)
Ariel Greenberg (12) &
2 International Business Plan (IBP)
Elijah Greenberg (10)
Meryn DeSimone, Nora
2 Integrated Marketing Campaign Service (IMCS)
Gamber & Ava Stinson (12)
2 Mathilde Gordon (12) Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling Event (HTPS)
3 Madolin Allen (12) Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling Event (HTPS)
5 Nina Finn (10) Financial Consulting Event (FCE)
6 Alexa Sellars (12) Financial Consulting Event (FCE)
8 Simon Norris (12) Financial Consulting Event (FCE)
1 Damian Sorrenti (12) Professional Selling Event (PSE)
2 Ella Tran (10) Professional Selling Event (PSE)

Awards Students
st
1 place: 17 21
2nd place: 18 26
3rd place: 10 13
4th place: 5 6
5th place: 11 13
6th place: 6 7
7th place: 6 8
8th place: 8 10
Total 81 104

Team and series competitors took a 100-question test then performed a role-play in front of
judges. Role-plays are common business scenarios where the student is asked to solve a problem
and present their solution to the judge. Project competitors conducted research, prepared a
paper, and presented their ideas on the day of the conference.

The DECA program is in its sixth year at Hamilton Wenham and has over one third of the school
as members. The program is led by Business Teacher and DECA Advisor Laura Wheeler with
Stefanie Rogal, Academic Coordinator of the RISE program, as Assistant Advisor. DECA is a
co-curricular organization of high school students focused on developing transferable skills for
college and careers, building self-esteem, cultivating leadership, and stressing community
involvement.

The team was joined by HWRHS faculty and staff including Sara Amancio, Julie Cahill-O’Shea,
Matt Dobbins, Matt Fitzgibbons, Craig Genualdo, Dan Hayden, Lisa Heitz, Joe Maher, Sally
Maijenski, Maribeth Ting, and Johanna Wilson. We thank our chaperones for supporting our
students at the conference!

To learn more about DECA, visit www.deca.org and www.massdeca.org.

Contact: Laura Wheeler, Business Teacher & DECA Advisor

Hamilton Wenham Regional High School, 775 Bay Road, S. Hamilton, MA 01982
l.wheeler@hwschools.net