Release Date: December 16, 2022

Contact: Laura Wheeler

l.wheeler@hwschools.net

106 Hamilton Wenham Students Qualify for DECA State Career Development Conference

On Wednesday, December 14 and Thursday, December 15, Hamilton Wenham DECA competed at
the District 3 Career Development Conference held at the Doubletree by Hilton in Danvers.
Twelve schools and over 1,100 students participated in the business competition in over 50
categories of marketing, hospitality, finance, and entrepreneurship.

Hamilton Wenham sent 191 students to the DECA conference and 104 qualified for the State
Career Development Conference to be held March 9–11 in Boston. Details on the State
Conference will be released in January.

Those who placed top 7 in their category qualified for the State conference and were recognized
during a virtual awards ceremony. The award ceremony premiered live on YouTube and the video
can be viewed here: Mass DECA District 3 Awards.

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.

Place Name (Grade) Category

1 Luke Twomey (12) Accounting Applications Series (ACT)
Alexandra Benchoff &
1 Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making (BLTDM)
Ella Schenker (12)
1 Ella Tran (11) Business Services Marketing (BSM)
1 Hannah Ciriello (11) & James Day (12) Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making (BTDM)
1 Philip Prieur (11) Entrepreneurship Series (ENT)
1 Jack Creilson & Isaac Jones (10) Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making (ETDM)
Place Name (Grade) Category
1 Quintin Appel (10) Financial Consulting Event (FCE)
1 Julia Tsappis (11) Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling (HTPS)
1 Jane Burnham & Paige Skellett (12) Hospitality Services Team Decision Making (HTDM)
1 Laynee Wilkins (12) Human Resource Management (HRM)
Alexandra Chan, Lilly Glass
1 Integrated Marketing Campaign–Event (IMCE)
& Olivia Soolman (12)
1 Gian Gamelli (10) Principles of Finance (PFN)
1 Madeline Ciaramitaro (10) Principles of Hospitality & Tourism (PHT)
1 Claire Veenema (11) Principles of Marketing (PMK)
1 Hannah Powers (11) Professional Selling Event (PSE)
1 Sophie Bassom (12) Restaurant & Food Service Management (RFSM)
1 Ava Finn (12) Retail Merchandising (RMS)
1 Phoebe Ting (12) Sports & Entertainment Marketing (SEM)
2 Max Consolazio (12) Automotive Services Marketing (ASM)
2 Sam Richardson (12) Business Finance Series (BFS)
Eloise Ciaramitaro, Sophia Roman &
2 Business Services Operations Research (BOR)
Ryan Traverse (12)
2 Jacob Hano (11) Entrepreneurship Series (ENT)
2 Lillian Prieur (12) Financial Consulting Event (FCE)
2 Caleb Leonard (12) Food Marketing Series (FMS)
2 Chloe Gern (12) Hotel & Lodging Management (HLM)
2 Maeve Clark (12) Marketing Communications Series (MCS)
2 Andrea Kohler (12) Personal Financial Literacy (PFL)
2 Wyatt Arvanites (9) Principles of Marketing (PMK)
2 Mackenzie Tanger (11) Quick Service Restaurant Management (QSRM)
2 Jonas D’Arrigo & Gavin Meyer (9) Sports & Ent Marketing Team Decision Making (STDM)
3 Jack Rose (10) Accounting Applications Series (ACT)
3 Marissa Conway & Olivia Novak (11) Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making (BLTDM)
3 Elisabeth Holbrook (11) Business Services Marketing (BSM)
3 Morgan Glovsky & Drew Stewart (12) Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making (BTDM)
3 Eliza Bassom (12) Entrepreneurship Series (ENT)
3 Tessa Hunt (10) & Lily Mark (11) Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making (ETDM)
Samuel Linnington &
3 Financial Services Team Decision Making (FTDM)
Finn Tratnyek (11)
3 Erica Conway & Leah Conway (11) Hospitality Services Team Decision Making (HTDM)
Cameron Massimi &
3 Integrated Marketing Campaign–Service (IMCS)
Caden McCollom (10)
Place Name (Grade) Category
3 Benjamin Salas (10) Principles of Finance (PFN)
3 Clark Glidden (10) Principles of Marketing (PMK)
3 Maya Granese (12) Retail Merchandising (RMS)
4 Brady Daniels (11) Accounting Applications Series (ACT)
4 Allie Tripp (12) Business Finance Series (BFS)
4 Naomi Provost & Olivia Romans (10) Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making (BLTDM)
4 John Bial & Brady Rose (12) Financial Services Team Decision Making (FTDM)
4 Claire Payne (11) Food Marketing Series (FMS)
Kennedy Kingston &
4 Hospitality & Tourism Operations Research (HTOR)
Maisie Leland (10)
4 Julia Maher & Charis Seo (11) Hospitality & Tourism Team Decision Making (HTDM)
4 Sofija Ryan (11) Hotel & Lodging Management (HLM)
Kristina Montoya &
4 Integrated Marketing Campaign Product (IMCP)
Sofia Montoya (12)
4 Keenan Maguire (11) Principles of Hospitality & Tourism (PHT)
4 Liam Heney (12) Sports & Entertainment Marketing (SEM)
4 Max Clarke & Eric Hutchinson (11) Travel & Tourism Team Decision Making (TTDM)
5 Brendan Dalton (12) Automotive Services Marketing (ASM)
5 Sophia Zerilli (12) Business Services Marketing (BSM)
5 Benjamin Wood (12) Entrepreneurship Series (ENT)
Alfie Chien &
5 Financial Services Team Decision Making (FTDM)
Christos Meimeteas (11)
5 Sophie Wilbur (12) Food Marketing Series (FMS)
5 Ava Maher (11) Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling (HTPS)
5 Gaby Campbell (11) Hotel & Lodging Management (HLM)
5 Davis Angelli-Nichols (11) Human Resource Management (HRM)
Malcolm Crawford &
5 Marketing Management Team Decision Making (MTDM)
Maxwell McConnaughey (11)
5 Jaden Zhou (12) Principles of Finance (PFN)
5 Ava Fleury (11) Quick Service Restaurant Management (QSRM)
5 Meena Gourley (12) Restaurant and Food Service Management (RFSM)
Whitney Fitzgibbons &
6 Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making (BLTDM)
Claire Gardella (10)
Joseph Coughlin &
6 Entrepreneurship Team Decision Making (ETDM)
Frederick Harlamert (11)
6 Carly Cronin (12) Personal Financial Literacy (PFL)
6 Angelina Meimeteas (11) Quick Service Restaurant Management (QSRM)
Place Name (Grade)
6 Christopher Feron (10)
7 Angela Santos & Lina Sudachi (11)
7 Nina Finn (11)
7 Madeline Wilson (11)
7 Gabriella Jewitt & Jane Starr (9)
7 William Brown VI (12)
7 Annie Moynihan (10)
Benjamin Mark &
7
Cooper Soolman (11)
Category
Sports & Entertainment Marketing (SEM)
Buying & Merchandising Team Decision Making (BTDM)
Financial Consulting Event (FCE)
Hospitality & Tourism Professional Selling (HTPS)
Marketing Management Team Decision Making (MTDM)
Principles of Business Administration (PBM)
Retail Merchandising Series (RMS)
Sports & Entertainment Marketing Team Decision
Making (STDM)

Awards Students
st
1 place: 18 24
2nd place: 12 15
3rd place: 12 18
4th place: 12 18
5th place: 12 14
6th place: 5 7
7th place: 7 10
TOTAL 78 106

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 DECA program is in its seventh year at Hamilton Wenham and has
nearly one half of the school as members. The program is led by Laura Wheeler, Business
Teacher, and Stefanie Rogal, Academic Coordinator of the RISE program.

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

Please scroll down for photo collages. Find all original photos here: District Photos 2022–2023