Vail 1st Place Finishers

2

Creek Apparel Chapter Event

2

Peaceful Schools 2

Creative Marketing Chapter Event

3

Bowling for MDA 3

DECA Night at the Nuggets

3

District Recap and Results

4

Mrs. Adolphi 4

Adolphi’s 4th Period

Seniors

4

Inside this issue:

Volume 11, Issue 3: Dec 2016/Jan 2017

A Publication of Cherry Creek DECA

and the Publicity Committee DECA Digest Director: Nick Houghton

L ast November 5th and

6th, Cherry Creek DECA

held its annual conference for their juniors

and seniors at the Vail Marriott. Over 160

DECA students competed in role play

competitions with the hopes of advancing to

the District Conference. There were over 25

role play categories in which students did two

role plays each.

DECA parent volunteers posed as

clients and business representatives in their

roles as judges, preparing the students on how

to handle real life situations in the business

world. Faced with upset customers, the

students learned how to properly defuse a

situation with high tensions while keeping the

consumer happy. They also gained

familiarity with selling specific products to

businesses. These real life skills will help the

DECA students well after high school.

Participants also attended a show by

hypnotist Brian Imbus on Saturday night and

watched as selected individuals showed off

their best dance moves and strong man poses.

Role plays continued through Sunday

morning and qualifiers were announced after

DECA Students Enjoy the Vail Conference By: Tyler Croke

Upcoming DECA Events

Jan 12 - Role play workshop Jan 13 - Visit Chick-Fil-A to support MDA on behalf of DECA Jan 17 - Role play workshop Jan 18 - Make Valentine’s Day cards for Meals on Wheels recipients Jan 19 - Peaceful Schools Training Jan 20 - Peaceful Schools visit to Belleview Elementary Jan 25 - Role play workshop Jan 26 - Dodgeball tournament vs Speech and Debate Feb 25 to 28 - State DECA Conference at the Broadmoor Every week - Wacky Wednesday Cookies in the DECA Snack Shacks Every week - Breakfast Burritos from Little Anita’s on Thursdays

lunch. To complete their competition, students

also took a 100 question, multiple choice

business/marketing test. Over 100 students

advanced to Districts which were held at the

Arapahoe County Fairgrounds on November

21st.

Page 2 The DECA Digest

Vail 1st Place Finishers By: Lindsey Watson

Accounting Applications

Lucas Stafford

Apparel and Accessories Marketing

Ashley Sayre

Automotive Services Marketing

Jed Malashock

Business Finance

Kate Honeyfield

Business Services Marketing

Jayleen Sperry

Food Marketing

McKay Smith

Hotel and Lodging Mgmt

DD Alter

Human Resources Mgmt

Jax Henry

Creek Apparel Chapter Event By: Sophie Otte

This year

for the Learn and

Earn Chapter event

Kyra Batchelder,

Sophie Otte, and

Lindsey Watson are

running the school’s

Athletic Apparel

Store. Through this

you can buy cotton

t-shirts or sweatshirts and

performance t-shirts and

sweatshirts as well as

socks and hats. On the t-

shirts and sweatshirts you

can choose one of four

Cherry Creek logos and

any sport free of charge.

This money goes straight

to Athletics to try and

help keep the

money the DECA

Cafe earns in the

program. Follow

the twitter account

@bruinsapparel for

updates and

pictures!

Marketing Communications

Kathryn Fish

Quick Serve Restaurant Mgmt

Emily Tautz

Restaurant and Food Service Mgmt

Juliana Kugelmas

Retail Merchandising

Joey Grillo

Sports Entertainment Marketing

Parker Perlmutter

Personal Financial Literacy

Josh Wojahn

Business Law and Ethics Team

Katie Robinson & Henry Davis

Buying and Merchandising Team

Brooke Sidon & Taylor Hantman

Financial Services Team

Chad Mulligan & Jarred Pond

Hospitality Services Team

Nick Houghton & Allan Chen

Marketing Mgmt Team

Brody Cummins & Jessi Bushell

Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team

Nate Miller & Dalton Leyden

Travel and Tourism Team

Ansley Avis & Kezia Douglas

Principles of Business Mgmt and Admin

Olivia Stacks

Principles of Finance

Markus Manly

Principles of Hospitality and Tourism

Bennett Edelschein

Principles of Marketing

Brett Brenner

Peaceful Schools By: Maddie Ray

This year we are continuing to

participate in Peaceful Schools as a

DECA Chapter to help raise awareness

for anti-bullying. With Peaceful Schools

we will visit Belleview Elementary

School once a month to interact with

small groups of students. We will

educate them on what bullying is, how

to deal with it, and alternative ways to

talk to their peers. With the help the

elementary

school

students,

but also the

high school

leaders

within our

chapter about problems occurring

within the community. The Rotary club

provides books and small activities for

small group interaction in the

classrooms. Through all the activities

and helpful hands, implementing a safe

and bully-free school at

Belleview Elementary

is both fun and simpler

to do. Kids are learning

useful skills that

Peaceful Schools hopes

they will carry

throughout their lives

and pass it onto others.

Southeast Denver Rotary Club, a group

of leaders helping local clubs solve their

communities issues, Peaceful Schools

will bring together the

community to create a

safe and enjoyable

environment for

elementary school

kids.

Peaceful

Schools is not only

educating the

Creative Marketing Chapter Event By: Nicole Good

Page 3 The DECA Digest

This year, Cherry Creek DECA’s

creative marketing chapter event focuses on

finding new ways to improve the DECA

Snack Shacks. In 2014, the DECA Café was

discontinued and District Food Services

began serving lunches to all students at

CCHS to comply with new mandates from

the Federal School Lunch Program (FSLP).

Because of

these changes,

Creek DECA

saw dramatic

drops in profit

and revenue as

they were now

only allowed to

operate two

small Snack

Shacks during

the four non-

meal periods a

day. Creek

DECA also could no longer afford its own

expenses, activities budget, or generous

donations to the school’s library and

technology fund.

This year’s creative marketing

chapter event (written by café managers

Nicole Good, Samantha Most, and McKay

Smith) includes 7 recommendations aimed

at increasing revenue and profit in the

DECA Snack Shack. The ultimate goal is to

find a way to make Creek DECA once again

self-sustaining without needing additional

funding from CCHS. Recommendations

include:

1. Wacky Cookie Wednesdays

2. Breakfast Burrito Thursdays

3. Teacher delivery service

4. TVs and music in West Snack

Shack

5. New products

6. Credit/debit card machines

7. Instagram for Snack Shack

To implement the given

recommendations for the Snack Shack

Nicole, Samantha, and McKay have

completed a number of promotional

activities throughout the past few months.

They have ordered new cookies, breakfast

burritos, and new products as well as

making posters, school announcements,

coupons, and a commercial! The café

managers hope their project will continue to

have a positive impact on the DECA Snack

Shacks and do well in competition at State

in February!

DECA Night at the Nuggets By: Brooke Sidon

Ready, set, roll! Will it be a strike?

Or a spare? Or a gutter ball? Whatever the

result, Bowling for MDA was a huge

success. There was a great turnout and we

raised a

ton of

money

for

MDA.

Juniors

and

seniors

showed

off

their competitive edge against their friends

to see who could get the highest score. The

night took place at Arapahoe Lanes, which

Bowling for MDA By: Grace Stahl

On Wednesday, November 16th,

DECA took over the Pepsi Center to cheer

on the

Nuggets

as they

defeated

the

Phoenix

Suns.

While

enjoying hot dogs, dipping dots, and other

treats, DECA students were the Nugget’s

has such a fun

environment.

This

competitive

event brought

all of the

DECA classes

together and all

teams had fun throwing the ball down the

lane, while also smack talking their

competition. The bowling night included

lots of laughing and strategy but most of all

brought our classes together for a fun and

competitive evening all for a great cause.

Congrats to Trey Bowman for the high

score of the night securing his name on the

traveling DECA bowling pin trophy!

“good luck charm”, helping the Nuggets

beat the Suns 120-104. This game was the

Nugget’s first win at home this season and

Wilson Chandler scored a season-high of 28

points. The

Nuggets Mascot,

Rocky, even gave

a wave to the

DECA student

section. It was a

successful, fun

night for the

Nuggets just as

much as it was for

DECA..

Page 4 The DECA Digest

District Results By: Parker Perlmutter

Business Services

Jayleen Sperry- 3rd

Food Marketing

Kyra Batchelder- 1st

Food Marketing

Annie Williams- 2nd

Food Marketing

McKay Smith- 3rd

District Recap By: Wendy Yan

Human Resource Mgmt

Nicole Benkelman- 2nd

Marketing Communications

Kathryn Fish- 3rd

Quick Serve Restaurant

Morgan Owen- 3rd

Retail Merchandising

Hannah Fey- 3rd

Business Law and Ethics

Lindsey Watson & Sam Most - 2nd

The bell hasn’t even rung yet and

Adolphi’s 4th period seniors are already

bouncing off the walls. It’s as if everyone in

the class had a pressurized bottle of energy

that suddenly explodes when 4th period

comes. Mrs. Adolphi walks in carrying

folders stuffed with papers and a laptop in

her right arm, greeting people and telling

them to sit down as she walks, but the party

doesn’t stop. She is just as energetic as we

are, making jokes, telling stories, and

returning our sass right back to us.

Her enthusiasm is contagious, and

our class can’t help but smile and

laugh with her. Even now, when

we are focused on creating an

advertising campaign for our

final, she still finds a way to make

every day fun and exciting. She

isn’t afraid to start conversations

with any one of her students, and her humor

never fails to entertain us. Her class will truly be one that we will never forget. We

love you Adolphi!

Principles of Hospitality

Bennett Edelschein- 1st

Principles of Marketing

Brett Brenner- 2nd

Automotive Services

Jasey Kim- 2nd

Business Finance

Kate Honeyfield- 3rd

Our students worked hard to prepare for

their PK tests and role-plays and it definitely

paid off and will continue to do so in the

future. See you at State in February!

Fairgrounds November 21st, we faced

various other schools in our

district and performed to our very

best. As we cycled through the

day in our various role-plays, new

juniors competed for their first

time against other schools while

the returning seniors went

through their final DECA District

conference. It was an extremely

successful day as many competitors

advanced onto the State Conference.

Our chapter qualified 65 students to State!

This year's annual District

Conference was a major hit! As Cherry

Creek entered the Arapahoe County

Adolphi’s 4th Period Seniors By: Jackson Zeng

More about Mrs. Adolphi By: Camilla Holmsen Elizabeth Seedorf-Adolphi has all

the components a marketing student would

desire in a teacher. In addition to her

outstanding teaching skills, Mrs. Adolphi

has many other attributes that qualify her as

one of the most interesting people to work at

Creek. Some of them can be easily guessed.

For example, her impressive dance moves

are obviously due in large part to her time

spent being an aerobics instructor in college.

Mrs. Adolphi’s dance moves go hand-in-

hand with her outstanding singing abilities.

It is not necessarily her melodic voice that is

so remarkable, but more her

ability to sing a song

including the words of quite

literally anything you might

say to her. Her brain is

stuffed with an endless

amount of song lyrics, ready

to be sung at a moment’s

notice.

Even without these

qualities, Mrs. Adolphi

would still closely resemble a famous

person. Her largest, and most rare, ability to

win an infinite amount of

radio contests land her in

the Bahamas, Nashville, and

in the front row of many

exclusive performances.

Even though Mrs. Adolphi

could easily live off of a

combination of teaching

aerobics classes and cashing

in on radio contests, she

chooses to charitably devote

her time and effort to the students and

faculty at Creek. Thank you Mrs. Adolphi!

Hospitality and Tourism

Nick Houghton & Allan Chen - 1st

Marketing Communications

Sophie Otte & Jessi Bushell - 1st

Marketing Communications

Caleb Gerken & Calahan Wilson- 3rd

Sports and Entertainment

Nate Miller & Dalton Leyden - 2nd

Sports and Entertainment

Jack Morrison & Alex Harrington - 3rd

This year at DECA Districts we had a great showing

for Creek. Here are the people who finished in the

top 3 in their events: