SFHS Marketing Education/ DECA Program

We currently have 402 Marketing students and 600+ DECA members

Classes Offered

• Marketing Principles• Advanced Marketing Technology• Entrepreneurship• Introduction to Fashion Marketing• Fashion Marketing Sales & Promotion• Sports and Entertainment Marketing• Marketing Co-Op/Internship

Marketing students design ads for The Avenue and are awarded scholarships

Fashion Marketing students produce the Prom Fashion Show

Sports Marketing Students attend DECA Night with the Atlanta Hawks

Entrepreneurship students manage The Bird Cage

SFHS Marketing students, Jordan Chatelain and Bailey York, recorded two 30 second radio

spots to promote CollegeBoard.com. The commercials aired on 94.9fm

December 2006

Scholarships

• In the last 2 years, marketing students have received a total of 20 scholarships solely based upon projects that they have completed in their Marketing classes and for their DECA involvement at SFHS

-Laurel Springs Advertising campaign scholarships

-E-Step Entrepreneurial Business Plan scholarships

-DECA Advisory Board Scholarships

-Marketing Internship Scholarships-$20,000

-The Art Institute Scholarship-$80,000

Marketing Co-op/Internship• Juniors and Seniors explore career interests in the field

of marketing.

• Student job titles range from customer service representatives, sales associates, and assistant managers, to marketing assistants and more.

Marketing Assistant, K.C. Love, designs advertisements for new products offered by River’s Edge Pharmaceuticals in Suwanee. His employer awarded him a $20,000 scholarship.

Marketing Assistant, Steven Ozer, promotes new real estate developments using special event marketing at Elite Marketing Solutions

Marketing Internship student, Karlee Smith, works with Vanity Fair fashion designer, Andi

Rice, to design intimate apparel for young women and girls. Vanity Fair corporate

officials interviewed Karlee and guaranteed her a position in design or marketing after she

graduates from college.

DECA“An Association of Marketing Students”

SFHS has the 2nd largest DECA Chapter in the World

SFHS DECA members will compete at the international DECA competition in California

in May