Eleven VHS students took part in the NJ DECA Regional Competition on January 8 at Ramapo College of New Jersey.  Four of them scored high enough to move on to the state level competition in Cherry Hill, NJ in March.

Senior Brett Drozdowski in the Accounting Applications event,  junior Lia Golick in the Principles of Finance event, and the team of juniors Gabby Ayala and Jamie Rollo in the Sports and Entertainment Marketing Team Decision Making event are the four students who will represent VHS in March.

The first portion of the competition began prior to arriving at Ramapo when, in December, students took computerized tests on their chosen area of business.  While at Ramapo, students broke into their respective areas of business and competed against other Northern-New Jersey schools in the role-play category.  The role-plays consist of a business situation or scenario in which the students play a part and are judged based on their content knowledge as well as their professionalism and approach to the task at hand.  Judges for these events are made up of college level business students, CEOs, business managers and entrepreneurs.