School News
Congratulations to the 2022 Linden Deca award winners!
L-K DECA competed at the Texas DECA Career Development Conference in Houston, Texas, on Friday, February 25. Twelve LKHS DECA students were among the 4,400 student competitors from schools across Texas, Public and Private with DECA Chapters, vying for a state title and the opportunity to represent Texas DECA at the DECA International Career Development Conference to be held April 22 - 27 in Atlanta, Georgia. Competitors wrote a 20-page paper over a business and gave a 15-minute presentation to a judge. Advancing to the International competition were Dylan Stanley who was awarded a state title in Franchise Business Plan and the team of Austin Williams, Logan Grandmaison, and Nicholas Lane who were awarded a state title in Business Services Operations Research. The following students were named as the Texas alternates: Camdyn McNutt and Jocelyn Serrano in Finance Operations Research, Brooklynne Dalrymple and Kyleigh Abernathy in Buying and Merchandising Operations Research, Nayeli Fuentes in Hospitality and Tourism Operations Research, and Presley Turner in Community Giving Project. Gail Dorgan is the L-K DECA Advisor and Siglinda Smoak is the assistant.
Congratulations QCHS FFA!
Congratulations to this group of QCHS FFA students on earning another blue ribbon for their trailer at the San Antonio Ag Mechanics Show. Excellent welding, great showmanship, excellent wiring, and overall excellent job were some of the comments from the judges! Pictured are Justin Hall, Dylan Benson, Nathan Restelle, and Tanner McCarthy.
State DECA
Atlanta High DECA traveled to Houston, TX to compete in State CDC February 24-26. Texas DECA is the largest in the entire association with over 16,000 members and highly competitive with students from public and private schools. Atlanta was proud to have all 16 members make it to State CDC where they competed in business related challenges. Our very own Landon Moore, a junior and first year DECA member, competed in Sports and Entertainment Marketing against a large number of great competitors. Landon achieved DECA glory by winning a place in the International Competition. The DECA International Career Development Conference (ICDC) is the culmination of the DECA year. More than 20,000 high school students, teacher-advisors, business professionals and alumni gather for several days of DECA excitement. Internationals will be held in Atlanta, GA in late April where all the best from the rest of United States, as well as countries including Germany, Canada, Guam, Mexico, Spain and others compete against each other. Advisor Tyler Johnson and Atlanta High DECA is excited about this opportunity and the future of our club creating business-minded entrepreneurs and leaders for our community.