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WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP – Washington Township High School’s school store was among 316 school-based enterprises in the United States achieving Gold Level Certification this year and will be recognized at the DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Nashville, Tenn. The students who worked on the certification were junior Darren Capano, junior McKenzie Clifford and senior Jenna Patrone, with the assistance of DECA adviser Miss Alex McBride and school store adviser Shannon Molloy.
A school-based enterprise (SBE) is an entrepreneurial operation in a school setting that provides goods and services to meet the needs of the market. SBEs are managed and operated by students as hands-on learning laboratories that integrate national curriculum standards in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. Marketing educators and DECA advisers have utilized this effective educational tool for more than four decades to provide their students with realistic and practical learning experiences that reinforce classroom instruction, enhance 21st century skill development, and prepare students for college and careers.
DECA’s School-Based Enterprise Certification Program was developed to provide recognition for outstanding achievement by school-based enterprises and to motivate SBEs to strive for excellence and growth. SBEs can be certified at three levels: Bronze, Silver or Gold. In order to apply for the certification, SBEs must submit extensive documentation that demonstrates their adherence to various marketing and retail standards. After the documentation is submitted, a review committee evaluates the documentation to determine which level of certification has been achieved.
Complete information about DECA’s School-based Enterprise Certification Program can be found at www.deca.org/high-school-programs/school-based-enterprises.
In the photo above, Washington Township High School students (left to right) Darren Capano, McKenzie Clifford and Jenna Patrone pose for a photo in the WTHS School Store.
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Washington Township High School’s School Store Recognized as Outstanding School-Based Enterprise by DECA International
A school-based enterprise (SBE) is an entrepreneurial operation in a school setting that provides goods and services to meet the needs of the market. SBEs are managed and operated by students as hands-on learning laboratories that integrate national curriculum standards in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. Marketing educators and DECA advisers have utilized this effective educational tool for more than four decades to provide their students with realistic and practical learning experiences that reinforce classroom instruction, enhance 21st century skill development, and prepare students for college and careers.
DECA’s School-Based Enterprise Certification Program was developed to provide recognition for outstanding achievement by school-based enterprises and to motivate SBEs to strive for excellence and growth. SBEs can be certified at three levels: Bronze, Silver or Gold. In order to apply for the certification, SBEs must submit extensive documentation that demonstrates their adherence to various marketing and retail standards. After the documentation is submitted, a review committee evaluates the documentation to determine which level of certification has been achieved.
Complete information about DECA’s School-based Enterprise Certification Program can be found at www.deca.org/high-school-programs/school-based-enterprises.
In the photo above, Washington Township High School students (left to right) Darren Capano, McKenzie Clifford and Jenna Patrone pose for a photo in the WTHS School Store.
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