2. EXECUTIVE President: Julia Ip Vice-President: Vithusha Yogathasan
Administrative Assistant: Vruti Shah
Treasurer: Hayley Banks
Program Coordinators: Bentley Chen & Meisa Chen
Fundraiser: Cameron Jedemann
Media Officer: Ben Minor
Communications Officer: Jake Koszczewski
Club Liaison: Omkar Kolekar
Junior Liaison: Rhea Pai
Staff Advisor: Ms. Webber

3. MEMBERSHIP Registration is closed!!
Our chapter has 83 members for the 2017/8 year

4. DATES TO NOTE
Training
Session #1 - Today (Oct. 4) – PI, Intro to Online Test
Session #2 Monday, October 16 – Clusters
Session #3 – Wednesday, October 25 – Clusters
October 30th → Online MC Test
Regional Training: Nov 4
One on one training dates: TBD
Regionals: Next 3 slides
Provincials: In 4 slides

5. DECA YORK REGIONAL COMPETITON
Monday, October 30
Sunday, November 19
Online MC Competency Test
In-school from 3-4:15
Clusters will be organized into the various computer labs (164, 213, 230, 229)
100 Multiple Choice questions; you are timed for 75 minutes
New: All written events must qualify through Online Competency Test
All Operation Research, Chapter Events & E-ship Events write Entrepreneurship Exam). All others are cluster specific (eg. Bus. Admin., Finance, Hospitality, Marketing)
Individual and Team Oral Role Plays, including Principle Events; Individual Events are being scheduled for the morning
Ryerson University; Approx. 8:30-4:00, includes Awards Ceremony
Arrange own ride
Cost for Regional and Membership = $37.00 paid☺

6. DECA YORK REGIONAL COMPETITON
To prepare for your Online Competency Test (MC format):
Try the online MC Test (as many times as you’d like between October 1-28) –
Participant ID used for DECA
Password DECAON
Try the online sample test provided at Members; Competitive Events
Check resources posted on our school website (

7. DECA “CLUSTERS” Marketing Cluster - AAM, ASM, BSM, FMS, MCS, RMS,
SEM, BTDM, MTDM, STDM, ADC, FMP, PSE, SEPP
Business Management and Administration Cluster- BLTDM, HRM
Finance Cluster - ACT, FTDM, BFS, FCE
Hospitality and Tourism Cluster –HLM, RFSM, HTDM, TTDM, HTPS
Business Administration Core (Principle Events) - PBM, PFN, PHT, PMK
Entrepreneurship Cluster – ENT, ETDM, All OR, All E-ship Writtens (including GRIT), All Chapter Events
Personal Financial Literacy - PFL

8. DECA PROVINCIAL COMPETITION
Thursday, February 8 to Saturday, February 10
Thursday, February 8- Bus Departure from MDHS, Arrival, group dinner
Friday, February 9- Role Plays (Individual and Team), Written Event Presentations, Principle Event Role Plays and MC Test
Saturday, February 10-Multiple Choice Tests; Award Ceremonies (3 sessions)
NOTE: Everyone must qualify; Writtens are only submitted electronically through Turnitin
Cost will vary from:$60 for day registrant; 2 night stay at the Sheraton, Hilton, Doubletree or Eaton Chelsea (single, double or quad +HST+DMF (Approx. $ per person per night))
Top 8 in orals advance; top 8 in written events advance
**Talk about GRIT Tank Event

9. INTERNATIONAL CAREER DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE (ICDC)
Friday, April 20- Thursday, April 26, 2018 in Atlanta, Georgia
Cost for a quad room will be approx. $1 400
YRDSB & TDSB currently have bans to the US

10. HOW TO BE INFORMED Markham District High School DECA @MarkhamDECA

11. DEMONSTRATION OF DECA RESOURCES
or deca.ca Ontario
USA