Harrison County DECA students attend conference in New York

Harrison Central and West Harrison DECA members from the Harrison County Career and Technical Center attended the New York DECA (an association of marketing students) Experience Leadership Conference. DECA members explored marketing, finance, hospitality and more, and attended interactive workshops, including a marketing strategies presentation from the marketing directors from Madison Square Garden and Macy's. Students also visited the financial district, the stock market, the 9/11 Memorial and the 9/11 Memorial Museum, Madison Square Garden, Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum and the Empire State Building. They attended the Rockettes Christmas Show and the Broadway play 'Wicked,' took a boat tour of the Hudson, and visited Rockefeller Center, China Town, Soho, Trinity Church and more. Pictured, Harrison Central DECA members at Rockefeller Center, from left, front row: Julie Williamson, marketing teacher/DECA adviser, Ivy Jackson, Haley Necaise, Baleigh Wedgeworth, Anna Wright, Haley Williams, Stephanie Sullivan, HCCTC secretary/DECA chaperone; and back row: Gabby Beniot, Baley Woods, Gracie Fillingame, Ravin Hopkins and Gage Gajewski.

This story was originally published December 28, 2015 at 7:46 AM with the headline "Harrison County DECA students attend conference in New York ."