OUR PURPOSE

DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe.

WE ARE

COMPETITIVE

Buena DECA trains for business competitions both at the State level and the International level. DECA hosts critical thinking and "on your feet" judgment. We use real world scenarios to present problems in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management. For more information you can visit deca.org 

As an integral part of the classroom curriculum, DECA’s industry-validated competitive events are aligned with the National Curriculum Standards in the career clusters of marketing, business management and administration, finance, and hospitality and tourism. DECA’s flagship evaluation process involves students in both a written component such as an exam or report and an interactive component with an industry professional serving as a judge. DECA’s competitive events directly contribute to every student being college and career ready when they graduate from high school.

We will not stop until we achieve victory.

WE ARE

COOPERATIVE

We work together. Always.


Buena DECA's foundational principals are built with a student oriented focus. We teach leadership skills with a teamwork focus. Our executive board is set up like a corporate board to encourage real world work experience. Our team focus teaches our students to work better cooperatively and learn that leadership does not have to come from the top.


Nobody gets left behind.

The DECA Competitive Team

WHAT WE'VE DONE

I am proud of the hard work our students have put into the classroom work.  Out of all the school districts in Arizona, they have ranked 2nd  best on their high stakes two year cumulative test in 2023. 

The Buena DECA competitive team scored very well at the District competition in 2022. Over 70% of the team had a stage presence in either the written knowledge event of the role play event.