The Moravian Academy Chapter of DECA has returned from an exciting five days in Orlando, Florida where the top DECA finalists from all over the world competed to earn recognition.

Moravian’s chapter had 14 students who qualified for International Career Development Conference (these are determined by placement of 1st through 4th place at the State level competition held in February). They joined over 22,000 students who have created some of the most innovative business plans and entrepreneurial marketing campaigns for high school students in the world.

Representing Moravian’s chapter this year were:

Sunny Chen '24, Abby Dubow '25, Ria Gandotra '26, Roshen Gandotra '23, Kanchan Gupta '24, Krish Gupta '24, Laura Li '26, Katie Lu '24,  Rayna Malhotra '24, Lena Nifong '24, Ginevra Toso, and Wisdom Ufondu '23 and Emma Xu '25. (Okezue Bell '23 qualified but was unable to attend).

Each student met with judges who evaluated them on the content and innovation of their written work, their presentation and public speaking skills, and their creativity. While all the students did remarkable work, we had two student projects who placed in the top 10 overall for their category.

Wisdom Ufondu '23 (Okezue Bell '23)  placed in the top 10 with their Innovation Business Plan. | View Project

Sunny Chen '24 & Krish Gupta '24 placed top 10 with their Independent Business Plan. | View Project

Moravian’s DECA chapter has continued to grow and shows the tenacity of our bright Merle-Smith students. With over 80 students in membership, the opportunities for investigation into future leadership opportunities in business and marketing abound.