School Store Certification Reminder

For those who plan to get your school–based enterprise (SBE) certified this year, you need to go to www.schoolbasedenterprises.org, download the 07–08 guidelines and start preparing your documentation. Participating in the Certification Program is a great way for SBEs to get recognition for outstanding achievement and to validate with your administration that your school store is an integral part of your Marketing Education curriculum.

SBEs who achieve certification at the bronze or silver level will receive recognition at the state level. All SBEs who achieve at the gold level will be eligible to bring an advisor and 1 – 3 student manager(s) to the International Career Development Conference (ICDC), with approval of the State Advisor. During ICDC, those SBEs who achieve gold level certification and those re–certifying at the gold level, will be recognized on stage and also participate in the new SBE Academy.

Don't forget, SBEs must submit their documentation to DECA Inc. (1908 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191) postmarked no later than January 14, 2008, for verification of the award achievement level. If you have any questions about certification, contact Sissy Long at sjldeca@aol.com.

Announcing New SBE Academy at ICDC for Gold Certified School Stores
Starting this year in Atlanta, Gold Level Certified SBEs who attend ICDC will participate in a School-based Enterprise Academy. As a part of the Academy, students will make presentations on topics relating to school store operation and the top three presenters on each topic will be video taped. These instructions tapes will be added to the SBE web site as a teaching/learning resource for other school stores.

More details regarding the SBE Academy will be forthcoming.

Information taken from www.deca.org

OG&E pledge driver

Are you excited about participating in the OG&E challenge? Register on their website to get started. When you create your organization you can link it with Oklahoma DECA.
Click on the title above to go to their website. This site provides a wealth of resources to get your campaign started.

Reminders and Updates

Online membership registration and payment deadline is November 15th. Remember to send it to National DECA, NOT Oklahoma DECA.

Entrepreneurship Competition sponsored by UCO is available through the The Oklahoman's Newspaper in Education Program. You can request 25 complimentary copies of the paper from October 29-November 9 providing you with related educational materials to prepare your students for this competition. Both you and your winning student could win cash prizes. Request your copies today by contacting 405-475-4046.

Virtual Business Challenge registration begins October 15. Please read the rules on their website for more information. The Challenge one competition file will only be available for download during Nov. 5 – Nov. 30. The Challenge two competition file will only be available for download during Jan. 7 – Feb. 1.


Stock Market Game is in progress. Check out more information to register your teams. The game runs from September 4-December 14, 2007. Advisors you can play too!


ICDC conference hotel will be the Holiday Inn. More details to come later. Click on the link to find out information about the hotel amenities.

Invisible Children

This is Oklahoma DECA wants to encourage other chapters to learn more about Invisible Children. Putnam City North DECA has already gotten involved and would be willing to share their involvement with you. Contact Marie or Cory to find out more. David Scott will also be presenting this to your chapter officers during one of the leadership sessions at Fall Conference.