Auburn High’s SBE is golden
Published 2:15 pm Thursday, March 5, 2009
The school-based enterprise at Auburn High was among the school stores that achieved gold level certification and will be recognized at DECA’s International Career Development Conference in Anaheim, Calif.
Under advisor Lori Jacobs, Kara Lewis Chair and other store employees worked on re-certification for the school store, which has operated as a certified SBE for five years.
School-based enterprises are effective educational tools in preparing students for the transition from school to work or college. For many students, SBEs provide the first-work experience; for others, they provide an opportunity to build management, supervision and leadership skills.
While some in the education community have only recently discovered the value of school-based enterprises, marketing educators and DECA advisors have used them as a powerful teaching tool for more than four decades
DECA’s school-based enterprise (SBE) certification program was developed to provide recognition for outstanding achievement by school-based enterprises and to motivate SBEs to strive for excellence and to grow.
School stores can be certified at three levels: bronze, silver or gold. In order to apply for the certification, SBEs must submit extensive documentation showing how they have achieved set standards that are outlined in the certification guidelines. After the documentation is submitted, a review committee evaluates the documentation to determine which level of certification has been achieved.
DECA is a nonprofit student organization preparing its membership for careers in marketing, management and entrepreneurship. DECA operates in all 50 states.
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Samuel Larsen, a freshman at Saint Martin’s University, made the fall semester dean’s list. … The following Auburn students made the Seattle Pacific University fall quarter dean’s List. Students on the dean’s list completed at least 12 credits and attained a 3.50 or higher grade point average: Mark Ableidinger, Amy Birk,
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