March 8, 2002
ACHS marketing program breaks new ground By MARK TYLER
Staff Writer, (609) 272-7238
ATLANTIC CITY - Atlantic City High School students Catrise Lackland and her partner Kevin Barksdale had a difficult task ahead.
Their mission: teach free enterprise principles to a group of second-graders.
"It's hard trying to get them to understand," Lackland said. "But everybody deserves a chance."
Lackland and Barksdale are members of Atlantic City High School's new award-winning chapter of DECA - Distributive Education Clubs of America - a nationwide association of hospitality management and marketing students. A partnership between the Borgata and the Board of Education funds the program.
Six of the 12 members of the local chapter are headed to DECA's national competition April 19-23 in Salt Lake City, Utah, where Lackland and Barksdale will present their work and other team members will receive leadership training.
"For a first-year chapter to have done this......
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