DECA in Salt Lake City
On April 26th, four Senior School students flew to Salt Lake City, Utah to participate in the International Career Development Conference, the International DECA competition.
This Conference is focused on developing leadership, teamwork, and entrepreneurship and it is the highlight of the DECA year. Many of the 16, 000 students who come to this conference competed in an event that they qualified for at DECA Provincials. From The Country Day School, three students, two grade 12s and one grade 11, competed for a spot on the world stage and one grade 10 enrolled in the Leadership Development Academy (LDA), a programme that teaches students life-long leadership skills, enthusiasm for the DECA organization, meeting and networking with other students and making positive memories.
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The Conference takes place over the course of a week, and is filled with teambuilding activities, training for competitive events, lectures for those in the LDA, and meeting people from all over the world. At the end of the week, Team Ontario would walk away with 293 medals, 26 trophies, and more than 400 new friends. As well, many students and advisors at the Conference were impressed with our school’s overall success in our first DECA year as we had proved to be fierce competition.
On behalf of The Country Day School DECA Chapter, we would like to thank Mrs. Aldoroty for coming to the Conference and supporting and advising the students, Ms. Thompson, who played a vital role as well in supervising and creating the DECA Chapter, Mr. Liggett who came to Salt Lake City to support the students, and Niki Kalergis, our first DECA President, for initiating the Chapter and for her tireless efforts to make the Chapter the best it could be.
Congratulations to all DECA members, and we look forward to having another successful DECA year in 2012-13.
Kristina Kalergis
Grade 11
Kristina Kalergis
Grade 11
Land Acknowledgment
The Country Day School wishes to recognize and acknowledge the land on which the school operates. Our nearest Indigenous Nations are now the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and the Chippewas of Georgina Island. The Dish with One Spoon Wampum covenant is often cited as an example of the shared responsibility for caring for these lands among the Huron-Wendat, Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples who would call these their traditional territories. CDS respects the relationship with these lands and recognizes that our connection to this land can be strengthened by our continued relationship with all First Nations, by acknowledging our shared responsibility to respect and care for the land and waters for future generations.
School Information
Junior, Middle and Senior Schools
13415 Dufferin Street, King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
13415 Dufferin Street, King, Ontario L7B 1K5
(905) 833-1220
communications@cds.on.ca
admissions@cds.on.ca
Founded in 1972, The Country Day School is a co-educational private school offering programs in JK-12 and located on 100 acres north of Toronto in King.
