Tomah DECA

DECA is a student organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the world.

Tomah DECA integrates classroom instruction through real world experiences to promote community oriented, academically successful, professionally responsible leaders.

Through Tomah DECA, students have the opportunity to to work with a variety of local business leaders. Our students receive first hand experience working sales and marketing at two internationally held events. The Dairyland Super National Tractor Pull, held in Tomah, Wisconsin or the Warrens Cranberry Festival allow Tomah DECA members to be involved in taking skills outside the classroom

DECA is organized, into two unique student divisions each with programs designed to address the learning styles, interest and focus of its members. The High School Division includes 200,000 members in 3,500 schools. The Collegiate Division includes over 15,000 members in 275 colleges and universities.

DECA Inc. is a not-for-profit student organization with more than 215,000 members in all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Canada, China, Germany, Guam, Mexico, Puerto Rico and Spain. The United States Congress, the United States Department of Education and state, district and international departments of education authorize DECA’s programs.

DECA’s scholarship program provides over $300,000 in scholarships to high school and college DECA members at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) each year. Many corporate partners of DECA provide scholarships through the DECA scholarship program. DECA Inc. administers the program based on guidelines set by the donor. DECA scholarships are strictly merit based.