In late April Phillip and I and three students headed to California for the DECA International Career Development Conference. We had a great time. The conference was a very eye opening experience and a great learning experience for the students as well as myself. To get the opportunity to be part of an international conference is a big honor. To get to this conference these students had to win a the regional level competition, then win at the state level competition - so it took so hard work to get here. The first night we ate at the Rainforest Cafe in Downtown Disney. The first day we got up pretty early and head to Disneyland and California Adventure. It was pretty cold but we had a good time. That evening we had the big grand opening session. It was a lot of fun. There were over 16,000 students at this event. Thank goodness our hotel was right next to the convention center so it made it very convenient. Thursday I had to run an even from 9am - 2pm but I ended up getting out early so that was good. The girls had to take a test at 2pm and the guy with us had to be in his event unit 3:30 so after everyone was done we just ate and hung out. On Friday the girls had to do role plays and then after their role plays we headed to LA. They were so excited and so was I. We research and tried to figure out the best places to go and we actually did a good job. We got SO close to the Hollywood sign. It was amazing. We saw the Chinese Theater, Rodeo Drive, Beverly Hills, Paramount Studious, etc... We also at at In and Out and it was yummy! We had a great trip. The students were great. Next year it is in Atlanta!
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