The DECA den has been a part of Blaine high school since the school was built. Have you ever been curious to know how the mini store in the middle of the school got to where it is now? What happens to all the money the students pile into it? But better yet what does the name mean?

 The Deca Den is a place that virtually everyone has either walked past or been inside, and yet not many people really know how it got there. Of course it serves delicious little sweets such as pringles and muffins, but does anybody really know where the money we are spending is going? After talking to many students around the school we have the answers to the many questions the DECA den poses.

 The search for answers led to one of  the workers at the Deca Den named Tayler. She told us how she got the job and what the job details are. The only way that you can get a job at the Den is “to be in the class BPA, it is a class only seniors can be in and to get in, you must either be recommended or just sign up for it. Everyone in the class has to do volunteer work, and there was an election for the students who would work here and I won”.  When asked about where we can obtain more information she lead us to Ms. Rice.

 When we contacted Ms. Rice she gave us some great and helpful feedback. She says that “The DECA Den was put into the school at the same time the school was built.” When asked where the money goes she replied “all money earned in the DECA Den is used to help students who are in the Business Internship Program (BPA). Through BPA students attend several leadership conferences, and the store profit is used to help with their overall cost.”

 There are two other places in the school that supply food: the cafeteria and station 54. These two places could be considered competitors of the DECA Den so we obtained the opinions of Ms. Rice and Rodney Moorehead – the man who runs the cafeteria to see what they thought. Both people did not  consider themselves in a competition. Rodney said that “as long as there not selling in the cafeteria, that’s their business.” Ms. Rice says that “ No, i don’t feel it interferes with the cafeteria because we carry different products.”

 Well we asked around for the name of the DECA Den and we finally found out that DECA means the Distributive Education Clubs of America, and its apart of many high schools. It offers many different business internship programs as well as prepares high school students for real world business opportunities.Preview Changes

 The DECA Den has left many questions over the years, especially to incoming freshman and the underclassman. Hopefully this article answers all the questions you might of had about the DECA den.