The Lakeland Locker, the school-based enterprise at Lakeland High School was among 851 school-based enterprises ( School Stores) achieving gold-level certification for the 2024-2025 school year and will be recognized during DECA’s International Career Development Conference this April in Orlando, Florida.
A school-based enterprise (SBE) is an entrepreneurial operation in a school setting that provides goods and services to meet the needs of the market. SBEs are managed and operated by students as hands-on learning laboratories that integrate National Curriculum Standards in marketing, finance, hospitality and management. DECA advisors have utilized this effective educational tool for over four decades to provide their students with realistic and practical learning experiences that reinforce classroom instruction, enhance 21st-centuryskill development, and prepare students for college and careers.
Landon Johns and Olivia Kalhorn contributed to the retail certification. Meredith Peterson and Nicole Powers contributed to the food service certification. All four of these students should be commended for this achievement.