2019-20 *Best Student Employees
*Results based on nomination &
survey forms:
School Stores
& Culinary
Cafes
Best employee winners were selected
by a panel of judges & received a digital,
Amazon Gift Card.
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Stephen Serna,
Sous-Chef
Mercedes HS, TX.
(Top Employee with 6
nominations!)
Stephen worked in the school kitchen with a real chef. The
chef-instructor took him under his wing & showed him a lot
of healthy meals to prepare. Stephen would then take the
lead and prepare the meals for events & parent
presentations. Excellent student!
Stephen
has great leadership skills that allow him to take charge of
the kitchen team when preparing meals. Students look to him
for guidance and I have witnessed him teaching them all he
knows. He really brings the group together when performing
duties for district and community events. It also helps that
he has a great personality.
He was the lead cook and helped other students learn!
Stephen held several healthy cooking demonstrations for
parents in the district.
Stephen is a leader among his peers. He lead the catering
events at the district & would address the groups present
about the meal prepared.
Stephen is always willing to learn and implement what he is
learning in the Culinary kitchen. He researched recipes and
implemented them well. He learned to prepare many dishes for
our clients. He is helpful with other kitchen students in
showing them how to complete tasks. Stephen runs a
successful kitchen!
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Cody Pierce,
Manager
Alpena HS, MI.
As Assistant Store Manager, Cody was pivotal in the day to
day running of the store. He knows the POS system well and
would often help me problem solve. Cody also took a lead
role in photographing our inventory for our POS-integrated
web-Store! |
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Madison Timmreck,
Manager
Alpena HS, MI.
Madison is a hard worker and up for any task you put in
front of her. She not only leads by example, but also can
manage employees effectively through good communication
skills -- both one on one and in groups. Campus Closet will
definitely miss her leadership. |
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Megan Cosman,
Manager
Coon Rapids HS, MN.
Megan is a fantastic manager with a lot of attention to
detail. She is always quick to act and often takes the
initiative to solve the problems before they happen. She is
extremely involved managing our SBE. She rotates between six
Store operations teams. Her dedication and passion for the
store is evident on a daily basis. |
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Taffie Moore,
Manager
Birdville-CTAL, TX.
Taffie has worked in our store for two years and has served
as our overall student manager for this school year. Taffie
has taken complete ownership of all aspects of running a
successful school store. She provides exemplary customer
service, makes sure that product is ordered and stocked and
is a rock star at visual merchandising. |
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Jasmine Alcala,
Manager
E. Aurora HS, IL.
Jasmine was not only the co-manager for Paw Place, she also
trained several new employees, worked extra events outside
of the school day (including P/T conferences and open
house). Jasmine also qualified for DECA ICDC |
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Lorena Alvarez,
Manager
E. Aurora HS, IL.
Lorena worked many class periods mostly by herself. Later,
she helped train other students to work there as well.
She also qualified for DECA ICDC for her SBE work. |
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Milah Gore,
Manager
Magnolia HS, AR.
She is always ready and willing to help however she can in
the store and is always great with customers and sales. Very
Kind and helpful. |
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Brantley Cox,
Manager
Magnolia HS, AR.
Brantley has been a Panther Plaza employee for the last two
years. He has done every job possible at the store. customer
service, cashier, inventory, sales, graphic design, handyman
and marketing. He spends extra time working in the store
because he enjoys it so much!
Brantley took on every job thrown at him from learning how
to run the register, marketing to the public & student body,
setting up displays, checking in merchandise, and even
learning to make merchandise with all equipment in the store
including the cleaning & care of the equipment
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Ian Thompson,
Cashier
Heritage HS, WA.
Ian strives to sell what is not selling. He works well with
others and brings them along to ignite sales. Ian tries
products on his own so he can give the customers
recommendations which increases sales. Ian has done an
excellent job in being a top seller. |
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Cohen Turner,
Cashier
Orange County HS, VA.
Cohen Turner, a Freshman, took to the store with love and
responsibility beyond his age. He worked even when he was
not scheduled. He took the time to learn every aspect in the
store. Along with the store manager, he wrote the 30 page
manual to enter for state competition. His presentation won
our store's first trophy for the school store contest!
Michael Wandel,
Manager
Orange County HS, VA.
Michael Wandel managed the school store and improved
operations and sales this year. His amazing personality,
respect for others, expansion ideas, dedication to the goals
of the store and customer relations led The Hornet Hideout's
most successful year. He we won 3rd place in DECA's School
Store Competition for the entire state. |
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Chelsey Marcias,
Manager
Lynnwood HS, WA.
Chelsy is a natural leader. She works by building consensus
among the student employees and then gently and
professionally guides them to reach their goals. Chelsy has
an incredible work ethic. Each fall she will work in excess
of 100 hours outside of school time (weekends and evenings)
preparing the store for the grand opening. |
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Chantel Chambers,
Manager
Sthfd. HS, MI.
Chantel is a very well rounded student employee and is able
to assist and add value in all areas of the store. This
includes training other employees. |
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Jacob Phillips,
Manager
El Dorado HS, AR.
Jacob has been involved with our Cafe/Store for many years
This school year he took it upon himself to train every one
in all areas. Our student groups rotated to different Job
responsibilities Jacob never wanted to miss an opportunity
to work and never was late. Jacob was dependable and had
great work ethic!! Awesome student!!!
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Donte Tooley,
Manager
Monroe County Tech. Center, WV.
Donte worked in the store throughout the year. During the
first semester of school all students were assigned cashier
jobs. Donte showed a lot of initiative and so we asked
his help manage the store. Donte became the purchasing
manager for our store. When inventory arrived at the store,
he entered the stock into our POS system.
Donte
also trained new student employees. I trusted Donte and
appreciate his dedication to the store.
He went above and beyond to learn the ins and outs of the
School POS system.
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More, Student Winners
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Madison Armstrong,
Manager, Sthfd. HS, MI
Jarrett Folk,
Manager, Graham-Kapow. HS, WA
Emma Cowee,
Manager, Dayton HS, NV.
Tiffini Elgas,
Manager, Clinton HS, WI
Kallen Jones,
Manager, Carrollton ACC, MO.
Daniel Gutierrez,
Cafe Manager, Somerset Voc, NJ
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