VHS DECA was recently awarded the Achievement Level Chapter Campaign for the 2023-2024 school year. The results were announced on decadirect.org.

Each fall, DECA recognizes leading chapters that have built strong local programs focused on serving an exceptional number of members, advisors, alumni and business partners. These chapters and individuals dedicate their year to academic and career preparation, community service projects, membership recruitment, school outreach activities and other DECA-related endeavors. The chapter’s advisor and student leaders have demonstrated extraordinary commitment to DECA.

DECA’s membership campaign is designed to help chapters grow by making the DECA experience available to more student members, keeping alumni involved and engaging professional members such as administrators, teachers, parents and business partners.

DECA’s promotional campaign provides chapter members an opportunity to share with their school and community what DECA is all about and how their chapter is making a positive impact on its members and community.

In DECA’s community service campaign, chapters held a community service activity, engaged at least 75% of its members, and created at least one form of publicity or promotion.

Of the 3,800 DECA chapters, only 789 chapters earned recognition in DECA’s chapter campaigns and only 986 chapters earned recognition in DECA’s membership campaign.

The DECA chapter advisors at Vandegrift High School is Nick Benson & Kari Michalek

“Our chapter has traditionally focused on competition. But this year, a few of our officers, spearheaded by Isabel Cargol, really stepped it up to complete these campaigns & we are so proud to be able to serve our community through our student members,” said Nick Benson, Advisor.