GAINESVILLE - The Chestatee High School DECA Club was recently named the state's 2009-2010 Outstanding Chapter at the DECA State Career Development Conference in Atlanta.
The chapter also achieved gold membership status and was ranked the 14th DECA chapter in the state.
In addition, 15 students out of 2,000 DECA members from around the state received the Outstanding DECA Member Award and four were from CHS: KayLynn Samples, Megan Montrois, Chelsea Cheshire, and Whitney Brechter.
Students who also competed were: Mauricio Menjevar, Kara Honea, Ariela Centeno, Joey Karrigan, Kaylan Senter, and Blakely Haff.
DECA advisor Meghan Hatcher says several CHS chapter members placed in their respective events where they competed against several other DECA students from across Georgia:
5th place Civic Consciousness, 2nd place DECA Memorial Scholarship: Meghan Montrois
3rd place Community Service Project: Cara Martin and Whitney Brechter
7th place Sports and Entertainment Team Decision Making: Brice Beck and Zack Sisk
7th place Learn and Earn: Kelsey Neukem and Taylor Wilson
2nd place Entrepreneurship Participating Franchise: KayLynn Samples
KayLynn Samples: 2010-2011 Vice President of Chapter Development for Georgia DECA.
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July 24th, 2025
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