Just in time for Financial Literacy Month, the National Consumers League (NCL) has announced the 32 state champion teams who have earned a spot at the 2010 National LifeSmarts Championship, which will take place this year in Miami Beach, Florida, April 24-27. Of course, our own New Hampshire LifeSmarts State Champion and defending state champion from 2009 – Inter-Lakes High School from Meredith – will be right in the middle of the action!
LifeSmarts is NCL’s 16-year-old program that educates teens and tweens on real-world financial and consumer literacy issues.
LifeSmarts is a competitive educational program, in which teams of students begin online. Top-scorers progress to state competitions, and state champion teams meet each April to compete in the National LifeSmarts Championship. Last year, our NH team placed third at nationals eventually succumbing to the eventual national championship team from Wisconsin’s Oconto High School. As you can imagine, there is some serious motivation to go up against that matchup again this year!
We are so proud of all of the students who competed in LifeSmarts this year and they have proven themselves to be the best and the brightest of the next generation of consumers. LifeSmarts is a fun, fast, and educational program, and a great vehicle for educating young consumers. Our program goes in-depth on the issues kids—and adults--are facing now: making smart choices with financial resources, health care, environmental concerns, and how technology affects our lives.
The 2010 National LifeSmarts Champion and other winning teams will walk away with prizes including scholarships and savings bonds. Also, for the first time this year, top students will receive new scholarships for demonstrating knowledge in specific program topic areas. The top eight placing teams are recognized with savings bonds and other prizes.
Consumer-savvy teens representing 32 states will compete at this year’s national event. Throughout the 2009-2010 program year, more than 22,000 teens competed online for a chance to represent their states at the 2010 National LifeSmarts Championship. Players answered more than 3 million consumer questions in the online competition.
Parents and teachers can follow the action at the official 2010 National LifeSmarts Championship blog. The semi-final and final competition matches will be streamed live at www.lifesmarts.org , starting at 9 am Eastern on Tuesday, April 27th
Go New Hampshire!
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