LifeSmarts

LifeSmarts, "the ultimate consumer challenge" is a game-show style competition, is open to U.S. students in grades six through twelve. Teams of four to five teens compete in district and state matches with the state winners going to the national competition to vie for the national LifeSmarts title. It is advocated as an educational opportunity that develops the consumer and marketplace knowledge and skills of teenagers in a fun way and rewards them for this knowledge. The program complements the curriculum already in place in high schools and can be used as an activity for classes, groups, clubs, and community organizations.

LifeSmarts is a program of the National Consumers League, a private, nonprofit advocacy group which represents consumers on marketplace and workplace issues.

The 2007 LifeSmarts National Championship was held in Orlando, Florida, at the Royal Plaza hotel, April 21-24. For the second year in a row, the team from New Mexico was crowned National Champions. The team from Piedra Vista High beat the Tennessee state champs in the final round. The 2008 National Championship will be held in Minneapolis, MN., April 12-15, 2008.