NEW for the 2010/2011 LifeSmarts Competition: In-person Championship is Back!
Online competition: September 13, 2010 - February 4, 2011
NYS In-person Championship: March 30, 2011 (SCCC, Schenectady, NY)
National Competition: April 30-May 3, 2011 (Los Angeles, CA)
The NYS LifeSmarts Championship will be held on March 30, 2011 at a new location, Schenectady County Community College.
Qualifying teams invited to the in-person competition must arrange and pay for their own transportation to Schenectady.
The state championship will run from 10:00am - 4:00pm. All teams are expected to stay for the entire competition.
The in-person competition format will be changing from previous years to more closely reflect the competition changes made by the National Consumers League (NCL) in April 2010. The competition will be scored on a cumulative basis and all teams will play at least two matches.
Rounds 1-3 and 4-6 and Rounds 7-9 and 10-12 will be run simultaneously in two separate rooms with two different sets of competition officials. All teams will reunite in one room for the semi-final and final rounds.
Remember, you and your team can sign-up, train, take practice quizzes and the official tests anytime between September 13, 2010 and February 4, 2011.
Questions: Contact diane.lavigna-wixted@cuany.org or call 800-432-9835 ext. 8186.
What is LifeSmarts?
LifeSmarts …the ultimate consumer challenge is a game show-style educational program created by the National Consumers League (NCL) that develops the consumer knowledge and marketplace skills of teenagers. It is FREE and open to students in grades 9-12 (Varsity) and grades 6-8 (Junior Varsity) from any school, group or community-based organization.
The content and competition questions focus on five key areas:
- Personal finance
- Consumer rights and responsibilities
- Health and safety
- Technology
- The environment
How to Play
Teams compete in an Internet-based competition, anytime between September 13, 2010 and February 4, 2011, where players complete a series of three 20-question quizzes for a final score. The top five scores from each team are used to calculate the score. The NYS winner moves on to compete in the National Championship. Click here to learn more.
The NYS competition is coordinated by the New York Credit Union Foundation.
2009/2010 New York LifeSmarts Competition Results
A team of students from Irondequoit High School in Irondequoit, N.Y., captured the 2010 New York State LifeSmarts title after defeating 54 other teams in the online competition.
Coordinated in New York State by the New York Credit Union Foundation (NYCUF), LifeSmarts… the Ultimate Consumer Challenge is a financial education competition for students in grades 9-12 (varsity) and 6-8 (junior varsity) from any school, group or organization in the state. Participating students complete multiple online quizzes, tackling questions on real-life marketplace issues like personal finance, health and safety, the environment, technology, and consumer rights and responsibilities.
This year’s competition ran from September 2009 - February 2010, with the Irondequoit team obtaining the highest scores. The Irondequoit team is coached by Louis DeCesare and LaVon Bucciarelli and includes: Connor Enright, Samantha Jebbett, Alicia Kolaki, Daniel Lenzi and Muhammad Zahid.
Finishing in second place, only two-tenths of a point behind the Irondequoit team, was the Saranac Lake High School team from Saranac Lake, N.Y. The top twelve rankings were as follows:
- Irondequoit West High School, Rochester
- Saranac Lake High School, Saranac Lake
- Pittsford Mendon High School, Fairport
- Starpoint High School, Lockport
- Brentwood High School, Brentwood
- Hamburg High School, Hamburg
- Pembroke High School, Corfu
- Cairo-Durham High School, Cairo
- Smithtown High School West, Smithtown
- Smithtown High School East, Smithtown
- Watervliet High School, Watervliet
- Canandaigua Academy, Canandaigua
The Irondequoit team represented New York State at the National LifeSmarts Competition in Miami Beach, Fla., April 24-27, 2010.
