{"id":11867,"date":"2020-07-15T09:44:35","date_gmt":"2020-07-15T09:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/?page_id=11867"},"modified":"2024-04-19T22:48:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-19T22:48:04","slug":"lifesmarts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/lifesmarts\/","title":{"rendered":"LifeSmarts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"style-css-av-k941ur2y-d1f57e98755d73ca138820e971a5788d\">\n.avia-section.av-k941ur2y-d1f57e98755d73ca138820e971a5788d{\nbackground-repeat:no-repeat;\nbackground-image:url(https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/DJI_20240418173441_0310_D-1-scaled.jpg);\nbackground-position:center center;\nbackground-attachment:scroll;\n}\n.avia-section.av-k941ur2y-d1f57e98755d73ca138820e971a5788d .av-section-color-overlay{\nopacity:0.5;\nbackground-color:#c1c1c1;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div id='av_section_1'  class='avia-section av-k941ur2y-d1f57e98755d73ca138820e971a5788d main_color avia-section-default avia-no-border-styling  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_full  avia-builder-el-first  avia-full-stretch avia-bg-style-scroll av-section-color-overlay-active  av-minimum-height av-minimum-height-50  container_wrap sidebar_right'  data-section-bg-repeat='stretch' data-av_minimum_height_pc='50'><div class='av-section-color-overlay-wrap'><div class=\"av-section-color-overlay\"><\/div><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><main  role=\"main\" itemprop=\"mainContentOfPage\"  class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-11867'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"style-css-av-lt0a9n-c91fed63cac166baad652aeb4985abc0\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-lt0a9n-c91fed63cac166baad652aeb4985abc0{\npadding-bottom:10px;\ncolor:#ffffff;\nfont-size:30px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-lt0a9n-c91fed63cac166baad652aeb4985abc0 .special-heading-inner-border{\nborder-color:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-lt0a9n-c91fed63cac166baad652aeb4985abc0 av-special-heading-h3 custom-color-heading blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-1  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  banner-heading av-inherit-size '><h3 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >LifeSmarts<\/h3><div class='special-heading-border'><div class='special-heading-inner-border'><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/main><!-- close content main element --><\/div><\/div><\/div><div id='after_section_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap sidebar_right'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-small alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-11867'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" id=\"style-css-av-15l4ux3-c83bb1cdff8047f930c8c13b9e67bb14\">\n#top .flex_column.av-15l4ux3-c83bb1cdff8047f930c8c13b9e67bb14{\nmargin-top:0px;\nmargin-bottom:0px;\nborder-radius:0px;\n-webkit-border-radius:0px;\n-moz-border-radius:0px;\npadding:0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div class='flex_column av-15l4ux3-c83bb1cdff8047f930c8c13b9e67bb14 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-2  el_after_av_section  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding '   ><section class=\"av_textblock_section \"  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock  '   itemprop=\"text\" ><p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-27978 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LifeSmarts.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"79\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LifeSmarts.png 1015w, https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LifeSmarts-300x86.png 300w, https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LifeSmarts-768x221.png 768w, https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LifeSmarts-705x203.png 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 274px) 100vw, 274px\" \/> Established in 1994, LifeSmarts is a program of the National Consumers League.<\/p>\n<p>LifeSmarts, the ultimate consumer challenge, is an educational opportunity for students in 6th-12th grade. This competition prepares students to enter the real world as smart adult consumers. Participants focus on five key topic areas: consumer rights and responsibilities, the environment, health and safety, personal finance, and technology.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-27979 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/JTP_4826-1030x687.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/JTP_4826-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/JTP_4826-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/JTP_4826-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/JTP_4826-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/JTP_4826-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/JTP_4826-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/JTP_4826-705x470.jpg 705w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/>Teams of High School students, supported by adult coaches, represent their states or national student leadership organizations to compete for the National LifeSmarts Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Students take individual assessments, complete team problem-solving activities such as \u201cSpeed Dating the Experts,\u201d and compete in four quiz bowl matches. Throughout competition students gain points for correctly answering questions about cybersecurity, credit reports, recycling, nutrition, consumer fraud, and much more.<\/p>\n<p>LifeSmarts stays current by expanding its content, competitions, and consumer knowledge. LifeSmarts complements the curriculum already in place in middle- and high schools and can be used as an activity for classes, groups, clubs, and community organizations. LifeSmarts also aligns with national education standards.<\/p>\n<p>Students who participate in the program begin competition online. The highest scoring teams are invited to in-person live state championships. Statewide competitions are locally coordinated by state partnering organizations and agencies. In states without a state coordinator, NCL hosts a virtual state championship. State winners are invited to the National LifeSmarts Championship held in a different city every April.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/lifesmarts.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jump to LifeSmarts.org<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11867"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11867"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27992,"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11867\/revisions\/27992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nclnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}