THIS JUST IN: DCCA Calls on Teams to Compete in Statewide Competition LifeSmarts Winning Team to Earn Trip to Nationals HONOLULU – The Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs (DCCA) Office of the Securities Commissioner celebrates the 10th anniversary of the LifeSmarts Competition in Hawaii and announces the start of the 2013-2014 season. For the last 10 years, DCCA has sponsored the LifeSmarts competition in Hawaii with more than 800 local student participants. LifeSmarts is a fun, educational competition run by the DCCA and the National Consumers League that tests middle school and high school students nationwide on real-life consumer issues through online quizzes and live competition. It is a FREE consumer education competition open to teens in grades 6-12. High school teams may sign up and compete online until Dec. 7, 2013 (11 p.m. EST) at lifesmarts.org. At the end of the online competition, scores will be tabulated, and the top two scoring high school teams will be invited to compete at the state championship to be held in Honolulu on Feb. 8, 2014. DCCA will send the winning team to represent Hawaii at the national competition, which will take place from April 26 to 29, 2014, in Orlando, Fla. LifeSmarts teaches teens critical life skills in areas ranging from health (how to recognize second-degree burns) to finance (how to sign travelers checks) and more. The program is run in a fun team quiz show format that helps build teamwork, confidence, verbal skills and leadership.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 19:48:22 +0000
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