Vol. 40, No. 9

March 8, 2006

Team of Maysville High School Students
Wins State "LifeSmarts" Competition

A team of students from Maysville High School won the 2006 Missouri LifeSmarts State Competition March 1 in Jefferson City.

LifeSmarts is a consumer education program of the National Consumers League. The "quiz bowl" competition tests teens in grades 9-12 about personal finance, health and safety, the environment, technology and consumer rights and responsibilities.

Team members from Maysville High School will represent Missouri at the national LifeSmarts competition April 22-25 in Philadelphia.

Teens from across Missouri first competed online to qualify for the state finals. The other state finalists were:

  • Fair Grove High School, second place

  • Couch High School, third place

  • Bismarck High School

  • Clopton High School, Pike County R-III School District

  • Fort Zumwalt South High School

  • Montrose High School

  • Southern Reynolds County R-II High School

Missouri LifeSmarts is sponsored by Missouri Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) and American Century Investments of Kansas City.