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Congratulations to the LifeSmarts team from Paxon Advanced Studies in Jacksonville, FL, for placing first at the 2013 National LifeSmarts Championship! All of our teams demonstrated a great breadth of consumer knowledge in team activities, individual assessments and buzzer matches.
1st Place: Paxon School for Advanced Studies, Florida
2nd Place: Barrington High School, Rhode Island
3rd Place (tie): Dallas High School, Pennsylvania
3rd Place (tie): Coffee County 4-H, Tennessee
4th Place (tie): Flagstaff Home Educators, Arizona
4th Place (tie): Maize South High School, Kansas
4th Place (tie): John P. Stevens High School, New Jersey
4th Place (tie): Jamestown High School, North Dakota
Consumer Rights and Responsibilities: Gates Palissery, Pennsylvania
Environment: Jack Caljouw, Massachusetts
Health and Safety: Isaac Mades, Wisconsin
Personal Finance: Steven Cotter, Florida
Technology: Ryan Jerue, Rhode Island
Click here to see the top students in each category.
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2013-14 LifeSmarts Student Advisory Board Congratulations to student leaders Decklan Cerza (PA), Kelsey Becker (ND), Matthew LaMontagne (RI), Philip Bale (DE), and Stephanie Zhang (NJ) who have been invited to serve on the 2013-14 LifeSmarts Student Advisory Board. Thanks also to Advisors Kevin West, Marchel Krieger, Karen Proule, George Horn and Cathy DiGioia for supporting these students in this leadership role. Welcome aboard!
And read the press release about Nationals on the NCL site: http://nclnet.org/newsroom/press-releases/757-florida-takes-2013-national-lifesmarts-title
