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Florida declared 2013 National LifeSmarts Champions!

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.

Congratulations to:

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

Meet all of the 2013 State Champions!

2013 Varsity State Champions

Congratulations to the Topic Winners!

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. 

Meet the 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!
 
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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

Congratulations to our 2013 National winners! All teams and individuals are to be commended for the consumer knowledge they demonstrated! Best year ever!! See all results on our Home page, here: http://www.lifesmarts.org/

Way to go, 2nd place LifeSmarts winners from Rhode Island!

Hi! I am with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. We are sending out a press release today to congratulate Paxon School in Jacksonville for winning. Do you have a photo that we would be able to share with the media? Thanks so much for your help! You can contact me at erin.gillespie@freshfromflorida.com



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