Welcome FCCLA Students and Advisers!
LifeSmarts has always had a strong connection with FCCLA (Family, Career and Community Leaders of America), and teams affiliated with FCCLA have the opportunity to compete in LifeSmarts Varsity and Junior Varsity competitions as well as the FCCLA/LifeSmarts Knowledge Bowl.
- Click here for directions to register for LifeSmarts.
- Click here for the updated FCCLA coach’s quick reference guide.
Learn more about the FCCLA/LifeSmarts Knowledge Bowl
- FCCLA / LifeSmarts Knowledge Bowl Guidelines
- Important: The 2026 FCCLA Fall Qualifying Quiz which determines the top 40 teams to advance to the FCCLA NLC FCCLA / LifeSmarts Knowledge Bowl Finals is available from October 19 – November 20, 2026
- The Spring Quiz will be held from February 1 – February 26, 2027
- Adviser / Coaches must designate a team captain for each team.
- The team captain logs in at LifeSmarts.org, clicks on their Quizzes tab (on the left side of the page) and selects the folder for FCCLA Fall Qualifying Quiz 2026.
- FCCLA photos from FCCLA/LifeSmarts Knowledge Bowl NLC Finals
Learn more about state and national Varsity and Junor Varsity LifeSmarts competitions including the Monthly FCCLA TeamSmarts Challenge.
- We invite FCCLA chapters to participate in state and national LifeSmarts championships.
- Teams may compete in both their state’s Varsity LifeSmarts competition and in the FCCLA/LifeSmarts Knowledge Bowl.
- Four- or five-person teams compete online with the chance to advance to their state in-person or online competition and
the National LifeSmarts Varsity Championship in April or the Virtual Junior Varsity National LifeSmarts Championship - Teams must complete the online qualification quizzes before their state’s online closing date
- FCCLA teams may also apply for a wild card bid to represent their chapter, school and the FCCLA organization and compete at the National LifeSmarts Championship
- To apply for and receive either a META Wild Card Champion team invitation or a Wild Card champion team invitation to the National LifeSmarts Championship, FCCLA chapters must complete the application and requirements.
LifeSmarts FCCLA TeamSmarts Challenge Awards
FCCLA chapters can win monthly TeamSmarts Challenge awards! Register your team at LifeSmarts.org; the top-scoring FCCLA team on the monthly TeamSmarts Quiz will receive a $100 cash prize! The TeamSmarts quizzes are open each month from September – February. Learn more about TeamSmarts here. (Teams may win one TeamSmarts award per year.)
Please contact us with any additional questions.
Best of luck in the competition this year!
