Washington, DC

Welcome to LifeSmarts! Here you’ll learn about consumer issues that impact your everyday life – everything from managing your finances, making smart consumer choices, understanding technology, staying healthy, and helping the environment – all with the goal of putting you in charge. Coaches are invited to register and create teams, and students may register and compete online. We hope that you’ll check out the resources you find here, test your knowledge with practice quizzes, use TeamSmarts and LifeSmarts U, and compete online.

District of Columbia LifeSmarts is run through a partnership with the National Consumers League. Participation in LifeSmarts is open to any group of students from grades 6-12 with an adult coach.

High School Dates (Grades 9-12):
Online competition opens September 27, 2018
State in-person competition slated for February 22, 2019 in Washington, DC.
The winning team will represent the District of Columbia at the National LifeSmarts Championship in Orlando, Florida on April 13 -16, 2019

For more information, go to www.LifeSmarts.org or contact the DC state Coordinator.