Missouri

Welcome to LifeSmarts! Here you’ll learn about consumer issues that impact your everyday life! The month of December is Technology & Workforce Preparation! Environment for January!

Here you’ll learn about consumer issues that impact your everyday life – everything from managing your finances, making smart consumer choices, understanding technology, preparing for the workforce, 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.

Middle School Dates (Grades 6-8):
Students must complete the qualifying quizzes of the pre-quiz, the five category quizzes and the capstone quiz by December 20, 2022.
State Online TeamSmarts Quiz will be open January 11-18, 2023
State competition: February 21, 2023, Jefferson City, MO

High School Dates (Grades 9-12):
Students must complete the qualifying quizzes of the pre-quiz, the five category quizzes and the capstone quiz by December 20, 2022.
State Online TeamSmarts Quiz will be open January 11-18, 2023
State competition: February 22, 2023, Jefferson City, MO

The winning team will represent Missouri at the National LifeSmarts Championship in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 27 - 30, 2023.

Missouri LifeSmarts is coordinated by the Missouri Association of Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA), but is open to any group of students from grades 6-8 (Junior Varsity) and grades 9 - 12 (Varsity) with an adult coach.

For more information, go to https://lifesmarts.org or Missouri LifeSmarts at https://dese.mo.gov/college-career-readiness/lifesmarts or contact Missouri Coordinator at 573-751-6878 or molifesmarts@dese.mo.gov