Wisconsin

Top Picture : 2024-2025 Wisconsin State Champions and 2025 National LifeSmarts Champions team from Pewaukee High School.

Bottom Picture: 2024-2025 Wisconsin State JV Champions and 2025 3rd place JV National LifeSmarts team from Oconto Middle School.

Hi Wisconsinites:

We look forward to having you participate in the many activities offered by LifeSmarts.

TeamSmarts begins on September 1 with the competition quizzes going live on November 1st.

Coaches are invited to register (or log back in if you registered in the 2024-2025 season) and create new teams or update existing teams. Students may register and compete online.

Coaches, you have access to many free lesson plans and other educational resources to help make LifeSmarts a great classroom activity. Click on Coaches, and then Resources tab to view them.

4-H, BPA, FBLA, FCCLA, and SkillsUSA Chapters have their own special LifeSmarts competitions, but are also eligible to compete in our state varsity level competition.

Students are eligible to be on one state varsity team and also on two other organization teams. Team coaches should download the specific group instructions from the Coaches Page.

Schools may enter more than one coach, coaches may enter more than one team, but only one varsity or JV team from a school may qualify for the state competition.

Scores will be tabulated and the highest scoring varsity and JV teams will be invited to the State Competition.

The Varsity competition will be held in-person on Friday, February 13, 2026, on the Edgewood College campus. All qualifying teams will be provided with detailed instructions on what to do.

First place varsity team members and their coach will each receive a $1,000 scholarship/honorarium. Second place team members and their coach will each receive a $500 scholarship/honorarium. The first place team is then eligible to proceed to the national competition. This year’s national competition will be in Orlando, FL. All travel expenses, lodging, and meals are covered by CBM Foundation.

This year we will again be offering a JV state competition. Coaches: registering for a team is the same process as a varsity team, just select the JV option. Students: follow the same procedure.

JV Competition is open November 1, 2025 – January 18, 2026. State competition will either be virtual or in-person depending on the number of teams that qualify. The top-scoring JV team in our state will receive an invitation to compete in the virtual National LifeSmarts Junior Varsity Championship in May 6-7, 2026

If you have any questions or comments or just want to discuss some ideas, feel free to contact Tammie or Erin.

Wisconsin State Coordinators
Tammie McCarthy
Phone (920) 834-2226
tammiemcc2014@gmail.com

Erin Bykowski

Phone (608) 574-5161

ebykowski@uwcu.org

Thanks to our state sponsors: