Competitions

FBLA
The FBLA-PBL National Awards Program recognizes and rewards excellence in a broad range of business and career-related areas. At the State Leadership Conferences, students compete in events testing their business knowledge and skills. Top state winners are then eligible to compete for national awards at the National Leadership Conference each summer.
Competitive events fall into three categories: individual, team, and chapter. Individual and team events focus on skills useful in leadership and career development; chapter events recognize overall achievement and performance in chapter management and growth.
Sign up for competitive events. Only one person/team is allowed to represent an individual category. If more than one person/team signs up for that event then a test is given and the person/team with the highest score will represent the FBLA Marshall Chapter.

LifeSmarts
LifeSmarts--the ultimate consumer challenge is an educational opportunity that develops the consumer and marketplace knowledge and skills of teenagers in a fun way and rewards them for this knowledge.  The program complements the curriculum already in place in high schools and can be used as an activity for classes, groups, clubs, and community organizations.  LifeSmarts, run as a game-show style competition, is open to all teens in the U.S. in the 9th through 12th grades.  Teams of four to five teens compete in district and state matches with the state winners going to the national competition to vie for the national LifeSmarts title. LifeSmarts is a program of the National Consumers League.

EconChallenge
Students compete in three divisions - David Ricardo and Adam Smith for HS students, and Middle School for Grades 6-8. The winning team from each division in eight regions in the state will be acknowledged and win a prize. These winning teams will also be invited to participate in the State Championship in Richmond. If a team is unable to travel to the State Championship, the next highest scoring team will be invited. Additionally the six highest scoring High School teams in the state will be invited to the State Championship for a total of 14 teams in each HS division.