LifeSmarts California
Teams complete online quizzes on personal finance, technology, consumer rights, and workforce topics, competing to become State Champion and qualify for Nationals.
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YIS Finance Knowledge Bowl
A free virtual competition for Young Investors Society members that tests personal finance and investing knowledge through an online Kahoot quiz round followed by a live Zoom finals round on real companies, with cash prizes and a berth in the Global Stock Pitch Competition for winners.
Youth Economics Initiative (YEI): EconBowl
The self-described world's largest coalition of high school economics clubs runs EconBowl, a fall economics competition with a $1,500 prize pool, alongside school-based EconClubs, a members-only spring EconOlympiad, and a speaker series, partnering with organizations including Bank of America and Stanford.
Bay Area Financial Education Foundation Workshops
A San Francisco Bay Area nonprofit that sends volunteer financial professionals into schools and community organizations to lead free, interactive workshops on budgeting, investing, and credit for students, delivered on request as part of teachers' regular coursework.
All American High School Film Festival
Students submit short films across 13+ categories; official selections screen at a live festival/Teen Indie Awards with scholarship prizes.
American Philosophy Olympiad
High schoolers write a proctored philosophical essay (in French or Spanish); top two scorers represent the USA at the International Philosophy Olympiad.
Conrad Challenge (Energy & Environment)
Student teams design an innovation and business plan solving a real-world problem in tracks including Energy & Environment, progressing through Activation and Innovation stages to the Innovation Summit.