A group of Iola High School students proved once again their knowledge of being the consummate consumers.
The IHS LifeSmarts Challenge Team of Ryan Eyster, a junior, and seniors Taylor Heslop, Yohon Sinclair, Abigail Taylor and Clara Wicoff took fourth in the National LifeSmarts Challenge competition April 9-12 in Denver.
The competition is geared as “the ultimate consumer challenge” and focuses on five key topic areas: consumer rights and responsibilities, the environment, health and safety, personal finance and technology.
Iola finished fourth out of 44 squads, while Heslop was chosen as LifeSmarts Student of the year.
Taylor and Eyster both took fifth in their individual subject tests, health and safety and consumer rights, respectively.
Taylor won a college scholarship for her participation in the Safety Smarts program, teaching early elementary students about safety. As part of the requirement she wrote an essay and created a power point presentation.
Clara Wicoff also received a prize for the best Twitter posts during the competition.
The students came away with several prizes for their efforts; had a fun time in Denver meeting students from all over the country and seeing the sites, head coach Jean Johns said.
