On Thursday, March 3rd, the Public and Community Affairs Department of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston hosted its 9th annual Massachusetts LifeSmarts State Competition. Despite a snow storm days earlier, twenty high school teams from local cities and towns came ready to contend for the title of state champion. Volunteers from the FDIC, Office of the Attorney General, Consumer World, Inc. and FRB employees acted as officials.

The Palmer High School “Panthers 2” beat out 20 teams from across Massachusetts to claim the state’s 8th Annual 2005 LifeSmarts championship. For more information, see the detailed results for the regional, consolation, semi-final, and final matches.

Other Participants
East Long Meadow/ Golden Hearts 4-H Club- 2 teams
East Long Meadow/Golden Hearts of E.L.- 1 team
Franklin High School- 1 team
Garrison Trotter/ Latin Academy- 1 team
Harvard/ The Bromfield School- 2 teams
Hopkinton High School- 1 team
Lynn/ St Mary’s High School- 1 team
Medfield High School- 2 teams
Medford/ Hamilton-Wenham Regional High- 2 teams
North Reading High School- 2 teams
Palmer High School- 2 teams
Wakefield High School- 1 teams
Worchester Vocational- 2 teams