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Language Advocacy Project is a named high-school participation pathway published by American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
Language Honor Society is a named high-school participation pathway published by National Federation of State High School Associations; current availability and local rules must be checked.
Language Learning Showcase is a named high-school participation pathway published by American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
Language Service is a named high-school participation pathway published by National Federation of State High School Associations; current availability and local rules must be checked.
An entrepreneurship program in which high school students work in teams to develop and test a startup concept.
Leadership Award is a named high-school participation pathway published by Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation, with details that vary by current cycle and local organizer.
A residential summer program introducing high school students to business through classes team projects and company visits.
A tuition-free residential seminar program for rising high school seniors focused on academic topics leadership and service.
A multi-year college-access program beginning with a free residential summer institute for high school juniors.
Lemelson-MIT InvenTeams is an organizer-run high-school competition or award program in invention, engineering.
LifeSmarts is the National Consumers League's free consumer-literacy competition. Five-student teams study personal finance, consumer rights and responsibilities, technology, health and safety, and the environment, then compete through online quizzes and state pathways. National finalists complete individual and team contests, buzzer matches, and applied projects; the 2026 championship required an educational over-the-counter medicine-safety video and an Intuit personal-finance activity before the event. The annual season launches in early September and national competition occurs in spring.
Lin Arison Excellence in Writing Award is a named high-school recognition published by YoungArts; students should record only the result they actually received.
