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Money
Stock Market Game helps kids
learn to invest
The good news is kids at Ladue Middle School are
learning how to invest in the stock market. The better
news is that they aren't using real money. . |
News
Kids help in St. Louis Zoo fund
drive
The famous St. Louis Zoo is winding up its multi-million
dollar fund drive. And, as they have done since the zoo
was founded, kids are helping raise money. |
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Profile
Emily Miller brings Broadway
shows to her neighborhood
When Emily Miller was 10 years old, her parents took her
to a production of the Broadway musical, "Annie."
On the way home, she said she'd like to stage a show like
that.
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Writing
Kids find that publishing
books isn't easy
Fourth graders at Reed Elementary School have learned a
valuable writing lesson. That is, there's a lot more to
publishing a book than just writing it.
Excerpts
from kids' book publishing efforts
Here are writings from three kid-published books that
St. Louis kids' authors Patricia and Fred McKissack thought
were interesting. The books were published by kids at
Reed Elementary School in Ladue.
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Books
This month's book reviews
Ezra is baseball's biggest fan, but he's striking out with
his dad. Read about Ezra and more, in this month's Young
Saint Louis.com book reviews. |
Entertainment
Three St. Louis area
kids win state chess titles
Eleven-year-old Tony Cao of Ballwin is the youngest of three
St. Louis area state chess champions. They won titles in
last month's Missouri state youth tournament held in Jefferson
City. |
Sports
Local girls try to return
to AAU basketball finals
Fifteen-year-olds Whitney Sykes and Whitney Smith have played
for the St. Louis Comets basketball team since they were
in fourth grade. They've been to the AAU national finals
with the team four times. |
Lifestyle
Earth Day trail ride is
more than a bicycle trip
Kids on the North Riverfront Trail Ride Saturday, April
20, will do more than just ride their bikes along the Mississippi
River. There are lots of other activities during this unusual
Earth Day activity. |
Ball
Kids
Young
Saint Louis.com ball kids enjoy tournament
Thirteen-year-old Bobby Belleville said the Savvis
Center basketball court seemed smaller when he was
working right on the court. Bobby and thirteen-year-old
Peter Simon represented YSL.com as ball kids
at the Missouri Valley Conference men's tournament.
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| Looking
ahead to May, 2002
This
will start the third year of publishing Young
Saint Louis.com, which began May 1, 2002. Here
are some stories coming next month:
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Learn about an all-star girls basketball event--Battle
by the Arches--that's coming to St. Louis.
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You'll meet kids who contributed to the St. Louis
Zoo's big fund drive.
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Who are the winners of the Science Fair's new
website design contest?
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We'll have the usual Math Puzzlers, crossword
puzzles and, of course, corny jokes just for kids.
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