 Do
you like history stories?
Check the Young Saint Louis.com's This
Month in Missouri History feature in each edition.
You'll get a look at unique items from the area's past that
have anniversaries in the current month. Most items also have
links to more information. |
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Special
Report
 YSL.com
used as reading curriculum
The Young
Saint Louis.com website is being
used this spring to help a group of
St. Louis area 8th graders "open up
their literary horizons."
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Health
 Kyle
Frankiewicz living normal life
Eighth-grader Kyle Frankiewicz of Manchester
probably isn't going to be a football player
or have a career as a doctor as he had wanted.
But, for now, he's just glad to being able
to laugh without getting sick.
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Cooking
 Kids
hope cooking class helps with food careers
Two kids from Fenton, Sarah Theiss
and Dominic Pozzo, hope their five-hour cooking
class during last month's spring break help
them as they prepare for careers in the restaurant
business.
 From-scratch
pasta recipes for kids
Here
are some of the recipes that kids used for
their "Teens Day in the Kitchen" cooking lessons
at The Kitchen Conservatory
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Books
 This
month's book reviews
Books reviewed for April include (1) a boy
in olden times finds out he has wizard powers,
(2) a silly story about whales trying to take
over the world, (3) kids cope with family
problems during the Vietnam War, and (4) a
boy tries to make easy money by buying and
training a rundown pony
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Bird
club
 Bird
club helps kid with his new school
Twelve-year-old Mackenzie
Smith found his interest in bird watching helped
him get involved at his new school, Jackson
Park Elementary School in University City. |
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Music
 Nicholas
George wins Laclede Kids concert prize
Eleven-year-old Nicholas
George was the grand prize winner in the annual
Laclede Quartet's Kids Concert competition.
His younger sister, Anna, also was one of
the kids who played in the March 11 concert.
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History
 Emily
Hall wins special History Day award
Thirteen-year-old Emily Hall decided
to do her Missouri History Day project on former
slave Dred Scott's court fight for freedom.
She said, "I didn't know much about him and
I didn't even know about the special competition
category for him." |
Sports
 Affton
hockey team wins at Ohio meet
The Affton Americans Bantam B boys hockey team
capped off a successful 2006-07 season by winning
a title in a large regional tournament in Cincinnati,
Ohio. |
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Math
Mania
 Visual
Problem Solving skills for April Math Mania
Ms. Math Mania has yet
another unique set of puzzles for April. These
answers don't require any number calculations.
Rather, you solve the first four problems by
putting marks in the small boxes to satisfy
the instructions.
Nine
kids got all March Math Mania puzzlers
correct
Nine of the kids who entered the March
Math Mania "order of operations"
contest got all six puzzlers correct. That's
a pretty good showing when considering this
was the first time Ms. Math Mania
had used this particular format.
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"Hollow Earth" theory; first "Titanic"
interviews 