Spring
is here!! Enjoy the outdoors!!
Spring is here and now's the time to consider some outdoor
activities to celebrate the warm temperatures and daylight
savings time. The April edition of YSL.com is filled
with articles and stories giving you ideas on things to do.
Enjoy!!
Earth
Day New
City School's River Kids to perform
The River Kids ecology group
at New City School in St. Louis is putting
together a new "rap" music performance
for the 19th annual Earth Day Festival.
Project
Linus Some
3rd graders are skilled blanket makers Among kids at Shenandoah
Valley Elementary who recently made blankets
to give to kids in local hospitals were a number
of veteran blanket-makers.
Read,
Right, Run Crestwood
kids prepare for Fitness Weekend April 5-6 Crestwood
Elementary kids last month stepped up their
preparation for the conclusion of their Read,
Right & Run program that started last October.
Book
Reviews This
month's book reviews
Books reviewed for April include (1) a Navaho
girl in the 1860's copes with her tribe's
forced resettlement, (2) a hyperactive boy
tries to pitch baseball, (3) a ten-year-old
enters a dogsled race to save his family's
farm, and (4) a family of boys competes with
a family of girls.
Laclede
Quartet Nine-year-old
excels at violin, chess
Nine-year-old John Li of Ballwin was the youngest
soloist at last month's Laclede Quartet's
Youth concert. But, he also enjoys another
extra-curricular activity, competitive chess.
State
History Day Wydown
Middle wins big in History Day meet
Eighth-grader Zachary Praiss of Wydown Middle
School won first in the Region 5 Missouri
History Day competition for the third year
in a row. He and partner won in the junior
group documentary category.
Region
V Missouri History Day winners
Here are the 2008 Region V Missouri History
Day junior state delegates. They will compete
April 12 in Jefferson City for the chance
to go to the national History Day competition.
Trailnet
Busy
outdoor schedule for young hikers, bikers
Trailnet's 2008 Calendar of Rides gives young
people in the St. Louis area a host of interesting
activities for walking, running and biking.
There's even a new caving event.
Math
Mania April's
Math Mania is Challenge 24 You were introduced to the Challenge
24-type of questions in the December, 2007,
edition. They are problems that require you
to use different math symbols to make the four
numbers of each puzzle come out to a final answer
of 24. .
Six
winners in Math Mania contest Just as last month, there were six
winners in the March Math Mania contest. And,
as we did last month, we picked three winners
of $10 Border book certificates in a random
drawing.
The
merger of the McDonnell and Douglas aircraft
companies, the death of a St. Louis politican
after he's bitten by a rival, "The Hoodlum
Priest" and more
April
brings a host of outdoor events such as St.
Louis Earth Day, GO! Fitness Weekend, the start
of the St. Louis Cardinals baseball season and
more. 
New
City School's River Kids to perform
Some
3rd graders are skilled blanket makers 
Crestwood
kids prepare for Fitness Weekend April 5-6 
This
month's book reviews
Nine-year-old
excels at violin, chess
Local
kid has near-misses for roles on Broadway 
Wydown
Middle wins big in History Day meet
Busy
outdoor schedule for young hikers, bikers
April's
Math Mania is Challenge 24