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math puzzles, history and things to do this month. Along with
that, we have our regular four book reviews. Enjoy and tell
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GEAR
UP A
program to help 8th graders develop
a "career profile" Fourteen-year-old
Mary Thomas wants a career in film and
video editing. She said she's changed
her choice of high schools in order
to better shape her future education
toward that goal.
Movie
making Winning
movie helps teach character
Two kid movie-making teams at Willow
Brook Elementary School have won firsts in
the 2006 Show Me A Movie competition. One
of the movies already has been used in explaining
the school's character-building program to
students.
Eight
schools have winning movie teams
Twelve teams from eight different
schools had winning teams in the 2006 Show
Me A Movie competition sponsored by the Cooperating
School Districts organization. Four schools
had two winners apiece.
Minority
scientists 90-year-old
tells kids joys of science Dr.
Lincoln I. Diuguid is a scientist who turned
90 this month. But, he continues to work at
his laboratory and manufacturing plant in St.
Louis.
Litzsinger
Center Kids
study stream erosion in high-speed Eighth grade kids from Maplewood/Richmond
Heights Middle School have been studying the
watershed of nearby Deer Creek. Last month,
they got to simulate at high speed the erosion
potential of the stream.
Books
This
month's book reviews
Books reviewed for February include accounts
of (1) a stray dog's life, (2) a girl who
learns to be supportive in her best friend's
grief, (3) kids trying to survive in a tsunami,
and (4) two girls who help free the ghost
of a young girl from continuing to haunt the
house in which she died.
Read,
Right, Run Big
Dewey Elementary turnout for RRR Eight-year-old Tayler
Kuper credits the Read, Right and Run program
with getting her "up and going" when it came
to physical exercise. She admits she previously
had been a bit of a "couch potato."
Help
the birds Birds
need new food supplies in wintertime Although we haven't had much snow
so far this winter, February is a time when
wild birds could use some help with new food
supplies. St. Louis area kids can provide assistance
right in their backyards.
Youth
hockey Kids
have fun, success in hockey
Most kids of the St. Peters Spirit Mite AA hockey
team say their tourney win in a Thanksgiving
meet in Chicago was their best hockey experience
so far.
Math
Mania Math
Mania in February has "magic squares" Ms. Math Mania has yet
another new format for the February Math
Mania puzzles. These are in the form
of "magic squares."
Quite
a few MM winners in January There weren't quite as many Math
Mania winners in January as there were
in December. But, you made a very respectable
showing for this first try at Sudoku puzzles.
1.
Lindbergh's Paris flight was a race
Black
History Month, plus Maple Sugar Festival, an
evening Owl Prowl and Eagle Adventures
A
program to help 8th graders develop
a "career profile"
Winning
movie helps teach character 
Eight
schools have winning movie teams
90-year-old
tells kids joys of science 
Kids
study stream erosion in high-speed
This
month's book reviews
Big
Dewey Elementary turnout for RRR
Birds
need new food supplies in wintertime
Kids
have fun, success in hockey
Math
Mania in February has "magic squares"