| Women's
Final Four |
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Middle
School Madness
 Basketball
can help kids learn math, science, language
Does the
subject of basketball make a good topic
for a language arts class exercise?
The NCAA thinks so and middle school
kids in the St. Louis Public Schools
are going to find out this month.
Junior
Journalists
 Local
Junior Journalists to write about tournament
The 2009
NCAA Women's Final Four tournament here
will provide aspiring area student journalists
a unique opportunity to cover events
during the tournament weekend in April.
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Black
History Month
 City
libraries using special Bingo game
St.
Louis city kids wanting to learn more about
Black History Month will have a series of unique
Bingo games to help them learn about famous
African-American personalities, both past and
present. |
Oldani
Book
 Author
captures local folklore stories
Most people think of "folklore" as stories
from the "olden days." But, have you heard the
one about the Gateway Arch's effect on local
weather? |
Book
Reviews
 This
month's book reviews
Books reviewed for February include ones about
(1) Abraham Lincoln, with many pictures, (2)
famous detective Sherlock Holmes investigating
a mysterious death, (3) a girl experiencing
the stories of her world-traveled neighbor,
and (4) a fourth-grade field trip that came
close to being a nightmare |
| Make
Me a Movie |
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Elementary
winner
 Central
Elementary kids start movie-making early
Central Elementary 4th and 5th grade
kids started their movie-making last
semester in the after-school Media Club.
Last month, one of the teams earned
a first place in the area-wide Make
Me a Movie competition.
Middle School winner
St.
Louis City Museum makes a unique subject
Fourteen-year-old
Claire Stonner has a friend and a neighbor
who work at the St. Louis City Museum.
She thought that unique downtown institution
would make a good subject for a movie
she and two others were making.
All
of the winning teams
Eleven
2009 Show Me a Movie winners
Here are the category winners
for the 2009 Show Me a Movie contest
for St. Louis area elementary, middle
and high schools
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Young
Achiever
 High
Ridge girl continues helping others
Thirteen-year-old Kami Fox is continuing many
of the "helping" projects she started while
in elementary school. It's part of what she
wants to continue doing throughout her life.
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Early
local attention to disabilities education
Black
History Month activities; Muny auditions 
Sudoku
puzzles are back for February