 Welcome
to Young Saint Louis.com 2007
Young Saint Louis.com starts the 2007 calendar year
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Tennis
Kid's
tennis climb hasn't always been smooth
SLU High senior Abraham Souza has signed
a letter of intent to play tennis at University
of Illinois. Also, he's No. 1 in the Missouri
Valley regional tennis rankings.
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Books
This month's
book reviews
January reviews are of books about a girl
who reluctantly comes to appreciate being
a girl, a boy who survives during a devastating
war in his homeland, a Mexican heiress who
is forced to become a migrant worker in the
Depression era U.S., and a family from Normal,
Illinois whose life doesn't seem to be normal.
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Careers
Kids
plan health careers, attend two high schools
Yelena
Canter and Jasmine Brown go to two high schools
at the same time as they study to become registered
nurses. And, they get expert medical information
via video-conferencing to help them in their
studies. |
Investing
Wildwood
Middle team picks stock market winners
Four Wildwood Middle School
kids admitted they knew nothing about investing
when last fall's statewide Stock Market Game
competition started. But, it turned out they
did pick good stocks. |
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Robots
Robots
help kids with career plans
Most members of the
Nano Ninjas robot-building team want to be
engineers or scientists. They think the First
Lego League robot competition helps them on
those career paths.
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Recycle
Science lessons
with model roller coasters
Sixth graders at the Simmons-Marshall
Elementary School designed and built model roller
coasters as a fun way to learn some principles
of science and math. They also got a lesson
in working as a team to accomplish their goal. |
Young
Achievers
Hamill shows
business skills, other accomplishments
Fourteen-year-old Grant Hamill already has his
own personal catering company, "Traveling Espresso."
You might describe the firm as a "mobile Starbucks."
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Math
Mania
January's
Math Mania is in Sudoku form
Ms. Math Mania has adapted
the popular Sudoku puzzle form for the January
Math Mania. Let's see how you
do with her mixture of numbers and letters in
this puzzle format from the Far East.
Lots
and lots of December winners
Either you guys know a lot about dialing the
telephone or Ms. Math Mania made
the December Math Mania questions
too easy. Lots and lots of kids got all seven
of last month's problems correct.
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