Welcome
to another year of Young Saint Louis.com Young Saint Louis.com is devoted to telling about the
accomplishments of local kids on both sides of the river and
also help them learn interesting things about this historic
area. We also want you to enjoy reading; that's why there
are at least four reviews of kids books each month. Take some
time to explore all facets of this website which is now entering
its 11th year. Enjoy!!
Robotics
team All-girl
team wins spot in robotics state meet Nine girls on the G.I.R.L.S.
robotic team will be competing in their
FIRST Lego League (FLL) state championship
tournament this month. The meet is scheduled
for Saturday, Jan. 9.
World
robotics tourney West
County team to world robotics tourney
again The Oddly Charged Particles
team has qualified again for the First
Tech Challenge world robotics championship.
And they've set out a busy schedule
to improve their robot before that meet
in Atlanta, GA, in April.
Book
Reviews This
month's book reviews
Books reviewed for January include (1) a boy
is swindled out of a valuable baseball card,
(2) a goodbye gift involves a boy in an unusual
adventure, (3) four sixth grade kids form
a championship academic team, and (4) a girl
fears being abandoned by her guardian
Heart
transplant Kid's
return to school delayed until after holidays
Nine-year-old Cory White certainly had
a good excuse for not returning to school
until after the holidays. Last August, before
the school year started, his body started
to reject his transplanted heart.
Bike
trip For
9-year-old, the St. Louis stopover was memorable
For 9-year-old Gregory Williams, his St. Louis
stopover in October was a high point of a 4-month
cross-country ride with his parents on a 3-seater
bicycle.
Nutcracker
Local
girl enjoys Joffrey "Nutcracker" role Twelve-year-old
Clare Blase was one of several area kids who
earned roles in last month's Joffrey Ballet's
performance of "The Nutcracker" at the Fox
Theater.
Stock
market Hazelwood
West kid is first in state investing game
George Sweidan
came to this country five years ago from the
Middle East. Last month, the Hazelwood West
junior scored highest in the statewide Stock
Market Game's fall investing competition.
Record
fish O'Fallon
youth catches a record-setting herring Teenager Jim Lucas
of O'Fallon, MO, has had his September catch
of a skipjack herring fish certified as a
Missouri state record. And he's on the lookout
for other record-setting catches.
Fun
with Math Using
the process of elimination for answers To start
the new year, "Fun with Math" author
George Yu wants you to figure out answers
to the January puzzlers by a process
of elimination, using what you know
about two different things.
Ten
winners for "planetary costs" puzzlers
Ten kids
got all three answers correct in the
December "Fun with Math" puzzler concerning
the costs of things on three imaginary
planets.
The
leader in books for blind, "Happy Meals for
Kids"
The
Eagles are coming; so are spring events 
All-girl
team wins spot in robotics state meet
West
County team to world robotics tourney
again 
This
month's book reviews
Kid's
return to school delayed until after holidays
For
9-year-old, the St. Louis stopover was memorable
Local
girl enjoys Joffrey "Nutcracker" role 
Hazelwood
West kid is first in state investing game
O'Fallon
youth catches a record-setting herring 
Using
the process of elimination for answers