 Lots
of fun for summer vacation
This Young Saint Louis.com edition includes lots
of summer fun activities information. See This Month
in St. Louis History, Places to Go/Things to Do
and the Outdoors story. Also, winners in the Harry
Potter Trivia and Math Puzzler contests. |
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News
Illinois kids' energy work wins
award
Kids in the Alhambra (Ill.) Elementary School' Energy Club
recently completed a sale of energy-efficient light bulbs.
Sale profits will help to install solar panels to bring
energy from the sun to their school. |
Lifestyle
Kid sends packages to troops
in Iraq
The fighting in Iraq is winding down. But, Thomas Van Horn
says he wants to keep up his flow of home-made care packages
to troops in the 101st Airborne Division. |
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Books
This month's book reviews
Sixth grader Jerry Flack was in a new school. At his last
one, he had hated being labeled the class dork. So now
he was trying hard to be cool and not get known as a dork
by his new classmates. Read about Jerry's book this month
in the Young Saint Louis.com book reviews. We will
also review the book "Holes," on which a movie
was based!
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Entertainment
Sister and brother
share joys of theater
This month, Anita Shastri and her brother, Neil, both
have parts in the same play in the Shakespeare Festival
in Forest Park. The two have been lots of things together
in theater since they started five years ago.
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Outdoors
Overnight visit in Shaw
Nature Reserve
Twelve-year-old Barry Perkins got to see a forest and
wetlands for the first time last month. He also had a
snake crawl over his shoe during a morning nature hike.
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Sports
Kid sisters enjoy busy golf
schedules
On the Memorial Day weekend, Paige and Brandy Jung played
in a golf tournament at Walt Disney World in Florida.
It's the last time for awhile the two sisters will compete
head-to-head in tournaments.
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Careers
Too young for a paying job?
Kids plan ahead anyway
Eighth-grader Doug Gaehle is too young to get a paying job.
But, he and other Saeger Middle School classmates already
have their job resumes on-line. |
Profile
O'Fallon, Ill., kid earns
2003 Achiever award
Right now, 11-year-old Kristen Delia of O'Fallon, Ill.,
excels in lots of things she does in school, church and
community. But, she sees a time when she'll have to "make
choices" on what to focus on in the future. |
Reading
Summer reading program
for kids
The St. Louis County Library's "Laugh It Up"
summer reading program for kids starts this month.
There are three outdoor sign-up parties for younger
kids and a bowling party for older kids. |
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