School Mural
Paint a school mural? Get mayor's okay first
Fifth-grader Kathleen White thinks the planned mural on the outside of Westridge Elementary school "will make our school seem more open to kids." But, it took a vote by the mayor of Ballwin before the planned painting could continue.

Youth Shakespeare
Many kid actors to stage "The Tempest"
William Shakespeare's classic play, "The Tempest," has a plot with lots of twists and turns. But, getting ready for the April staging of the play by St. Louis area kids might be more complicated.

Sports
Speedskating competing for kids here
Nick and Beth Gier and Johnny Frohlichstein are three kids entered in the Silver Skates regional speedskating meet here the first week in March. The local meet comes just a week after the three participated in speedskating nationals in Milwaukee.

Robots
First Robotics regional meet in March
Last year, Danny Schneider and Clint Schulte were members of the River City Junior Robots team in the First Lego League. This year, they're ready for the "big leagues."

Books
This month's book reviews
This month features books about the Oklahoma land rush of 1893, a chilling murder mystery, the problems of a young deaf girl, and a hockey-playing girl who takes ballet lessons.

World's Fair
Class project becomes professional-grade game
When 7th grader Jennifer Flynn had to develop a class project based on the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, she really did it up right. She ended up with a professional-grade board game patterned after Monopoly.

Show-Me Movies
Kids use different ways to win movie awards
Two Parkway Southwest Middle School teams won first place awards in the first annual Show-Me a Movie contest. The two teams used entirely different approaches to achieve their success.