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2010
Young Achievers
2010
Gateway Young Achiever students named
Seven
metro-area elementary and middle school kids
have been named 2010 Gateway Young Achievers.
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Jeopardy
youth
Local
girl on TV on Jeopardy! Kids' Week
Thirteen-year-old Molly Gier of Chesterfield
is one of 15 kids across the country who will
appear on a Jeopardy! Kids' Week broadcast this
summer. |
Chess
team
New City
School's chess club has very good year
One of every five students at St. Louis' New
City School takes part in its after-school chess
program. And the school's 6th and under team
is offering proof that the club is having a
very good year. |
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Book
Reviews
This month's
book reviews
Books reviewed for March include (1) a boy,
proud of his skills as a thief, gets involved
in kingdom changing, (2) a ten-year-old girl
loses her hair to disease and comes to hate
school, (3) a kids' novel based on the script
from a popular Disney movie, and (4) a "colored"
girl from North Carolina is moved to Harlem
in the 1920's.
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History
Day
Didn't win
regionals, but on to nationals
Thirteen-year-old
Matt Vallorani's History Day entry didn't even
get judged in the recent Region 5 competition.
But, he's going to the nationals after winning
a first in the junior website division in the
Missouri state contest. |
Shakespeare
Kids see how
pros handle "Hamlet" roles
Kids at Bryan
Hill Elementary School get an unusual opportunity
this month. They'll be able to check out how
professional actors handle roles they filled
last December in their school production of
Shakespeare's "Hamlet."
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Faust
Park profile
Faust Park
is an entertainment "jewel" for family fun
Faust Park in
northwest St. Louis County reopened one of
its unusual attractions just in time for the
summer season. The historic St. Louis Carousel
is back in business, after a complete overhaul.
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Fun
with Math
 How
much time for a variety of trips
The "Fun
with Math" questions for May involve
people taking trips using various modes
of transportation. Then there's a crazy
bird tracking the travelers in one of
the puzzles.
Six
entrants got all April questions correct
Six kids
got all of the answers for the April
"Fun with Math" puzzles correct as the
house painting questions didn't seem
to be too hard for the entrants.
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Summer
Reading Clubs at the City Library
City
Library's Summer reading recommendations
Summer
Reading Clubs at County libraries
County
library's summer reading recommendations