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October 2001     Vol.2 Issue 10

 

An easy way to order early for the holiday
Young Saint Louis.com is affiliated with Amazon.com, the world's largest on-line supermarket. Now's a good time to plan what you'd like to get--and to give--for the holidays. You're just a click away from the entire Amazon.com lineup of products.

Entertainment
Find Puzzler answers; Win a prize
This is the second month for Young Saint Louis.com's Math Puzzler contest. We want you to have fun with math...and maybe win a prize.

Answers to September Puzzlers
We didn't have any kids who answered all of the September Math Puzzlers correctly. We had a couple get five of six answers correct.

Lifestyle
Kennerly School kids show "respect" with disaster fund drive
Kids and their families at Kennerly Elementary School have given new meaning to the school's character word "respect." They used it to raise $3,000 for aid to victims of the World Trade Center disaster.

 

News
Marissa (Ill.) students send experiments into space
Some Marissa (Ill.) High School science students have studied outer space since seventh grade. And they've had their experiments aboard NASA space shuttles.

 

Food
St. Louis kids learn cooking as art
The kids at COCA's first Saturday cooking class last month were all boys.

 

Books
This month's book reviews
This month we have books about a kid who takes a 2,000 mile journey to New Orleans, a girl in India, and more!

 

Outdoors
Illinois kids find upkeep of native prairie is big job
Kids at Douglas Elementary School in Belleville will have their hands full taking care of the native prairie they planted on the school grounds.

 

Enrichment
Learning Labs this fall offer fun and new knowledge
Have you ever wondered how detectives figure out clues at a crime scene? Or who scientists build a robot?

 

History
Lewis and Clark project asks kids to look at history and math questions
How did Meriwether Lewis and William Clark transport the lead shot and black powder they'd need on their Missouri River expedition 200 years ago?

 

Sports
Check out St. Louis Sports Commission's Sports for Kids
In November, St. Louis youth coaches and kid athletes can attend a free Youth Sports Clinic on basketball.

National games will leave money for local kids sports
Last summer, State Games of America held its national amateur championships in St. Louis. That group said it expects to leave some profits behind to support local kids sports activities in the months ahead.

 

 


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