 A
new school year starts with plenty to do
Young Saint Louis.com
welcomes you back for the 2007-08 school year. We think YSL.com
can help you find information for school projects,
build your vocabulary and also show you places to go and things
to do in your free time. Have fun this year!!! |
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Math
Mania
 Math
Mania contest restarts for 2007-08
year
Ms. Math Mania,
Ms. Amy Ruzicka, is back for another
year of entertaining math puzzles for
the current school year. As before,
her puzzles give you a chance to win
but you don't have to worry about a
grade.
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Health
Careers
 Kids
learn about health careers, even how to operate
Twelve-year-old Joel Dubinsky of Manchester
says he wants to be a surgeon when he grows
up. At a health careers workshop this summer,
he got a taste of what it would be like to
do an operation.
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Karate
Kid
 Young
girl seeks to repeat karate success
This
month, 12-year-old Danielle Nuckolls of Chesterfield
will try to repeat her success earlier this
year in her first regional karate tournament. |
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Books
 This
month's book reviews
Books reviewed for September include (1) true
stories about sharks, (2) one about a boy
resisting peer pressure as he decides to stand
up for his own values, (3) troubles coming
from using a homework machine, and (4) a small
town girl copes with the unexpected divorce
of her parents
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Tour
of Missouri
 Fun
rides and cycling activity booklet for kids
Teams of professional bicycle
racers will be the featured attractions of the
first Tour of Missouri held this month. But,
there also are a number of unique activities
especially for kids during the six-day race,
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Safe
Routes to School
 Seek
to expand Safe Routes to School program
The director of Trailnet's
Safe Routes to School program is looking to
broaden the effort to get more kids to walk
or ride their bikes to school.
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Junior
Achievement
 Local
girl wins national scholarship to Yale
Four years in the
Junior Achievement of Mississippi Valley,
Inc., program has earned 18-year-old Rui Bao
a tremendous award. The Metro High School
graduate has received a Walt Disney Company
Foundation scholarship, covering four years
of tuition to Yale University.
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Young
Achievers
 Teen
runs babysitting like a business
Fourteen-year-old Ashley Heryford has turned
her neighborhood babysitting into a full-time
job this summer. She's been working five days
a week. |
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"Final
Resting Place"
 Famous
St. Louisans buried elsewhere
(Editor's note: This is the
last in a 12-part series about the burial spots
of famous St. Louisans. Information comes from
St. Louisan Kevin Amsler's book, "Final Resting
Place: The Lives and Deaths of Famous St. Louisans.)
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Jazz
legend Henry Townsend and "race music",
Balloon Racing, WTC Architect's Projects,
Marie Chouteau and Whiskey
Big
Muddy Blues Festival, Japanese Festival, County
Fair and Air Show, Balloon Race, and much more