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Robotics
 Young
team qualifies for national robotics meet
A
group of young west St. Louis County kids learned
the truth of the old adage of "the tortise and
the hare." Their "slow but steady" robot
captured the regional championship of the First
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Book
Reviews
 This
month's book reviews
Books reviewed for January include (1) kids
solve a mystery in a Frank Lloyd Wright house,
(2) World War II's home front is described by
a young boy, (3) a girl discovers little people
near her new home, and (4) a wise-cracking blind
kid finds he's a natural at golf |
Stock
Market Game
 Beer
stock helps Holman Middle investing team
Eighth graders are several years away from
being able to drink beer legally. But, Budweiser
stock was the key to one St. Louis-area team's
success in the statewide Stock Market Game.
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Mastodon
Fair
 Credits
science fair with fast career start
Jake Hertenstein credits the Mastodon Art/Science
Regional Fair with helping him get a fast start
in science. "My science career pretty much started
with the fair," he said. |
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Read,
Right, Run
 St.
Louis city kids join year-long program
Kids at Farragut School in St. Louis City
are participating for the first time in the
unique, year-long Read, Right & Run Marathon
program. That combines weekly book reading,
good deeds and running during their school's
class day.
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Young
Achiever
 Fenton
girl continues to excel in middle school
So far, 12-year-old Meghan Chac of Fenton
has been following a busy schedule of school
and outside activities. And she's received
recognition for accomplishments in a variety
of fields.
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Math
Mania
 Challenge
24 for January Math Mania
The January Math Mania
puzzles return to a familiar format
as we start the 2009 year. You'll arrange
the four numbers with appropriate math
functions to achieve the common answer
of 24.
Just
one winner in December Math Mania
Kids must have started the
holiday celebrating early this year.
At least, not many of you entered the
December Math Mania competition.
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Things
to do,
Places to go
Marthasville
kids write original stories
Imperial
kid has vision problem, but likes to hunt