2006 |
Spring |
Self-Expression in Smocks |
The idea for SCOSAG, the South City Open Studio and Gallery for Children, was born from a postcard but gained real-world traction in south St. Louis |
Summer |
No Place Like Shining Rivers |
With hands, and hearts, and heads, kids at this Waldorf School in Webster Groves learn to experience the whole world |
Fall |
Prison Performing Arts: Theatre with Punch |
From lock-up to center stage, this theatre company puts the drama of adolescence in the service of art |
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2005 |
Jan |
Perception Deception |
Since Teach for America brought me to Vashon, the reality in Room F241 hasn't matched what the hype might lead you to believe |
Mar |
Object Lessons |
Winning essays about personal inspiration from important African-American leaders, courtesy of the Ferguson Middle School Black History Month essay contest |
May |
Million Dollar Babies |
Day in, day out, kids flock to learn the sweet science at the Panda Athletic Club |
Sep |
Building Massive Brain Power |
Lift for Life Academy started with pumping iron, but soon the charter school was bulking up its students' dreams, too |
Dec |
New Art Through My Eyes |
From the Lou to art school, via an innovative program at the Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis |
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2004 |
Feb |
Learning to Love the Language |
Just two hours a week in the Y-Read program has made a huge difference in the lives of some local kids, even if all they thought they were getting was teen fashion advice |
May |
School of Hard Knocks |
Despite her best intentions of living and schooling kids in the city, Angela found she had to move out to find the best education for her child |
Jun |
Can I Get an A-Men? |
An insider's look at the Webster Groves HS a cappella group A-Men, possessed of extraordinary vocal talent and some hard-core female fans |
Nov |
Am I My Sista's Keeper? |
YW-Teens programs grow St. Louis girls into tomorrow's leaders |
Dec |
Magnet-School Gamble |
Chance and consternation on the magnet-school quest |
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2003 |
Jan |
The Coolest Middle School Bandleader in the World |
Forget the nerdy t.v. image: Robert Garrett wins over Fanning Middle School's budding virtuosos with his beret and love of B2K |
Feb |
Living Room Lesson Plans |
One St. Louis family's homeschooling journey |
Mar |
Closing the Gaps |
The Vashon Education Compact vows that failure is no longer an option for the kids in its schools |
Apr |
Will the Real School Board Candidates Please Stand Up? |
Snapshots from one evening in the heated campaign that draws to a close this month but has far-reaching results |
May |
Tearing Down Walls by Painting on Them |
Artist Sarah Paulsen teamed up with Hispanic youth and community activists to bring beauty to a wall along Cherokee Street |
Jun |
Inspired by the City |
Love and anger, hope and despair all based in St. Louis find their way into poems from some insightful 7th graders |
Jul |
IMAGINING a Better Future for Troubled Kids |
Matching incarcerated students with artist mentors leads to an outpouring of talent |
Aug |
On the Watch |
Since his unsuccessful run for the school board last fall, Peter Downs has dedicated his St. Louis Schools Watch newsletter to keeping the winners honest |
Sep |
Louie, Louie |
The magazine produced by St. Louis teens for St. Louis teens proves catchy enough to hook kids and adults alike |
Oct |
Takin' It to the Streets |
Youth in Need serves, well, youth in need including runaways and homeless kids who come into its Street Outreach Program |
Nov |
Art Enriches |
Coloring the way to a brighter future for East St. Louis' Head Start kids |
Dec |
Growing Up Absurd |
Catching bright kids at the tipping point between brilliance and dangerous isolation |
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2002 |
Jan |
Getting Schooled |
A St. Louis middle school teacher's journal chronicles how letting go of strict control led to excitement about learning in her class |
Feb |
Fancy Ass Cars and Diversity |
Thoughts on what America is all about, from a student at the Black Ink community center |
Mar |
Community and Collaboration |
An interview with Jenna Bauer, founder of The South City Open Studio and Gallery for Children |
Apr |
Bikes, Bytes and Brains |
Kids can earn bikes, computers and respect from an innovative program in the Shaw neighborhood |
May |
Life Line |
For the teen volunteers answering the Kids Under Twenty One crisis line, a slow Friday night isn't necessarily bad |
Jun |
21 Under 21 Award Winners |
21? Well, not quite but we were blown away by these sweet seventeen... |
Jul |
Clean Sweep |
The Team Sweep Model Citizens program gives city kids a place to be positive |
Aug |
Warehousing is for Dry Goods and Merchandise, Not Kids |
The outrageous incompetence she saw at a private contract-run St. Louis alternative school forces Lori Canada to speak out about who we're letting into our kids' classrooms |
Sep |
Scrutiny for the School Board |
Although they're unpaid, St. Louis Board of Education members are among the most influential elected figures in town. A new group thinks we should all be more involved in their recruitment and selection. |
Oct |
Instant Family |
Just add kid? It's not quite that simple, especially when the child is adopted and the family is trans-racial. |
Nov |
Molding a New Model of Community |
Seen the new art center along Manchester in Forest Park Southeast? The colors are bright, the kids are showing up...and a new neighborhood dialogue is taking place. |
Dec |
The Quick Brown Fox Jumped Over the Lazy Dog |
Opening kids' minds to the playground of language at the South City Open Studio and Gallery |
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2001 |
Jan |
Pint-sized Poets Write What They Know |
Students from Bryan Hill Elementary School know about love, money and more |
Feb |
Do You See What I See? |
Lessons learned from cameras, kids and a printing press |
Mar |
Mental Muscle |
At the Academic Olympics, come out thinking or don't come at all |
Apr |
Who Are the People in Your Neighborhood? |
Dive in with students from The College School, who take the immersion approach to the urban experience |
May |
The State of the Art |
From the principles to their own performances, Divinity makes poets out of Wellston elementary school students |
Jun |
Building Community from Behind a Counter |
The College School's seventh graders learn the ingredients of smoothies, good customer service and how a city works |
Jul |
History in a Hole |
High school students spend their summer excavating privies and such, in the hopes of uncovering St. Louis history |
Aug |
Artwork = Art + Work |
St. Louis teens get a taste of the artist's life through a unique summer work program in the Gateway Mall's "tent city" |
Sep |
New Art in the Neighborhood |
Grand Center's Forum for Contemporary Art nourishes the spirits and stomachs of budding urban artists |
Oct |
Urban Natural Environment: An Oxymoron? |
Learning and teaching environmental appreciation and salvation in the St. Louis EnvironMentors program |
Nov |
Making Music with M.U.F.F.Y. |
Japanese drumming and other musical magic keep kids engaged in their north city neighborhood |
Dec |
Illuminated Mann-U-Script |
The fall issue of Mann Elementary's literary magazine is hot off the presses |