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01.02.2009 12:01 am

Recession, reading and ‘rithmetic

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Layoff and the economy are sending several adults back to school to learn new skills or sharpen existing skills. Local schools and job counselors say more programs are available to help workers go back to school as the job market worsens.

Today’s…

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09.25.2008 1:02 am

Happy feet

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

092508Step teams are becoming popular at several local high schools and a few elementary schools. What in the world is a step team? It’s a form of percussive dance. Take a look at the A-Town Steppers in action. Step teams…

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08.13.2008 12:01 am

No parent left behind

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

081308OK, yesterday it was time to go back to school. Today it’s time to face math. I loved math — especially algebra and calculus. (Not so much with geometry, though.) Test your middle-school math skills. (I got them all correct,…

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08.12.2008 12:01 am

Book ‘em, Danno

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

081208It’s time to go back to school! I love shopping for school supplies — even though I’m not in school anymore. (Yesterday, I picked up a box of new markers. I’m heading to my alma mater this weekend to talk…

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08.02.2008 12:30 am

I’ll drink to that / It all adds up

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Dan Martin, the man behind the Weatherbird, was off this week. So I kind of took the opportunity to take a couple of days off from the Bird’s blog, too. Of course, the Weatherbird gets no such break, so let’s…

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05.23.2008 3:21 am

High (tech) school

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

052308High school yearbooks are going hi-tech with DVDs and interactivity.

Bird line suggestions:

  • The way they were
  • Tome raiders
  • Pages of the past
  • Those were the days

Today’s Bird line: High (tech) school

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02.23.2008 12:00 am

Step lightly

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Snow day BirdOther schools may have called a snow day yesterday, but not St. Margaret of Scotland School. So we sent the Weatherbird to school, too.

But find something to say about the weather two consecutive days? No problem for our expert Bird…

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