Upcoming school board elections- meet the candidates
Alex Jones, Features
March 31, 2011
The Kirkwood School Board elections will take place April 5. There are four candidates looking to fill the three open positions. Scott Stream Age 55, previously elected to school board, Kirkwood resident Occupation- Insurance broker, Stream Benefits Group Political Experience- Board member, Kirkwood... Read more »
Foreign kids around me, they be actin’ like they drunk
Maddie Stradal, news writer
March 17, 2011
Choosing a place to travel for spring break can be daunting. Suddenly more options appear, and traveling with family becomes one of many choices. Scenery and culture can be strong motivators, but 64 percent (192/296) of students surveyed said they would drink if traveling to a country with a lower drinking... Read more »
Snow days steal spring break from Orchard Farm
Maggie Teson, Features Writer
March 17, 2011
Students have been stripped of their spring breaks. The students in the Orchard Farm School District in St. Charles County that is. This winter, Jack Frost dumped a stack of snow days on Orchard Farm students that initially appeared to be a blessing, but has instead become the reason why they will spend... Read more »
Get the best spring break BOD
Myles Artis and Robert Conroy, Co-Sports Editors
March 17, 2011
Push-Ups The push-up is designed to tone arm muscles. Lie chest down with hands at shoulder level, palms flat on the floor and at shoulder width apart with feet together. As you come up from the floor, keep your body steady and back straight. Reps: 3×20 Running Running benefits every muscle in your... Read more »
Full Speedo ahead?
Johnny Frohlichstein, Claire Salzman
March 17, 2011
Yes What do soccer star David Beckham, Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps and actor David Hasselhoff have in common? They are all celebrities with the courage (and the bodies) to take on and rock the Speedo. And why wouldn’t they choose to? It’s young, it’s fresh and it’s one of many reasons... Read more »
Girls just wanna be tan
Bess Wilhelms, News Writer
March 17, 2011
A few times a month when the stress of senior year gets to her, Danielle Harper, senior, heads off to a tanning salon to relax in the peace and quiet of a tanning bed. She is one of 29 percent of teens surveyed at KHS who tan according to a survey of 306 students. “I know many girls do it to look good,... Read more »
North Kirkwood Middle School student pulled from class for t-shirt controversy
Devan Coggan, co-editor-in-chief
March 16, 2011
A North Kirkwood Middle School student was pulled from class March 16 for wearing a t-shirt with what administrators claim might be considered an offensive slang word. Michelle Ramirez went to school wearing a shirt that said, “JESUS, HE SCARES THE HELL OUT OF YOU.” Under Kirkwood dress code... Read more »
Spring Break Issue Out Now
March 16, 2011
The Kirkwood Call released its ninth issue of the 2010-2011 school year March 14: an 8-page spring break special. Luckily, the miserable St. Louis weather is getting warmer, and senioritis is contagious (as is juniorfluenza, sophomonia and freshmanella). So, for our ninth issue, we decided to give into... Read more »
Bess gets published
Anna Edwards, writer
March 15, 2011
Alex Bess, freshman, visited Robinson Elementary Wed. March 9 in the library to talk to fifth and fourth graders about her published book, The Scrapper. Bess wrote the book in her REACH class, for gifted students, at Nipher Middle School first as a project, but it is now published by KidPub Press. “When... Read more »
Baseball team takes its talents to South Beach
Michael Toigo, sports writer
March 14, 2011
On the dawn of March 20, a dugout full of teenage boys will arrive in the Sunshine State after a 19-hour car ride for their spring break. The trip will sport three official games including one against a 2010 state champion from Chicago, four team practices, a MLB spring training face-off between the... Read more »