Kirkwood Call <![CDATA[Kirkwood Call]]> http://my.hsj.org/Portals/2/logos/__TFMF_gcjqax55j3zy2145zldgvh45_5746046f-ab3b-43b9-911b-8d4d3a53bd80_0___Selected.jpg en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:48:22 GMT 15 <![CDATA[Intro to Design returns after a 2 year absence]]> By Sam Sauer


Sam Sauer
Isabel Campbell, freshman, works on her floor plan for interior design in her Intro to Design class April 14. “I like transferring my work onto the computer,” Campbell said. “It’s cool seeing your creation.”

full story > ]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:19:11 GMT <![CDATA[What happens in Mexico should be noticed by American citizens]]> By Sam Sauer
When my closest friends and I booked our senior trip on the John Mayer Cruise to Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, it was before the horror stories about Mexico arose. Soon, my friends and I shared stories of full story > ]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:17:01 GMT <![CDATA[PostSecret: Telling the Extraordinary confessions of seemingly ordinary people]]> By Sam Sauer
full story > ]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:15:19 GMT <![CDATA[Ameren UE rewards energy efficiency]]> By Carra Hansen


Courtesy Cindy Bambini
Wind turbines, like these in Bloomington, Illinois, work opposite of fans. “A fan uses electricity to create air,” Bambini said. “A turbine uses wind to create electricity.”

For about $1 a person can buy a soda out of a vending machine. For about 75 cents a person can buy candy bar or a pack of gum. For 50 cents a person can invest in the support of the devel full story > ]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:15:04 GMT <![CDATA[52 years of teaching makes Stout a legacy]]> By Pete Krusing
Hanging on the fence watching his boys manhandle another team, Art Stout must feel good. Stout has brought Kirkwood tennis from its knees into a state champion contender year after year. Stout, 73, full story > ]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:12:19 GMT <![CDATA[The few, the proud, the LEAF Club]]> By Corinne Eschenroeder and Maggie Hallam


Bobby Watson
Jack Waldemer, junior, recycles at a LEAF club meeting

K irkwood High School’s LEAF Club has been confused with detention on more than one occasion while meeting in SC111. But what the few members of the club are doing can hardly be considered punishmen full story > ]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:11:17 GMT <![CDATA[End of Course Exams replace MAP Tests]]> By Mackenzie Becker


Michael Killeen

New End Of Course Exams add another test to the already test filled end of the year for underclassmen who previously took the MAP Tests. The Missouri Department of Elementary Education created the exa full story > ]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:11:17 GMT <![CDATA[Confessions of a Twitterholic]]> By Lauren Hummel
There is a support group for nearly every major addiction, but I’ve yet to find a cure or support group for my most recent fixation. My name is Lauren Hummel, and I am a Twitterholic. Twitter.com, a full story > ]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:10:16 GMT <![CDATA[End of Course Exams replace MAP Tests]]> By Mackenzie Becker
New End Of Course Exams add another test to the already test filled end of the year for underclassmen who previously took the MAP Tests. The Missouri Department of Elementary Education created the exa full story > ]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:10:01 GMT <![CDATA[Students participate in Day of Silence]]> By Amber Taylor


Katie Linsley
Signs adorn participants of the Day of Silence, April 17. The Day of Silence echoes the silence of those who have faced and still face discrimination based on their sexual orientation.

  M artin Luther King, Jr. once said, “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.” Nicole Halama was among many of her KHS classmates who took th full story > ]]> Tue, 21 Apr 2009 19:06:09 GMT