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St. Louis Magazine - March, 2009

March 2009

Lead Story

High Schools 2009

SLM's biennial guide for the families of St. Louis—featuring sage advice from education experts, portraits of student achievers, essential stats on 98 high schools and an in-depth look at how one crucial subject is taught by six different teachers

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First Look: Andria's Steak House

Get Your Bourbon On!

Ins, Outs, and Almosts

Kitchen Q&A: Jorge Carvalho

Flashback: 1910

A Conversation With Jerry Prsha



	Table of Contents (March 2009)

	Midwestern Fantasia The Uncanny Photographs of Fitz W. Guerin By Stefene Russell

	A Matter of Habit? After Vatican II, orders of women religious took off their coifs and wimples and breathed a sigh of relief. But after sliding by 54 percent, the number of vocations is going up again—and the new sisters want the old ways back. By Jeannette Cooperman

	Facing Down Stress As “workplace stress” takes on new meaning, four experts sound off about the recessionary catchphrase By Jarrett Medlin

	The Evolution (and Intelligent Design) of High-School Biology An in-depth look at mandates and taboos in six St. Louis classrooms By Jeannette Cooperman

	Class Portraits Meet five of St. Louis' standout seniors—successful in school, successful in life Interviews by Dan Michel and Stephen Schenkenberg

	High School As It Should Be A timely message for parents, teachers, administrators and the high-school students of St. Louis By Tom Hoerr

	Out of Poverty For the past two decades, Washington University social scientist Michael Sherraden has been working to revise welfare by helping recipients save money and build futures. Now his ideas are working in his own hometown. By Christy Marshall

	To Hell and Back Exercises A St. Louis baby boomer tries three tough workouts—and lives to tell the tale By Rick Skwiot

	The Bellwether Blues For years, politicos have thought Missouri was a national microcosm. They thought wrong By Adam Allington