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City Academy
6:02 pm
Thu December 15, 2011

Private school City Academy offers scholarship to child of first responder

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City Academy in St. Louis.
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A private school in the city of St. Louis is offering a full ride to the child of a police or firefighter in the city.

City Academy's director of development, Ginger Imster, says school officials decided to offer the one-year scholarship after listening to testimony at a special legislative hearing on education held at the North City school earlier this year.

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Civil rights documentary
9:14 am
Wed February 23, 2011

Sixth-graders produce civil rights documentary

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Sixth-graders taught by Haliday Douglas at City Academy, a private school in north St. Louis, produced a documentary about the civil rights movement in St. Louis.
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St. Louis alderman Freeman Bosley Sr. speaks to 6th graders at City Academy. Bosley, a longtime civil rights activist and the father of the city's first black mayor, was one of the subjects of a documentary shot and edited by the 6th graders.
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City Academy 6th grade teacher Haliday Douglas helps a student prepare to interview Norman Seay, who helped found the St. Louis chapter of the Congress of Racial Equality and spent 90 days in jail for his role in the Jefferson Bank protest
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Sixth graders at City Academy interview Beth Louis, the granddaughter of Branch Rickey. As general manager of the Brooklyn Dodgers, Rickey signed Jackie Robinson to a major league contract, breaking the color barrier in baseball.
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On Wednesday, students at the City Academy, a private school in north St. Louis, will have a chance to view a civil rights documentary shot and edited by their schoolmates.

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