St. Petersburg Times: Xpress

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Xpress, the Coolest Section of the St. Petersburg Times, is the home for features, news and views of interest to young readers. Most of the work in Xpress, which appears on Mondays in Floridian, is produced by the Times' X-Team. The team of journalists ages 9-17 from around the Tampa Bay area is selected every year at the end of the school year to serve during the following school term. The current team of 12 was chosen out of 150 applicants. Watch for X-Team application forms in Xpress during the month of May.

"Ribbit, ribbit," croaked 9-year-old Mary-Cathryn Zimmer. Translation: "I enjoy playing the cello." Story

Hot Stuff
Toy-o-rama

Are you X-Team material?
Attention, all ye who have a way with words!

Too close for comfort
The danger of wildfires became all too real for one X-Teamer, who sends this report from North Port.

The Crocodile meets the sharks
When Crocodile Dundee's latest film adventure takes him to Los Angeles, he meets some unsavory characters and brings them to justice. The movie is funny but tries too hard for its humor.

Gay: Is that me?
First of two parts

Today is the deadline for May Xpressions
Xpressions is our monthly showcase for the art, writing and photography of students through the 12th grade. It appears the last Monday of each month in this space. Please read the following instructions carefully before submitting your work. The work must be based on the designated themes. Here are some upcoming themes and postmark deadlines:

Xpressions

Xpressions, is a monthly showcase for the art, writing and photography of students through the 12th grade. Xpressions appears the last Monday of each month.

The best present I ever gave (Dec 25, 2000)

What I am most thankful for is . . . (Nov. 27, 2000)

Who are You? (Jan. 29, 2001)

Horseplay (Feb. 26, 2001)

A vision of high school artists (March 26, 2001)

Middle school magic (April 30, 2001)

Welcome back to the St. Petersburg Times' Newspaper in Education page. This year's series is about something we all love and wish we had more of: money.

The 1999- 2000
Newspaper in Education series
Introduction, previous chapters and Web Links