Eight-year-old Faith Faro of Solomon Schechter Day School is excited as she cuts out and traces squirrel patterns in a classroom at the Chodorovsky Building on an unseasonably mild but foggy February morning. It may not feel quite like summer outside...

As eight-year-old Malina browsed the Back-to-School! Store on Sunday, she wasn't distracted by former Missouri Senator Jean Carnahan walking alongside. Malina's only focus was the racks of clothes, shoes and school supplies packed into Central Reform...