Christopher Parker
Staff Reporter at Washington Missourian
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1 week ago |
emissourian.com | Christopher Parker
While the 2024 Missouri legislative session was marked by Republican infighting and a record-low number of laws passed, things went more smoothly for the GOP this past session, according to Rep. John Simmons, R-Washington. Simmons told The Missourian he was proud of his party’s success in 2025. This was his first year back in the General Assembly since 2022. Simmons said the passage of Gov.
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1 week ago |
emissourian.com | Christopher Parker
Four area schools have been recognized as National Schools of Character for their commitment to character development and its impact on academic achievement, student behavior and school climate, according to a May 22 release from CharacterPlus. Washington Middle School and three Meramec Valley R-III schools — Nike Elementary, Zitzman Elementary and Riverbend Middle — have all received the distinction. They are among 13 Missouri schools to earn the honor.
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2 weeks ago |
emissourian.com | Christopher Parker
Survey data gathered in April shows student and parent perspectives of the Washington School District are improving. The district conducts surveys of district families and students each spring, as well as a staff survey each fall. Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Kephart told the Board of Education Wednesday night about 24 percent of district parents and guardians, or 549 in total, responded to this year’s family survey, while the student survey received 1,638 responses.
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2 weeks ago |
emissourian.com | Christopher Parker
What are the most essential parts of the story of Washington, Missouri and its people? What names, faces and places are at the heart of its heritage? A few things might come to mind: Washington’s reputation as the corncob pipe capital of the world, or the rich history of the Washington Town & Country Fair. There’s the city’s relationship with that eccentric German instrument, the zither, or even to its iconic burger joint, Dairy Delight. kA 4=2DDlQA`Qmx?
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2 weeks ago |
emissourian.com | Christopher Parker
A St. Francis Borgia High School senior has received a major scholarship to the University of Missouri in recognition of his perfect score on the ACT standardized college admission test. Jackson Comely, of Washington, is part of an elite group. According to the ACT 2023 National Profile Report, just over 3,000 students out of the 1.35 million that took the test earned a score of 36, or about 0.22 percent.
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