🌱 Patch AM: How did Ballwin’s Parkway West land among Missouri’s top high schools?

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• How did Ballwin's Parkway West land among Missouri's top high schools?

Also on today's calendar: Tame the Chaos: A Guide to Inner Peace and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)

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• Saturday: Partly sunny, a stray t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• 9 of Missouri's Top 10 High Schools Are in STL or KC (979kickfm.com) — Missouri's latest top-10 public high school rankings include Parkway West High School on Clayton Road in Ballwin, highlighting the area's strong academics. Most schools on the list are in the St. Louis or Kansas City metros, underscoring how competitive local districts are for college-bound families.
   

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Thursday August 20
• Board of Education Meeting
  Lafayette Sr. High Rockwood Administrative Annex, 500 N Central Ave, Eureka, MO 63025, USA
  7:00 pm
Friday August 21
• New and Returning Student Open House
  Center for Creative Learning Rockwood School District, (CCL), 26
  9:00 am
• Orientation for Parents of New Students in Grades 1-5 (Parents Onl
  Center for Creative Learning Rockwood School District, (CCL), 26
  9:00 am
• Football Jamboree at Kirkwood
  Lafayette Sr. High Kirkwood High School, 800 Dougherty Ferry Rd, Kirkwood, MO 63122, USA
  6:00 pm
Saturday August 22
• Tame the Chaos: A Guide to Inner Peace →
  134 Enchanted Pkwy, Manchester
  4:30 pm
• Back to School Football Bash
  Lafayette Sr. High Lafayette High School, 17050 Clayton Rd, Wildwood, MO 63011, USA
  5:00 pm
Monday August 24
• NO CCL- Students Attend Home Schools
  Center for Creative Learning Rockwood School District, (CCL), 26
Tuesday August 25
• Board of Education Business Meeting
  Specl. School District St. Louis Co. Saint Louis, MO 63131
  5:45 pm
Wednesday August 26
• RM Spirit Day
  Ridge Meadows Elem. Ballwin, MO 63021
  5:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 20
• Yoga Stretch →
  Town and Country, MO Calendar St. Louis, MO 63131
  8:00 am
• Yoga Flow →
  Town and Country, MO Calendar St. Louis, MO 63131
  9:00 am
• PAINT Recycling - Bluebird Park →
  Ellisville, MO Calendar, Bluebird Park 225 Kiefer Creek Road, Ellisville
  9:00 am
• Bricks 4 Kidz →
  Town and Country, MO Calendar St. Louis, MO 63131
  9:00 am

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🗞 Nearby News

Chesterfield

• Ryan Fox discusses unorthodox swing, the switch from rugby to golf ahead of BMW Championship (ksdk.com)
• Missouri campaigns draw $75M in big donations, much of it from undisclosed donors (newstribune.com)

Wildwood

• 'For a hero': Gary Sinise Foundation begins Phase 1 of Officer TJ Brown's customized home (ksdk.com)
• 'We want to keep it that way': Parkway Schools propose tax increase to maintain high standards (ksdk.com)
• Yorkshire v Derbyshire Metro Bank One Day Cup preview (blogspot.com)

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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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