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A Kansas City student is one of the fastest middle schoolers in the country
A Kansas City student is among the fastest middle schoolers in the country. Ella Messner ran 1600 meters in 5:04.35 at the HOKA Festival of Miles in St. Louis this spring, breaking her previous personal record by 17 seconds. That time is the fifth-fastest mile for middle school girls in the country right now.
‘Freedom Walk’ Addresses Historical Injustices
William Jewell College created a series of commemorative plaques this spring as part of a broader initiative — led by the school’s Racial Reconciliation Commission.— to acknowledge and rectify the school’s historical ties to slavery and segregation. The Freedom Walk, consisting of four bronze plaques placed...
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