2025 Promising Practices Schools of Character
CharacterPlus® Celebrates Missouri Schools Receiving 2025 Promising Practice Recognition
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(June 5, 2025) St. Louis, MO… CharacterPlus®, the longest-running character education initiative in the country, is
proud to announce Missouri’s 35 schools and two districts named 2025 Promising Practice Schools and Districts of Character. Nationally, 230 schools and school districts received the honor this year.
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Each of these Promising Practice programs and initiatives demonstrate significant impact and strongly aligns with one or more of Character.org’s 11 Principles that help schools and organizations to intentionally cultivate a culture of character. These exemplary practices include peer mentoring, service-learning, and character-affirming approaches to conflict resolution.
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One of the highlights of our year at CharacterPlus is recognizing the hard work and dedication of these schools. This year Missouri and New Jersey lead the nation in Promising Practice schools as a percentage of each state’s total school population. Missouri schools and school districts include:
Bayless Elementary School
Bayless High School
Bayless Junior High
Campbellton Elementary
Carman Trails Elementary
Child of God Lutheran School
Claude Brown Elementary
Coleman Elementary
Conway Elementary
Don Earl Early Childhood
Eureka Elementary
Frontier School of Excellence
Frontier School of Innovation-Elementary
*Frontier Schools
Frontier STEM High School
Hanna Woods Elementary
Kentucky Trail Elementary
Ladue Early Childhood Center
Lindbergh High School
Mason Ridge Elementary
Meramec Heights Elementary
*Meramec Valley R-3 School District
Nike Elementary School
Pacific High School
Pacific Intermediate
Parkway Northeast Middle
Richard Simpson Elementary
Ridge Meadows Elementary
River Bend Elementary
Rogers Elementary School
Ross Elementary School
Sperreng Middle School
Taylor Early Childhood Center
Truman Middle School
Wilckens STEAM Academy at Hillcrest
Windsor High School
Zitzman Elementary
CharacterPlus, located in St. Louis, is a partnership-based nonprofit organization committed to equipping school stakeholders with the resources they need to provide high quality character education. Through CharacterPlus, schools receive evidence-based development and training in effective character education for school transformation.
The 11 Principles of Character Education and State Schools of Character are trademarks of Character.org in Washington, DC. Character.org and CharacterPlus have been partners in character education since 1993.
For additional information about this recognition or each school’s journey to State or National School of Character designation, please contact Debbie Brandt, Missouri Schools of Character Coordinator, at dbrandt@characterplus.org, or visit us at characterplus.org.
Missouri’s Schools of Character process is generously supported by:
