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The Charleston Blue Jays have been noted in the past for their outstanding athletic achievements, especially in boys' basketball. The team has won 11 state championships in the past 50 years, the most recent in 2012.
The Charleston Blue Jays have been noted in the past for their outstanding athletic achievements, especially in boys' basketball. The team has won 11 state championships in the past 50 years, the most recent in 2012.
There is also a [[Roman Catholic]] K-8 parochial school, St. Henry's, with an enrollment of about 100 students.
There is also a [[Roman Catholic]] K-8 parochial school, St. Henry's, with an enrollment of about 100 students.
==Community Life==
Though the number of farm workers has declined, agriculture continues to be at the center of the local economy. Much of the population is involved in service businesses or in electrical/mechanical work, with the Mississippi County Port Authority providing additional employment.
Charleston has distinguished itself as a regional center of athletic and extracurricular events. An amateur baseball team, the Charleston Fighting Squirrels, plays on the high school ball field; it is part of the Senior Babe Ruth League and won the league "World Series" in 2018.<ref>https://www.semoball.com/story/2543776.html</ref> The high school also hosts an annual marching band festival, in which schools from across southeast Missouri participate.
Charleston is perhaps best known today for its annual Dogwood-Azalea Festival. Typically held in mid-April, it highlights the town's old houses and their floral arrangements. Among other things, the festival includes a parade, carriage rides, home tours, a pageant, and musical entertainment. The festival began in 1968 and draws thousands of visitors each year.<ref>http://www.charlestonmo.org/festival/</ref>
The city is home to the Southeast Correctional Center, a mixed custody facility that can house over 1,500 inmates. This has been a boost to the local economy, and is one reason for Charleston's unusually large male population.
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