<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-21/magazine/summer-2007/growing-appreciation-christian-education.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>A Growing Appreciation for Christian Education</title><excerpt>As a social worker focused on helping children, Alice Washington seeks to give them whatever they need to grow and develop. When she and her husband, Ed, sent their daughter Laura ’01 to Westmont, they wanted the same kind of opportunities for her.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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