Southwest Early
College Campus (SWECC) is a Kansas City, Missouri School District (KCMSD) math and science campus for students in grades
6-12. Students will have the opportunity to take college-level courses and prepare for the rigors of college through a mix of
training and relationships with professors and master teachers from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. By the time a
student graduates from SWECC, they will have earned 20 to 60 hours of college credit from the University of Missouri-Kansas
City. The school will open in August 2008 for students in grades
6 and 9. To enroll, please click the “Enroll Now” link on the right side of this page.
Located on the site of the former Southwest High School,
the state-of-the-art SWECC campus will allow students to utilize an on-site planetarium and science laboratories that rival
that of many universities. The school will offer a project-based curriculum with extended-day and extended-year
opportunities.
Students within the Kansas City, Missouri School District
interested in math and science and committed to earning a four-year college degree are encouraged to complete the application
process. Families interested in enrolling for the 2008-09 school year should call the KCMSD Admissions Office at (816)
418-7505.
The campus is a partnership of the District, UMKC, the
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation, (Kansas City’s Partnership for Regional Education Preparation) PREP-KC and the
Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute.