| Southwest Early College Campus | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 6512 Wornall Road Kansas City, Missouri, United States |
|
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1927, August 2008 |
| School district | KCMSD |
| Principal | Steven Scraggs |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| Color(s) | Orange Black |
| Mascot | Indians |
Southwest Early College Campus or Southwest or SWECC is a university preparatory middle school and high school campus located at 6512 Wornall Road in Kansas City, Missouri, 64113, United States. It is part of the Kansas City, Missouri School District.
Contents |
Southwest Early College Campus was once Southwest High School of the district. It is near and in the Brookside neighborhood at 65th & Wornall only two blocks from Border Star Montessori.
Students will be able to earn 20 to possibly 60 college credits having the opportunity to take college-level courses, and will 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 those hours of college credit from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. It depends on how fast the student can learn and how much the student puts into getting his/her college credits.
The SWECC campus will allow students to utilize an on-site planetarium and science laboratories. The school will offer a project-based curriculum with extended-day and extended-year opportunities.
The school opened in August 2008 for students in the 6th and 9th grade. In August 2009, the school now has grades 6 & 7, and 9 & 10.
This Early College Campus started with 240 children and is adding approximately another 240 every year.
After the closure of Westport High School in 2010, Southwest Early College Campus took over the attendance zone of Westport.[1][2]
In late 2011, the school's partner institutions announced they would discontinue working with the school as they saw it as being unable to meet its obligations.[3]
|
|||||