The Storytellers Inc., Artist Collective
Swope Community Health
Pan Educational Institute
Kauffman Foundation
Kauffman Scholars Inc.
Kansas Arts Commission
DST
Euronet
Kansas City, Kansas Housing Authority
You have entered the website of the KCK Urban Academy. Students, families, friends, adult mentors and partner organizations are invited to take a journey through our daily lives. See pictures, short film clips and news media about the talented students and mentors in the KCK Urban Academy. Read the student reports written during the Medical Technology Workshop. Hear original poetry spoken by our young poets of Urban Transcendence. Rhyme with the "talent" from our Hip Hop crew. Check out recipes from the KCK Garden Project. Click onto movie making from the Video Technology team. Link up to environmental websites after you have watched the short films from EnvironMental. Add the Saturday & Summer Science & Math Academies to your middle and high school students' "must see" list. Our young people are not only the future; they are NOW!

"The KCK Urban Academy Programs have been funded by a grant from the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Health Careers Diversity and Development and other agencies that provide funding."


The mission of the KCK Urban Academy is to increase the number of underserved, qualified students entering higher education in areas of math, science and technology, while developing middle and high school leaders as role model/mentors.
Organizations included in The KCK Urban Academy are the following: (Parent Organization) Health Careers Pathways Program K-12 / University of Kansas Medical Center (HCPP), Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools, Kansas City, Kansas Community College (KCKCC) The Storytellers Inc., Artist Collective. We are so proud to be part of an exciting collaborative of partner organizations. Please take a look at our partners' websites while you are visiting ours.
Note: Photographers for KCK Urban Academy website are the following artists:
Douglas Walker, Peter Her, Jen Osborne, Norm Sedillo, Rachel Eilts, Nabi Raza Khan and Christian Ramirez.


Cultural Awareness in KCK Urban Academy
Middle School


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