University Academy

The mission of University Academy is to plan understudies to succeed in an organization of advanced education and to end up pioneers in the public arena. The vision of University Academy is to be the best K-12 school preliminary sanction state funded school in the nation with an accentuation on school planning, profession improvement, group administration and authority.

College Academy serves roughly 1,000 understudies in kindergarten through twelfth grade who live in the Kansas City Missouri School District ("KCMSD"). Shortly, more than 90% of the understudy body is African-American and around 75% meet all requirements for nothing or decreased lunch.

As a sanction government funded school, University Academy concedes understudies on the premise of an irregular lottery drawn from a pool of candidates. All candidates must live inside of the limits of the Kansas City Missouri School District.

College Academy was established by Tom Bloch, Lynne Brown, and Barnett and Shirley Helzberg. The originators accept profoundly that understudies living in the Kansas City Missouri School District merit the chance to have a brilliant school preliminary training. The authors' introductory vision was to build up a school that underlines school planning, vocation improvement, group administration and initiative. The thought for the school was further created and refined and in the long run a sanction school application was composed. The University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) consented to support the school's starting 5 year sanction.

The school opened its entryways in 2000, working in an office rented from UMKC situated at 5605 Troost Avenue. Notwithstanding giving University Academy the starting space for the school to work and consenting to support the sanction, UMKC has bolstered University Academy from numerous points of view including giving an extra layer of oversight and direction for both the board and organization. In 2005, UMKC supported University Academy's second sanction — this time for a long time.

As an aftereffect of the backing and liberality of University Academy's directorate and the Kansas City group, development on another 172,000 square foot cutting edge office started in 2004. At the point when the new office opened in August 2005, enlistment extended from 300 understudies in evaluations 6-12 to around 1,000 understudies in Kindergarten through evaluation 12. Situated at 6801 Holmes Road in Kansas City, Missouri, the school's grounds gives a great home to University Academy to seek after its central goal of get ready understudies to succeed in school and get to be pioneers in the public arena.