Afrikan Centered Education or ACE is an Afrocentric elementary school

Elementary school

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, middle school

Middle school

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, and high school

High school

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 spread across several campuses in Kansas City

Kansas City, Missouri

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, Missouri

Missouri

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, United States

United States

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 and administered by the Kansas City, Missouri School District

Kansas City, Missouri School District

Kansas City, Missouri School District, or KCMSD is a school district headquartered at 1211 McGee Street in Downtown Kansas City, Missouri.- Boundaries:The school district primarily serves residents within Kansas City....

. The PreK-5 grade campus is located at 6410 Swope Parkway. The 6 grade campus is located at 6330 Swope Parkway. The 7-12 grade campus is located at 3500 East Meyer Boulevard.

School background

Afrikan Centered Education Collegium Campus is located on the previous Southeast K-8 Zoo Academy and Southeast High School

Southeast African Centered High School

Southeast High School is a high school in the same building as Manual Career & Technical Center located at 1215 East Truman Road in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It is part of the Kansas City, Missouri School District...

 campus, as of the 2007-2008 school year. The PreK-5 grade building is known as the "Lower Campus", the 6 grade building is known as the "Dr. John Henrik Clarke House", and the 7-12 grade building is known as the "Upper Campus". The campus is named for Dr. John Henrik Clarke

John Henrik Clarke

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, the noted scholar and historian who was instrumental in making "Afrikan Centered Education" a reality. It was previously known as the Annex.