Kid's Community College® (KCC) is a tuition-free OCPS Charter School specializing in Multiple Intelligence based instruction grades VPK through 5th.
In March 2003, Timothy B. Kilpatrick, Sr. founded the first Kid's Community College (KCC) preschool campus in Riverview, Florida. During the 2005-2006 school year, Kilpatrick expanded the KCC educational offerings to include the Kid's Community College Elementary Charter School, serving grades kindergarten through fifth and began offering KCC preschool and charter school franchises in November 2007.
During the 2009-2010 school year, the Kid's Community College Middle Charter School (KCCMCS) opened its doors providing services for sixth grade, grew to sixth and seventh grade in 2010-2011, and expanded to sixth through eighth grade in 2011-2012. In October 2010, the Kid's Community College Elementary Orange County campus was approved as an official Orange County Public School of Choice. KCC proudly opened their doors to receive students for the 2012-2013 school year August 20, 2012, Orange County (Orlando), Florida.
Prior to opening KCC in 2003, Kilpatrick collaborated with several child development graduate students to create the Kid's Community College 1st Degree Learning System. The system incorporates the Multiple Intelligence Principles of Howard Gardner with a differentiated, individual, and developmentally appropriate approach. Students are tested in the beginning of the school year using a number of measures including the Multiple Intelligence Development Assessment Scales (MIDAS). The MIDAS results indicate the individual learning modality of each student. KCC teachers then use the MIDAS and other assessments to tailor their classroom lesson plans to meet the individual learning styles of each child. Included in the 1st Degree Learning System are Individual Development and Education Plans (IDEPs) for every enrolled student. The IDEPs are completed three times throughout the school year through parent and teacher collaborations. Three goals are chosen for each student to accomplish with assistance of individual lesson plans created by the teacher specifically for each student's goal. The 1st Degree Learning System forms the foundation for the Kid's Community College mission statement, "dedicated to the well-being and educational success of EVERY child." The system is implemented with each student at each campus, preschool through middle school.
Kid's Community College® aims to be the premiere national provider of high-quality nurturing and learning environments that prepare early childhood and elementary school students to excel developmentally and academically.
We dedicate ourselves to the well-being and educational success of EVERY child by taking a leadership role in quality care giving services, higher learning, community enrichment and promoting cultural diversity. We direct our activities toward student success by offering a strong foundational system of learning taught to the specific learning modality of each student we serve.
By utilizing a strong, well-developed franchise network of comprehensive community colleges just for kids ages 4 months to 5 years and 1st through 5th grades, Kid's Community College® is structured to benefit from the state university and community college model. Our efforts and resources are dedicated to providing top-rated care giving services coupled with high-quality, activity based, thematic learning environments tailored for the children in these age groups. The college responds to the needs of its students with excellent personalized instruction, utilizing a proprietary learning system deep rooted in individual learning, offering diverse programs and developing integrated community partnerships.
The college maintains a strong commitment to accessibility and diversity. Its open door policy embraces all who desire to provide a better quality of care, preparedness and education for their children. The college works to provide affordable care giving and education by offering a broad range of programs, services and innovative learning approaches.
Provider of high-quality, advanced education for children in the Orange County area, grades VPK-5
