Kirkwood Early Childhood Center

Opened in 1991, KECC serves over 350 families with children between the ages of 2 and 10 years from the greater St. Louis area. As part of the Kirkwood R-7 School District, the center falls under the jurisdiction of the school board. It is a self-funded, non-profit agency, receiving funding from tuition and fund-raisers.

KECC offers full time and part time preschool programs, early childhood special education services, and a summer camp for grade school children. We also house the Kirkwood R-7 School District Parents as Teachers program and the Early Childhood Special Education Diagnostic Support Team. For more information about these programs please contact the office staff.
Our Early Childhood Special Education Program is an integral part of the preschool experience. KECC believes that an inclusion program approach to preschool nurtures the acceptance of diversity among all of our children. It also promotes the awareness of others as unique beings with individual knowledge bases and experiences, and with their own timetables for growth. An inclusion program brings together children with developmental delays or disabilities and their typically developing peers in a classroom taught by qualified professionals. The program supports the collaborative efforts of the administration as well as support from the early childhood staff to ensure a comprehensive and cohesive approach to service delivery benefiting Kirkwood families and our community.

Child Ages:

2 years - 10 years

Licenses & Accreditations:

State of Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Preschool:

Yes

Hours of Operation:

Monday - Friday: 6:30 a.m. 6:00 p.m.