Kansas City, Kansas

Kansas is the 34th state of the United States of America. It is located in the West North Central region of the greater Midwestern region of the country, bordered by Missouri to the east, Colorado on the west, Nebraska to the north and Oklahoma on the south. Like most of the central states, the geography of Kansas is mostly a vast flat and gently undulating land, with much of it covered in prairie, steppe and grassland. Kansas is nicknamed the Sunflower Statedue to the fact that wild sunflowers grow in profusion all over the state.

It has been a popular belief that Kansas is the flattest state in the country, with one well-known 2003 study that stated the region was indeed “flatter than a pancake”. Due to its vast expanse of land, with little to no influence from bodies of water, Kansas’ climate is classified as humid continental climate, with cool winters and hot, humid summers.

Before European contact, the Great Plains historically were inhabited by various Indian tribes who lived in semi permanent villages for hundreds of years, having the ideal climate for farming, an abundance in wildlife, particularly bison, and a flat, expansive land that can support a nomadic lifestyle. In the 18th century, France had acquired the territories that would later become Kansas from Spain, and the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 made the area that encompassed nearly 15 current U.S. states permanently part of the United States.

Even before and years after the American Civil War, Kansas had been a major battleground of fighting between anti slavery and pro slavery forces, or more appropriately, between Northerners and Southerners, giving birth to the term Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas and Border War. Its admission into the Union as a free state in 1861 was marked by the Battle of Fort Sumter three months later, which began the Civil War.

Today, Kansas is one of the country’s leading agricultural states, ranking first in wheat production, thus earning the nickname “The Wheat State”. Other agricultural outputs include cattle, sheep, wheat, sorghum, soybeans, cotton, hogs and corn. More recently, the state’s economy is boosted by its successful aerospace industry, with several aircraft corporations having manufacturing facilities in Wichita and Kansas City, including Boeing, Cessna, Learjet, and Hawker Beechcraft and Spirit AeroSystems.

Kansas Military Boarding Schools

Due to a thriving economy, the educational system of Kansas is well developed. Its long military history and the influence of the three major military installations: Fort Leavenworth and Fort Riley of the U.S. Army, and the McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita, are major influences to the state’s feasibility in military education.

Currently, Kansas has several military schools and programs offered by private institutions all over the state. There are private military schools, college prep military schools, public elementary military schools, as well as military programs offered by state colleges. To find a military boarding school, just click on any of the links below.