Metro Christian Academy

acceptance, as well as five magnet schools that are criteria-based, meaning applicants must meet academic requirements. Among the six district-authorized charter school options is the Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences, a national Blue-Ribbon School (2015) serving grades 6-12. The district also offers seven specialized, inperson alternative school options.

In August, East Central High School expanded a four-course aerospace sequence that will enable students to earn the FAA’s mechanic certification over four years. TPS also expanded its Montessori offerings to a third school, Eugene Field Elementary.

“We like to say around here that you can tell a lot about something by its name,” says Keith Currivean, Ph.D., Head of School at Metro Christian Academy. “Metro is where we are, Academy is what we are, and Christian is who and how and why we are.”

Located on a 60-acre campus in the heart of Tulsa at East 63rd Street and South Trenton Avenue, Metro Christian Academy is an independent Christian school serving students age 3 through 12th grade. They’re all under one roof but with distinct areas for preschool, elementary, middle and high school.

In addition to robust academic programs, Metro offers activities for students of all ages including 11 varsity sports, debate, leadership, missions and fine arts classes like studio art, drama, band and choir.

At the heart of Metro is a sense of community. Students, parents, faculty and staff work together to educate and nurture students to reach their full potential. “We work to develop this culture in which everyone knows who you are,” says Athletic Director Adam Taylor. “You are somebody here. You are someone important.”

Visit metroca.com or call 918-745-9868 for details on curriculum, activities and more.

TPS also opened a new STEM Center at Discovery Lab with five large classrooms on the second floor of the facility. Up to 1,300 students in pre-K through sixth grade are expected to use the space each week.

Union Public Schools serves more than 15,000 students in southeast Tulsa and a portion of Broken Arrow. Rebecka Peterson, a Union High School math teacher, was named Oklahoma’s State Teacher of the Year.

Union, Broken Arrow, Sand Springs and Tulsa Public Schools, in partnership with Tulsa Community College, offer students at five high schools the chance to earn an associate degree at no cost while earning their high school diploma. The EDGE (Earn a Degree, Graduate Early) program focuses on first-generation college-goers and families who qualify based on income. Students apply in the eighth grade. Those selected enroll in a rigorous college prep curriculum as ninth-graders before entering EDGE in the tenth grade, where students take a prescribed course schedule taught by TCC faculty. To date, Union has had 59 students from the first two cohorts graduate with an associate degree.

Among Tulsa’s private school offerings, seven Catholic schools offer a pre-kindergarten through eighth grade education — focusing on the development of reading, writing and the sciences for students of all faiths and backgrounds. Those include Saint Catherine, Saints Peter and Paul, Holy Family Classical School, the School of Saint Mary, Marquette School, Saint Pius X School and Monte Cassino School. San Miguel School of Tulsa serves