INTERNATIONAL
STUDENTS

A World-Class Education

Located in the Midwest, Metro Christian Academy is committed to expanding our reach and influence in the Tulsa, greater Oklahoma, national, and international communities. We encourage and embrace the experience of hosting international students in grades 8-12 on the Metro campus. The presence of the international students and their families at our school provides a priceless cultural, compassionate, and missional experience for our community.

For over 25 years, the Metro community has been learning and living alongside international students from a variety of countries. Metro Christian Academy is approved to issue I-20s for potential students to obtain their F-1 Visa. Through our International Program, and as Metro Patriots, students from around the world are immersed in a Christian community, providing an exceptional college-preparatory education framed in biblical truths while embracing a Christian worldview.

At Metro, international students are provided with countless opportunities to realize their God-given talents academically, athletically, artistically, and spiritually. The school offers a diverse and rigorous array of academic programs designed to expand each student’s knowledge, promote critical thinking, inspire creativity, and encourage collaboration with all learning abilities. We provide a variety of opportunities for students to begin mastering the English language. Our international students are exposed to American culture through field trips, school-sponsored clubs and events, and by developing healthy and lifelong relationships with coeds and their families, faculty, and staff.

 

To learn more about the International Student Experience and living in Tulsa, Oklahoma, be sure to click on and follow the resources below.

Study in the United States:
The International Student
Study in the States 

Choosing the United States:
An International Student in the United States 

Living in Tulsa:
TravelOK Website 
Visit Tulsa 

At Metro, International Students 

  • Represent a diversity of countries from around the globe
  • Possess strong motivation to succeed in all facets of school life — academically, socially, athletically, and artistically
  • Are driven to seek out opportunities to join clubs, participate in activities, and form lifelong relationships with others
  • Feel safe and comfortable enveloped by the Metro community
  • Honor the Christian faith — its beliefs and practices — while maintaining respect of others’ world cultures and values

We hope Metro Christian Academy will be your choice for learning and living in the United States!

For more information, please contact our International Student Coordinator, Christy Argo, at cargo@metroca.com or 918.745.9868, Ext. 152.

Housing For Students

International students have the opportunity to live with their own families here in Tulsa or in the surrounding suburbs. Alternatively, our international students may choose to experience family life in America by being placed with a Metro Christian Academy vetted and approved Christian host family.

Student Services

Through the International Student Program, Metro Christian Academy provides an assortment of student services to help provide a fulfilling experience, including:

  • Designated international DOS, PSOD, and admissions administration
  • I-20 processing services
  • Internal counseling for transitional challenges
  • Host family encouragement
  • Global Ambassador Program
  • Outings and activities
Required Items for Admissions

The following items are required for admissions: 

  • International student application
  • Copy of birth certificate
  • Copy of passport
  • Immunization records
  • 2 teacher recommendations (1 for English and 1 for math — both translated into English)
  • 1 church recommendation from a pastor, lay leader, youth pastor, or principal/counselor (translated into English)
  • Previous transcripts from 7th grade forward (9th-12th grades)
  • Previous transcripts from 5th grade forward (7th-8th grades)
  • Complete an English Language Test such as TOEFL or IELT
  • Video chat interview
  • Confirmation of financial resources

METRO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
6363 S Trenton Ave, 
Tulsa, OK 74136
P: 918.745.9868 

Metro Christian Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, colors, national origin or disability in administration of its educational and admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs. Click here  for Metro Christian Academy’s Title IX Formal Complaint form. 

Faculty & Staff

Metro has an energetic and vibrant team of educators, administrators, and staff devoted to helping transform students into young Christian leaders ready to shape the world community for Christ. Additionally, school leadership is committed to providing a solid and healthy Christian community for its faculty and staff consistently seeking to sharpen the iron of one another and live in unity as the body of Christ.

These tools and training opportunities support our faculty and staff as they fulfill their mission here at Metro:

• Support in Tribe & Advisory Small Groups

• Pastoral Support Communications

• Support from Campus Pastor with students in need of pastoral care, mentoring, or discipleship

• Professional Learning Communities

• Tips and tools for Biblical integration, along with resources from RightNow Media

Parents

Metro Christian Academy partners with parents and families as they fulfill their Biblical calling to train their children in the Lord. Providing support and encouragement to parents is of the utmost importance.

These opportunities help faculty and staff to engage with our parents as we walk alongside them.

• Back to School Worship Night

• Weekly Moms in Prayer Group + Monthly Dads in Prayer Group

• Spiritual Resources through RightNow Media

• Metro In Community (MIC) Nites

Students

Metro Christian Academy is committed to helping our students think Biblically and grow spiritually, from the classroom to the stage to the field and beyond.

Metro provides many opportunities to engage students and shepherd them in their walk with Jesus:

• Bible courses including OT/NT survey, Life of Christ, Doctrine, Missions, Finance, and Senior Seminar

• Weekly Chapels with both in-house speakers and various local ministry leaders

• Quarterly High School Worship Nights

• Breakout sessions are a weekly ministry to come together during the break to glorify God through worship, prayer, or devotionals for high school students only.

• Spiritual formation activities and resources

• Pastoral care and counseling

• Numerous specific interest groups with specific meetings and events (FCA, mental health, Jesus club, prayer group)