Although tuition dollars fund Metro Christian Academy, the school knows there are programs, facility needs, and items only sometimes covered by the budget. Each year, the school hosts three major fundraisers, the Annual Golf Classic in the early fall, the Metro Gives Annual Appeal Campaign in the fall, and the Metro Together | Annual Metro Dinner & Auction in the spring. 

The Metro Christian Academy Golf Classic 2022 this past Monday was a smash. Even though the temperature was pushing 100 degrees, the scores were lower this year. The Oaks Country Club was a wonderful host for our incredible event. We had 51 teams signed-up to play.  

A huge Thank You goes out to all our very generous sponsors—eight of whom were first-time Golf Classic Sponsors.

We could not have done this event without the incredible support and assistance of all the workers and parent volunteers. A huge Thank You to everyone involved!  

Click here to view the 2022 Golf Classic Tournament Photographs.

The annual golf tournament is a great fundraising event conducted each year by the Advancement Office. The proceeds earned each year help fund various programming at all grade levels. You can join us as a player, put together a team, or sponsor the event. Not a golfer? There are many sponsorship levels where your business or family has an opportunity to be recognized during the event through printed logos, signage on the hole, or recognition.

 METRO GIVES | METRO CHRISTIAN ACADEMY’S ANNUAL APPEAL

Every family. Every Year.

Each fall, Metro Christian Academy kicks off the Metro Gives | Annual Appeal to raise money for tangible resources enriching and enhancing the educational experience for all students and provide campus assets not included in tuition. The Metro Gives Annual Fund is critical to the foundation of Metro Christian Academy and allows the school to fulfill its mission and impact our students for a lifetime.

For over 35 years, parents, grandparents, alums, employees, and friends have supported Metro through the Annual Fund. Renovations to the Cafeteria, Elementary and High School wings, and Restrooms, upgrades to the Auditorium and Fine Arts Classrooms, innovations in Technology, the video scoreboard for Patriot Stadium, and much more have been made possible with the financial support of patrons just like you. 

We have entered the month of October as we continue to celebrate 40 years of excellence at Metro Christian Academy. It also means that it is time to launch our 2022 Metro Gives Annual Appeal campaign. Our Annual Fund goals for this year are to raise $250,000 and reach 100% parent, faculty, and board participation.

Will you help us reach our goal?

Metro goes to great lengths to keep our school tuition and fees affordable and to steward every dollar entrusted to us. Tuition and fees cover the basic expenses, providing an exceptional Christian academic and extra-curricular experience for our students and their families. Thus, each year Metro Gives seeks funding for those projects that are above and beyond what tuition dollars can typically cover. Unlike tuition, this campaign is voluntary, and your donation is 100% tax deductible. 

So, thank you in advance for prayerfully considering and participating in this year’s Metro Gives Campaign. Finally, thank you so much for all you do and the spirit with which you do it — as you serve God and others so well. Just go to metrocagives.com and donate online, mail in a check, or drop off a donation at the front desk or in the Advancement Office.

Every student at Metro Christian Academy benefits from Metro Gives!

PROTECTING WHAT MATTERS PROJECTS:

• Security Vestibule (click here for campaign brochure) | Implementing a contemporary vestibule equipped with an additional set of doors provides the school with the added protection of an enhanced, secure, and safe space to welcome and vet visitors to our campus. All new glazing will feature 3M Safety and Security Window Film, further increasing protection and security for our students, families, and employees from unwanted individuals in our school building.
• Renovated Entrance | The Secure Vestibule incorporates a new transparent and centralized entrance with direct visual control for the front entry site alongside exterior beautification and concrete security planters.
• Wall of Excellence | Interactive Digital Display | Installing an innovative and interactive digital display system will ehance how Metro pays tribute to our school legacy for our entire community, showcasing our talented students, faculty, and staff – both past and present. The new display wall includes attractive trophy display cases perfect for a school entryway featuring tempered locking glass doors and steel shelving to protect the awards and accolades.
• Welcome Station | Completing the Secure Vestibule project is the installation of a new Welcome/Reception Station with complementing seating. The contemporary furnishings will provide a fresh look to an area that sees the highest level of incoming visitors while maintaining the essential gatekeeping role for the health and safety of our campus.

Metro Christian Academy is thankful for your continued commitment to, partnership with, prayers for, and abundant generosity towards the school’s mission and the pursuit of excellence through Christ each and every day. 

Metro Christian Academy is excited to announce this year’s Metro Together event, “Ruby Gala, Celebrating 40 Years of Excellence,” will be held Friday, March 31st, at the Tulsa Marriott Southern Hills. Metro Together is an evening filled with entertainment, camaraderie, and community. We hope you’ll be able to join us as we host over 400 guests to celebrate Metro! Over the years, this event has contributed hundreds of thousands of dollars to benefit teachers, students, and facility upgrades for the school.

METRO TOGETHER SPONSORSHIPS

Metro enjoys partnering with families and local businesses for our fundraising events. If you’re looking for a way to connect with new (and very loyal) customers, this event is an excellent promotional opportunity for your business. Additionally, we are hosting buy-in parties, silent, online, and live auctions with the ability to reach even more people.

For more information about Sponsorship opportunities, please click here.

BE IN THE KNOW!

Metro Together Ruby Gala Website

Metro Together Ruby Gala Facebook Page

METRO TOGETHER VOLUNTEERS

Of course, we could not pull this off without our amazing volunteer team! If you have auction items to donate, want to host a buy-in-party, provide decorations, please reach out to the appropriate Committee Chair below:

Auction Co-Chairs | Bonnie Presley and Carrie Pinter

Buy-In Parties | Holly Meek

Décor | Anna Shain

Silent, Online, & Live Auction Items | Molly Moore and Sarah Clavin

TICKET SALES INFORMATION

Wednesday, February 1st, at 9AM the ticket sales for Metro Together 2023 “Ruby Gala” will go live at www.metro-together.com. 

Tickets sold out last year in less than 24 hours. If you are planning to join us, please set a reminder to purchase tickets early in the day. 

The Buy-A-Table option will only be available for two weeks until Wednesday, February 15th at 5:00 pm or until they sell out, whichever comes first, and includes an auction-only swag item for each guest at the table. Swag will be available at the event for the first 35 tables purchased. Delivery of swag at the event cannot be guaranteed for subsequent tables sold and will be available at a later date. If you have any questions or difficulty, please call the Advancement office at (918)745-9868 x154 or email at advancement@metroca.com. We look forward to having you join us as we celebrate 40 years of excellence.

Individuals and families often want to make a monetary donation to a specific area of the school such as tuition assistance, fine arts or athletics. We invite you to contact the Advancement Office at 918.745.9868, Ext. 154 to discuss ideas that you might have to give to specific areas of the school. 

To donate directly to the Tuition Assistance Fund, please click here.

Metro Christian Academy’s Patriot Resource Center (PRC) is a unique and historically significant part of our heritage as Christian school community. Begun as a dream of Dr. Wanda Hartman in 1984, for over 30 years, the PRC has provided individual education plans to accommodate the specific learning needs of students in 1st through 12th grades. We are committed to providing individualized interventions and academic plans for students with learning differences as a fulfillment of our mission to serve the entire family. We believe that identified students need instructional strategies, curriculum, and expectations differentiated to meet their unique abilities and potential. To accommodate these student needs, small group class placement and individualized learning goals are offered to extend each child’s individual education plan.

Metro’s Patriot Resource Center provides daily educational, testing, and assessment services to over 120 students and their families while providing on-campus support to over ten faculty members. In honoring a lasting legacy of educational excellence, Metro is committed to coming alongside the PRC to provide newly renovated learning spaces, including a newly renovated learning, meeting, and work spaces for the department.

The proposed renovation includes the following:

• Workroom: $10,000
• Conference Room: $20,000
• Main Office and Reception: $20,000
• Large Testing Room: $20,000
• Small Testing Rooms: $30,000
  • Total: $100,000

To donate to the Patriot Resource Center Renovation, please click here. Questions, don’t hesitate to contact Clark Koepping at ckoepping@metroca.com.

Patriot Resource Center Services Include:

• Special Class Placement: Small class placement is available for students with professionally diagnosed learning disabilities or other learning challenges. Special Class Placement services include individualized instruction, an IEP, and accomodations in the regular, mainstream classes.
• 504 Student Accomodations: These students do not have special class placement, but they need accommodations in their classes. The accommodations may include, but are not limited to copies of the instructor’s notes, extended time or exams, a quiet place for exams, a reader, and preferential seating in a classroom.
• Study Lab: Study lab is in place to provide a daily opportunity for students in grades 6-12 to have a structured study time with assistance as needed. During study lab, students receive guidance in developing and expanding organizational skills, reviewing classroom concepts, or completing exams from other classes.
• Book Club: Book Club is an Elementary School level program providing remediation or reinforcement of academic skills in a small class setting. Students meet daily to enhance reading or other academic skills. Diagnostic Testing is not required for enrollment, and participation is at the request of the student’s teacher and parents.
• Other PRC Services Include: After-School Tutoring, Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Psycho-Educational Testing

Building On More. For more than 38 years of excellence, Metro Christian Academy has trained tomorrow’s Christian leaders. Students are nourished and challenged academically, spiritually, physically, and socially. Our graduates are prepared for transformational engagement in college and beyond.

With the surge in growth of students and families at Metro Christian Academy, the physical spaces and functionality of the existing buildings and campus have come under severe stress. Thus, Metro is committed to missional, bold, and progressive multi-year, multi-phased capital campaigns ensuring that we continue serving our students, their families, and the surrounding communities well. All the while, securing our lasting legacy as a regionally recognized, Christian, college-preparatory learning institution.

The proposed A Road to the Future Project Includes:

• Demolition: $100,000
• Drive, Curb, Gutter, Storm Sewer: $1,900,000
• Parking Lot: $850,000
• Security Building with Entry Sign: $250,000
• Campus Lighting: $375,000
• Landscape to Include Sod and Irrigation: $275,000
• Architectural Fees and Contingency: $680,000
  • Total: $5M (subject to inflation and contractor bids)

To donate to A Road to the Future Project, please click here. Questions, don’t hesitate to contact Clark Koepping at ckoepping@metroca.com.

A Road to the Future Proposed Project Scope:

• Metro’s campus is a hub of activity all year long. This phase seeks to develop a new entryway and vehicular drive onto the school grounds, providing much needed and upgraded infrastructure, while creating a sophisticated collegiate-style campus environment. Additionally, a new and inviting outdoor play space featuriing interactive elements will be installed for our youngest Patriots.

Gifts in kind, also known as in-kind donations, are a form of charitable giving of goods and services. The donor assigns the value of the gift. Although you cannot deduct the value of your time or services, you can deduct the expenses you incur while donating your services. Please get in touch with the Advancement Office at 918.745.9868, Ext. 154 before making an in-kind donation to ensure that the school will accept the gift.

Metro Christian Academy families are encouraged to become active contributors of their time and talents. Metro parents and grandparents have many opportunities to use their God-given gifts and abilities in areas where they are passionate about contributing to Metro. To get involved, please click here.  

Thank you for prayerfully considering how you can invest in the future of Metro Christian Academy. Every gift makes a difference in the school’s mission of actively preparing young men and women to engage the world and change it for Jesus Christ. 

Most gifts to Metro Christian Academy are 100% tax deductible. All gifts, whether made online or via check or stock transfer, will be acknowledged by a tax receipt from Metro Christian Academy.