Our Story

Excellence Academy is a Christ-centered, community-built PreK–12 school designed to serve North Tulsa families through rigorous academics, intentional discipleship, and whole-child formation. We are building an institution that exists not merely to educate students, but to help shape lives, strengthen families, and raise future leaders.

Our Story

Excellence Academy was born from a deep conviction that North Tulsa families deserve a school marked by both excellence and love. A school that sees students not as statistics, but as image-bearers with gifts, promise, and divine purpose. Excellence is being built to create a new standard: academically strong, spiritually grounded, culturally affirming, and intentionally designed to develop the whole child.

Philosophy of Education

We believe true education is about formation, not just information. It should shape how students think, live, believe, relate, and lead. At Excellence Academy, academic rigor and biblical discipleship work together to help students grow into wise, disciplined, compassionate, and purpose-filled young people.

We believe children flourish when schools partner closely with families, uphold high standards, provide strong support, and create a culture where students feel seen, safe, challenged, and inspired. We are committed to forming students who can think critically, communicate clearly, serve faithfully, and lead courageously.

Our Distinctive

Excellence Academy is distinct because we intentionally combine: Christ-centered discipleship - Rigorous academic expectations - High-support intervention and student care - Purpose and calling formation - Family partnership - Leadership development - A whole-child educational model - Extended Day Engagement - Year-round Formation

The 3D Model: Discover. Discern. Dominate.

Discover
Students identify their gifts, strengths, identity, and God-given potential.

Discern
Students learn wisdom, truth, judgment, and how to make decisions rooted in biblical conviction.

Dominate
Students develop the confidence, discipline, excellence, and practical readiness to walk fully in their calling and influence the world around them.

Mission

Excellence Academy is a community-built, Christ-centered, PreK–12 school serving North Tulsa by delivering rigorous academics, intentional discipleship, and whole-child formation through a high-support learning environment and a purpose-centered 3D model: Discover. Discern. Dominate.

Vision

Excellence Academy is a transformational institution designed to assist parents and children in discovering, discerning, and dominating the diverse divine callings on their lives.

Core Values

Our values shape our culture, guide our decisions, and define the kind of school community we are building.

E - Empowerment: We cultivate confidence, leadership, and purpose in every student-helping them discover their God-given gifts and the power to impact their world with excellence.

X - eXemplary Character: We model integrity, humility, and discipline in all we do-training students to live lives that honor God both inside and outside the classroom.

C - Christ-Centered Community: We build relationships rooted in faith, love, and service-creating a family culture where students, parents, and staff grow together in Christ.

E - Excellence in All Things: We pursue excellence as an act of worship-striving for the highest standards academically, spiritually, and personally, because God deserves our best.

L - Lifelong Learning: We inspire curiosity, creativity, and continuous growth-equipping students to discern truth, adapt to change, and lead with wisdom for life.

Core Pillars 

  • Strong Parent Partnership: Family Covenants, parent engagement and interaction built into the calendar, programming to grow parents specifically and parent-child-school relationship.
  • Christ-Centered Culture: Biblical worldview, discipleship, and character formation embedded in the daily experience.
  • Academic Excellence: Research-informed literacy and numeracy instruction, strong content knowledge, and critical thinking.
  • Student Success Design: Smaller class sizes and targeted supports and interventions to accelerate growth and close gaps.
  • 3D Formation Framework: Discover (identity & gifts), Discern (wisdom & direction), Dominate (execution & leadership).
  • Community Partnership: Churches, mentors, civic partners, and philanthropy aligned to create opportunity for families.

Statement of Faith

Excellence Academy is unapologetically Christ-centered. Our school is founded on biblical truth and a Christian worldview that informs our teaching, culture, relationships, and approach to student formation.

Excellence Academy believes that the Bible is the inspired, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. It is the standard and moral high-bar for humanity and for all of the affairs of life. We believe the Bible is the ultimate standard of justice and right-acting in the earth and should be referenced and relied upon for all things spiritual and natural. We believe the Bible is ultimate in its conclusions for scientific insight, historical truth, practical wisdom, and spiritual understanding.

We believe there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, sinless life, atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension, and promised return. We believe that salvation is by grace through faith in Jesus Christ alone.

We believe that every human being is created in the image of God and possesses inherent dignity, value, giftings, callings, and purpose. We believe the Church is called to live out the truth of Scripture through worship, discipleship, service, and love in Christian community.

We believe the education of the family is under the authority of the parents and that Christian education serves to partner with families to form students in truth, wisdom, character, and calling.

Conforming Students to the Image of Christ

At Excellence Academy, education extends beyond the classroom. We intentionally shape school culture, relationships, routines, and opportunities so students grow in character, faith, leadership, responsibility, and purpose.

Formation Areas

Spiritual Formation
Students grow in biblical understanding, prayer, worship, discipleship, and Christ-centered identity.

Character Development
We emphasize integrity, humility, discipline, respect, perseverance, and personal responsibility.

Leadership Development
Students are encouraged to lead, serve, communicate, and solve problems with courage and wisdom.

Social and Emotional Support
We cultivate a school culture where students are known, valued, supported, and held accountable with love.

Purpose and Calling Exploration
Students are guided to discover their strengths, discern direction, and prepare for meaningful future pathways.

Culture Statement

We are building a school culture marked by order, warmth, joy, faith, excellence, and belonging. We want every student to know: you are seen, you are valued, you are capable, and your life has purpose.

Family First Mentality

Partnering With Families

Excellence Academy believes parents are the primary educators and spiritual stewards of their children. Our role is to come alongside families as partners, supporting, communicating, and working together for the good of each student.

Family Partnership Covenant

We believe students thrive when schools and families are aligned. That is why we are committed to clear communication, mutual trust, shared responsibility, and a culture of honor. Families will be invited into a true covenant partnership that supports student growth academically, spiritually, behaviorally, and personally.

What Families Can Expect

  • A Christ-centered school culture
  • Clear communication and strong relationships
  • High academic expectations with support
  • Loving accountability and structure
  • A safe, respectful learning environment
  • Opportunities for engagement, feedback, and partnership

What We Hope From Families

We ask families to partner with us in cultivating attendance, discipline, communication, academic follow-through, and shared commitment to the mission and culture of the school.

Portrait of an Excellence Academy Graduate

An Excellence Academy graduate is a young man or woman of faith, character, wisdom, and purpose who is prepared to walk confidently in the calling of God on his or her life. Grounded in biblical truth and shaped by a Christ-centered community, our graduates are not only academically prepared, but spiritually formed, emotionally aware, and equipped to lead and serve in the world around them.

An Excellence Academy graduate demonstrates strong literacy, numeracy, critical thinking, communication, and problem-solving skills. He or she is able to think deeply, discern truth, pursue excellence, and apply knowledge with wisdom. Our graduates are lifelong learners who are prepared for college, athletics, career, entrepreneurship, trades, ministry, and meaningful contribution in every sphere of life.

An Excellence Academy graduate also reflects Christlike character. He or she leads with integrity, humility, discipline, compassion, courage, and responsibility. Having been formed through discipleship, mentorship, and purposeful experiences, our graduates know how to work hard, serve others, honor authority, build healthy relationships, and persevere through challenges.

Most importantly, an Excellence Academy graduate has begun the lifelong journey of discovering, discerning, and dominating in the divine assignments on his or her life. He or she leaves Excellence Academy with identity, conviction, competence, and calling, ready to impact family, church, community, and culture for the glory of God.

Excellence Academy is not just an academic institution. It is meant to function as a school, discipleship hub, and family support ecosystem.

Website by Banner 61