Academics

Union Public Schools believes in the importance of early childhood education.  Its mission is simple: to enhance the development of very young children and promote healthy family functioning.

Union’s Rosa Parks Early Childhood Education Center, a unique partnership with CAP Tulsa, provides educational services from certified teachers in a beautiful and exciting learning environment for 3-year-olds and their families who meet federal poverty guidelines.

Union has expanded its Community Schools numbers and philosophy through partnerships with area businesses, foundations, colleges & universities, churches, and a vast array of community organizations, groups, and agencies.

Union’s community schools concept continues to serve as a model to other districts nationwide.

Increased academic success has been achieved through community partnerships created to provide extra supports such as early care, health and social services, out-of-school activities, family/community engagement, neighborhood development, and lifelong learning. 

Other program offerings include programs such as running clubs, cooking demonstrations, chess tournaments, Baby Book clubs designed to help young parents encourage reading to infants, reading initiatives and more.

STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. From science labs at every elementary and middle school, to state-of-the-art Biotech and Alternative Energy labs at the High School’s Union Collegiate Academy, the district offers a wide range of STEM opportunities. 

Educators from all over Oklahoma continue to visit Union to learn how it has implemented the Project Lead The Way curriculum at all of its elementary school sites. Darnaby Elementary is nationally recognized for its PLTW curriculum and how it incorporates STEM. 

Each year, representatives from several area schools toured the district to learn more about STEM offerings and its Project Lead The Way curriculum. The High School’s robotics team, Ubotics, continues to be a powerhouse in competition as students across the district enjoy robotics classes as early as elementary age.

The Tulsa Regional STEM Alliance and its partners introduced Tulsa STEM Cafe for local high school students and STEM professionals. The informal learning environment connects students interested in science, technology, engineering, and math with local professionals and reiterates the need for alternative educational programs that will prepare the youth for college and career outside of the classroom.

Remarkable strides continue toward achieving Union’s ambitious mission of graduating 100 percent of its students.  

Union Public Schools has been recognized by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education For more than 10 consecutive years as a leader in promoting higher learning, 

Union Public Schools was recognized by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education as the Oklahoma’s Promise 2023 State 6A Champion for having 172 seniors from the class of 2022 qualify for the Oklahoma’s Promise Scholarship. In 2021, there were 191 who qualified for scholarships and in 2020, there were 167 students who qualified for scholarships. In 2019, 164 seniors qualified for scholarships, 154 in 2018, 152 in 2017, 129 in 2016, 158 in 2015, 174 in 2014, 166 in 2013, and 128 in 2012.

EDGE - Earn a Degree, Graduate Early is a joint effort between Union and Tulsa Community College that provides eligible students the opportunity to earn up to 60 college credits concurrently while attending Union High School. Students who complete the program will receive both an associate degree and a high school diploma upon graduation. 

Union also offers concurrent college at the Union Collegiate Academy through a partnership with TCC. 

Union Career Connect was designed to align to the district’s goal of “100 percent graduation, college and career ready.”  The “learn to earn” model placed students in industry-based experiences that could evolve into paid internships and full-time employment.