Metro Heights Academy

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Metro Heights Academy is an Area Learning Center (ALC) designed to help students achieve their educational and career goals in a nontraditional learning environment. We offer a comprehensive and rigorous high school curriculum delivered within a personalized, flexible, and nurturing environment. Students receive assistance in meeting graduation requirements and have opportunities to gain vocational skills and work experience.

To communicate with Metro Heights Academy in a language other than English, please dial (651) 378-3822.

للتواصل مع مدرسة ابنك باللغة العربية، يرجى الاتصال بالرقم 3822-378 (651).

လၢနကဆဲးကျိးတၢ်ဒီး တၢ်မၤလိကၠိလၢ နဖိဆံးထီၣ်အီၤ လၢကညီကျိာ်အဂီၢ်,ဝံသးစူၤ စံၢ်လီၤ လီတဲစိနီၣ်ဂံၢ် (651) 378-3822 တက့ၢ်.

Si aad Af-Soomaali ugula xiriirtid iskuulka ilmahaagu dhigto, fadlan soo wac telefoonka (651) 378-3822.

Para comunicarte con la escuela de tu hijo en español, llama al (651) 378-3822.

Our approach 

We focus on a well-rounded school program where students:

  • Accelerate their learning and have many options for demonstrating their knowledge of a subject
  • Experience rigorous and personalized instruction that challenges them in a compassionate way
  • Have opportunities for on-site, technology-enhanced learning, and traditional classroom learning
  • Work at a customized pace to reach their goals
  • Earn high school credit regardless of any gaps in school attendance

Additional services and benefits

  • Eligible students may participate in clubs, athletics, and extracurricular activities through their home school district.
  • Small-group instruction
  • Flexible learning spaces
  • Mental health support
  • Open to students from ninth grade to age 21

Metro Heights Academy
7122 University Ave NE
Fridley, MN 55432
(map of location)

651-415-5690
Fax: 651-415-5699
[email protected]

Staff directory

School hours:
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday
8:15 a.m.–2:32 p.m.

Wednesday 8:15 a.m.– 12:00 p.m.

Night school/credit recovery
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday
2:37–4:50 p.m.

School leaders

Crystal Tucker
Principal
651-415-5583

Melissa Kidd
Assistant Principal
651-415-5688

Mackenzie Lewis
Educational Coordinator
651-415-5691

School-based mental health

Beatrice Ajana
Mental Health Therapist
651-415-5584