Tag: Aurora Education
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Aurora Public School Board seeking public feedback to guide next 5 years
Aurora Public Schools is seeking public input on its goals and guidelines over the next five years, putting out a survey for community members to take as the district decides how to use a $1 billion bond. Ballot measures 5A and 5B passed unanimously in 2024, approving both a bond and capital mill levy. The…
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Musicians rally to save nonprofit providing access to instruments for kids in need
Mark Muktoyuk was heartbroken when he thought he may have to shutter the Parent Rocker Organization Aurora, a nonprofit that helps kids in need access music education. Muktoyuk grew up using music as a creative and emotional outlet through tough’s life circumstances. He knows, through his own experience and his daughter’s, how important arts education…
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First of four new schools celebrates opening in Aurora
Alexandra Kelly, an Aurora resident, used to commute 35 minutes to bring her son, Mark-Anthony, to preschool every day. Now, with the opening of Aurora Highlands P-8 school, bringing her son to school is only a six-minute walk. “It’s been such a blessing to be able to have him start at the school in pre-k,”…
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Aurora Community College starts new program to educate, employ law enforcement cadets
The Community College of Aurora, in partnership with the Aurora Police Department, will begin a program this fall to connect students interested in law enforcement with education and career resources and the opportunity to get their education costs covered. Students in the Cadet Pilot Program can earn an associate degree from Community College of Aurora…
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Aurora counselor named Colorado’s High School Counselor of the Year
The Colorado School Counselor Association named Aurora Central High School counselor Vicki Helfer Colorado’s 2023 High School Counselor of the Year in a surprise ceremony on the first day of school.
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‘It brought the kid out of me’ : Colorado Teacher of the Year returns to Aurora from NASA Space Camp
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Jimmy Day II, Colorado’s Teacher of the Year from East Middle School in Aurora, just got back from NASA Space Camp — bringing with him a new love for science, a lesson in using less spray paint on his rocket and even more patience for his students. “(At space camp) we were just trying to…
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Aurora Public Schools kicks off new school year with free backpacks, resource booths, activities
Aurora Public Schools kicks off the new school year Saturday with activities, entertainment and lots of free stuff leading up to the first day of school Tuesday. The district’s annual Back to School Kickoff starts at 10 a.m. Saturday and runs until 12:30 p.m. at the Town Center at Aurora, 14200 E. Alameda Ave. More…