Aurora Public Schools (Colorado)

Adams-Arapahoe 28J School District Aurora Public Schools
Address
1085 Peoria Street Aurora, Colorado 80011
Coordinates	39°43′57″N 104°50′52″W / 39.73250°N 104.84778°WCoordinates: 39°43′57″N 104°50′52″W / 39.73250°N 104.84778°W
Information
Motto	Picking up the pace
Founded	1962
Superintendent	Rico Munn
Enrollment	32645 (October 1, 2006)
Website	http://www.aps.k12.co.us/

The Adams-Arapahoe 28J School District, more commonly known as the Aurora Public Schools, is the public school system in Aurora, Colorado, United States. There are 55 schools in the district: two early childhood education, 27 elementary schools, five K-8 schools, seven middle schools, four comprehensive high schools, one gifted and talented K-8 school, six charter schools, one of only five vocational–technical colleges in the state, and the first P-20 school in Colorado, going from preschool to graduate school.

History

The first school district in Aurora was created at the request of William Smith by the Arapahoe County School Superintendent around 1885. It was known as Arapahoe County District #28 by 1907, and later Aurora School District. Aurora Public Schools was formed in 1962 from Aurora, Altura, Clyde Miller, First Creek, Sable, and Tollgate Districts.^[1]

Schools

Preschools

• Jamaica Child Development Center
• Laredo Child Development Center
• Meadowood Child Development Center

Elementary schools

Altura Elementary School Arkansas Elementary School Century Elementary School Crawford Elementary School Dalton Elementary School Dartmouth Elementary School Elkhart Elementary School Fulton Elementary School Iowa Elementary School Jewell Elementary School Kenton Elementary School Lansing Elementary School Laredo Elementary School Lyn Knoll Elementary School

Montview Elementary School Paris Elementary School Park Lane Elementary School Peoria Elementary School Sable Elementary School Side Creek Elementary School Sixth Avenue Elementary School Tollgate Elementary School Vassar Elementary School Vaughn Elementary School Virginia Court Elementary School Wheeling Elementary School Yale Elementary School

Middle schools

• Aurora Hills Middle School
• Aurora West College Preparatory Academy
• Columbia Middle School
• East Middle School
• Franklin D. Roosevelt Middle School
• Henry C. Connelly Middle School
• Horizon Community Middle School
• Mrachek Middle School
• North Middle School Health Sciences and Technology Campus
• South Middle School

K-8 schools

• Aurora Frontier K-8
• Aurora Quest K-8
• Boston K-8
• Clyde Miller K-8
• Mosley P-8
• Murphy Creek K-8
• Vista Peak Exploratory P-8

Gifted and talented K-8 schools

• Aurora Quest K-8

High schools

• Aurora Central High School
• Aurora West College Preparatory Academy
• Gateway High School
• Rangeview High School
• Vista Peak Preparatory School
• William C. Hinkley High School

P-20 schools

• Vista Peak P-20 (K-8 school open in fall 2010; high school open in fall 2011; no news on when college will open)

Pilot schools

• Fletcher Intermediate Science and Technology School
• Fletcher Primary School
• William Smith High School

Charter schools

• Aurora Academy
• Aurora Expeditionary Learning Academy
• Axl Academy
• Global Village Academy
• Lotus School
• New America School
• Vanguard Classical School

Alternative programs

• Crossroads Center
• GED
• IB Middle Years Programme
• International Baccalaureate Programme
• Options Schools
• Rebound Program

Career and technical education schools

• TH Pickens Technical College

Notes

1. Aurora Public Schools History: Board of Education Archived December 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.. Accessed 30 November 2006.

External links

• Aurora Public Schools
• Fulton Elementary School