We believe learning is an active, social, integrated process that requires that each learner construct knowledge of the world in a setting that fosters risk-taking, individual challenge and cooperative exploration. Aurora's multigraded classes give learners the opportunity to explore talents and develop skills while acknowledging the natural variation in maturity among children of similar ages. Aurora's program places strong emphasis on the affective as well as academic needs of every child, based on our belief that balanced growth leads to confident learners with strong self-esteem. We are strongly committed to ethnic, racial, cultural, economic and familial diversity as well as the diversity brought by people with disabilities. Critical to human learning, understanding and wisdom, diversity offers one of the most powerful ways of creating acceptance and mutual respect essential to our democratic society.
All children come to school excited about learning.
At Aurora, we nurture this energy and enthusiasm by creating a school experience closely matching the natural, holistic learning process. We believe that when school is challenging, developmentally appropriate and fun, children remain self-motivated, independent learners throughout life.