Students – Aurora Public Schools

Oct. 19 Begins Free College Application Day$!

October is Colorado Applies Month, a statewide campaign that encourages high school seniors to apply for a higher education program. As part of the campaign, students across the state can submit a college application for FREE between Tuesday, Oct. 19 … Read More

The Hechinger Report: When kids pick their ‘trusted adult,’ it pays off

Story excerpt: All student names were changed to protect their identities. "When 12-year-old Jayla heard a friend had died by suicide during the pandemic, she was terribly upset. The loss was bad enough, but Jayla carried an extra weight. 'He … Read More

The Sentinel: APS opens new college and career center at William Smith High School

Story excerpt: "Aurora Public Schools opened a new college and career center at William Smith High School, which will provide students at the high school and alternative students from APS Avenues with career and higher education preparedness training. A ribbon … Read More

Blueprint APS Update: Planning for Repurposing and Building Recommendations for Regions 1 and 5 are Next

The important work of our long-term facilities and educational programming plan, Blueprint APS, continues. Due to the most urgent upcoming enrollment shifts, Regions 1 and 5 will be next for repurposing and building recommendations.

APS Welcomes and Supports Multilingual Families

In Aurora Public Schools, we believe diversity is our strength. It is a top priority – and an honor – to support our multilingual families through engagement, translation and interpretation services. In APS, our families collectively speak more than 160 … Read More

APS Schools Receive Funding for COMPASS After-School Program

Congratulations to Vaughn Elementary School and Global Village Academy for receiving a grant from the Colorado Department of Education that provides funding for an after-school program called the Community of Many Providing After School Success, or COMPASS. COMPASS is a … Read More

APS Decision that Remote Learning Will Not be Required on Snow Days

Thank you for your feedback about remote learning on snow days. We were excited to receive over 22,000 responses to our survey. We have decided to keep snow days as school closures with no required remote learning.

APS to Receive $77 Million in Emergency Relief Funds

Thanks to the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund, Aurora Public Schools is slated to receive $77 million in additional funding over the next three school years. These funds are one-time dollars designed to maximize in-person instructional time for all … Read More

Aurora Central: Spotlight on Concurrent Enrollment

The number of Aurora Public Schools students earning college credit while still enrolled in high school is at an all-time high. Aurora Central High School is one of our high schools leading the charge with over 300 high school students … Read More