Aurora Hills Middle School

Posted April 17, 2009

My student was in the Summit program, which has since moved to Aurora Quest K-8. The option for the IB program was not very enticing as it seemed that the teachers' philosophy for 'rigor' simply meant more homework. Aurora Hills offers the IB program to everyone and that is a problem because IB is not an easy program, nor is it a good fit for every student. As a parent, I agree the dresscode was very restrictive. Having a dresscode was supposed to make the students safer and cut down on discipline issue. Imagine our surprise when it didn't. There are major discipline problems and I never felt that my student was sae there. The school is not about choice, it is about conforming. The administration is not very helpful to concerned parents, who are often dismissed without their concerns being addressed. I would consider a different school for my student.
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Posted March 29, 2009

I went to this school during 6th and 7th grade (05-07). This school is definetly not a good schoo, even if your child is in an advanced program. I was in Summit here and didn't enjoy the experience due to the drama, bad teaching and unfair rules. The advanced programs weren't challenging and no improvements were attempted to be made with problems that were seen. There is a lot of fighting in addition to the other problems. I ended up leaving for my 8th grade year.
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Posted September 9, 2008

How times have changed. I was one of the original students when AHMS first opened. We moved into the school and held classes before construction was finished. Parents, teachers, and yes, even the students were excited to be in such a unique building. It's sad to read the comments here considering I thoroughly enjoyed attending there. It is unique being that it doesn't have windows. I do remember holding class and eating bag lunches outside before the cafeteria was finished. I can't recall a lot going on outside that had to do with what we were learning in class so we didn't miss the windows. Learning is a joint venture, if there are bullies and teachers that don't care about students, get them out of the learning environment.

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Posted July 23, 2008

The only good thing about this school are the special programs like I.B. I dont recoment anyone to put their child in this school unless they are going to be in the advanced placement programs.

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