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Aurora School: A Learning Community —by Robert Movradinov Nestled in Upper Rockridge, Aurora is a K-5 school that spe- cializes in progressive education, delivered in multi-graded classrooms — kindergartners and first graders share classrooms, as do second and third graders; and fourth and fifth ...

...Kindergar- ten and first-grade teachers filmed seven-minute daily reading lessons over the first two weeks; and heard from parents that their children would watch them repeatedly and respond as if their teachers were in front of them! — by Robert Movradinov Every Tuesday morning before the onset of COVID-19, Aurora School would host a school-wide assembly in its auditorium, including all of its K-5 students and teachers, along with most staff and many parents. No assem- bly was complete witho...