Aurora School: Come tour our Middle School

Aurora School is currently accepting applications for our K-5 Lower School and 6-8 Middle School for the 2025-26 school year, and is conducting tours for those interested in 2026-27. 

Lower School tours are scheduled on Oct. 3, 10, and 17, from 8:45-10:45am.
Middle School tours are scheduled on Oct. 2, 16, and 30, from 8:45-10:45am.
 

While school is not currently in session, we'd be delighted to arrange a tour for you at your convenience. Please contact slee [at] auroraschool.org (Aurora Admissions Director Summer Lee )at 510-428-2606 ext. 204, or slee [at] auroraschool.org.

We're a progressive K-8 school where teachers foster academic strength and the ability to solve problems with a focus on social justice. Social-emotional learning is essential to our curriculum, with an emphasis on self-awareness, relationship skills, and responsible decision-making. Each of our Lower School classrooms combines two grades: K/1, 2/3, and 4/5 students share learning spaces for and have the same teacher for two years. In Middle School they share the same team of guides. At all levels certain subjects are taught by grade level, and our curricula are rotated so that lessons aren't repeated. Our community of students, parents and staff practice empathy, kindness, and inclusivity and move through the world with positive intention.

Established in 1988, our optimal 1:8 teacher/student ratio ensures every child gets the attention they deserve. An Aurora education is grounded in STEM and humanities, along with programs in art, music, Spanish, woodworking, and physical education, and one of the largest libraries of any East Bay independent school. All of this happens in the indoor and outdoor spaces of our lovely, historic campus located in Upper Rockridge, off Highways 24 and 13. 

Aurora Middle School's curriculum features six-week Academic Quests in humanities and STEM which begin with essential questions like, “How can we prevent and respond to discrimination?” or “How can the study of nature inform robotics?” Integral to their studies is the Design Thinking process, collaborative working skills, and the creation of culminating projects including activism, art, robotics, novel writing, podcasts, and presentations. They have daily Advisory to provide a safe space to share their feelings, are given opportunities to serve as mentors for K-5 students, and participate in after-school sports.

Flexible tuition is available.

If you’d like to learn more about Aurora School and what we can offer your child, visit auroraschool.org.