Pate Early Childhood Center

Aurora High School’s Wagner competes in national event Chicago, Ill. -- After earning top-10 honors during virtual national events in 2021 and 2020, Robert Wagner participate...

Aurora FBLA Middle Level Students Earn High Honors Chicago, Ill. -- Makeda Armfield, Isabella Collins and Averi Woods, were competitors at the Future Business Leaders of Ame...

During the June 6, 2022 meeting, the Aurora R-VIII Board of Education hired Dr. Karla Shiveley as the High School principal for the 2022-2023 school year. Dr. Shiveley is current...

Aurora R-8 is seeking special education paraprofessionals to work with students at the elementary level. The applicant must have 60 college hours. A college degree or someone wor...

This is a free meal for you and your family during the summer. These meals will be provided each Monday, Wednesday and Thursday beginning June 29, 2022 running through August 18...

The 2022 PreK-8th Grade Yearbooks are here! Yearbooks may be purchased at the building offices of Pate Early Childhood Center, Robinson School, or Aurora Junior High. The books...

This is a reminder that the HDCC will be open for the last time this school year, tonight, Thursday, May 19th from 4:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m. If you have donations (summer only please) ...

The Aurora R-VIII School District is currently accepting applications for a full-time or part-time speech/language pathologist for the 2022-23 school year. Aurora meets 4 days a w...

April 2022 Staff Winner: Paula Johnson (Pate Early Childhood Center)-$50 from Pettit and Cowherd Law Firm. Congratulations Paula and thanks to the sponsors of the program-Pettit a...

April 2022 Teacher Winner: Heather Ray (Pate Early Childhood Center)-$50 from Pettit and Cowherd Law Firm. Congratulations Heather and thanks to the sponsors of the program-Pettit...

Due to weather forecasts calling for a 40% to 50% percent chance of showers/storms for tomorrow night, the Aurora R-VIII High School Graduation 2022 will be held in the gym. The ...

Certified School Safety Specialists Sergeant Tim Swadley and Officer Kaitlin Rundel, Aurora R-VIII...

AURORA R-VIII BOARD VACANCY At the May 2, 2022 Aurora R-VIII Board of Education Meeting, a resignation was accepted from one of the members. The resignation created a vaca...

A fire alarm was activated today at 3:20 p.m. in the Robinson School building . Because of this, students were evacuated from the building and precautions were taken to ensure al...

Just a reminder that it's the 3rd Thursday of the month and that means our Houn` Dawg Clothing Closet will be open tonight from 4:30pm-6:00pm. If you have donations, wish to v...

With the passage of the bond issue to build storm shelters at Pate Early Childhood Center and Robinson School, the community will be able to use these facilities when a tornado wa...

Summer School 2022-Houn` Dawg Academy will run from Tuesday, May 31 through Thursday, June 30, 2022. All students are encouraged to attend. Elementary grades offer both remedial...

During the 2021-2022 school year, Aurora R-VIII students were out of school for six days due to inclement weather. Four of the days were considered Alternative Method of Instruc...

The Organization Meeting for the Aurora R-VIII Board of Education has been rescheduled from Monday, April 11, 2022 to Wednesday, April 13, 2022 due to delayed, official election r...

This is a reminder that the Houn` Dawg Clothing Closet will be open this Thursday, March 17th (St. Patty's Day) from 4:30 pm-6:00 pm. Feel free to come and shop during this time....