Aurora Quest K-8

Aurora Quest K-8 is an alternative gifted magnet school for Aurora Public Schools in Colorado. It is administered by Principal Dave Schoenhals and Assistant Principal Kim Pippenger. The facility opened in the fall of 2008.

Kindergarten through eighth grade is taught at Quest.

School layout

The school is laid out into four secured parts: the P-pod, the I-pod, the My-pod, and a core area. The core area consists of the main offices, the cafeteria, the Town Square, the media center/library, and the gym. Near the core area are a computer lab, an art room, a band room, an orchestral room, and an enrichment room.

Enrollment

In the 2008-2009 school year, the enrollment of this school was 459; over the school year, the enrollment increased by 149 students. Enrollment for 2013-14 was just over 600.

History

Though the new school facility opened in 2008, it was started in a trailer on the grounds of Wheeling Elementary in 1998 under the first principal, Linda Berkheim.

Aurora Quest is under the aegis of Aurora Public Schools.

Honors and awards

Aurora Quest offers a Taekwondo class through the Korean Academy of Taekwondo. It competes in the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Taekwondo League with several other schools. In the 2011-2012 school year, Quest took first place overall.^[1] In the 2012-2013 school year, Quest took second overall.^[2]

Aurora Quest K-8 Teacher Natalie Johnson was the recipient of the CCTM Mathematics Teaching Award for region 3 (Aurora, Adams County 14, Bennett 29J, Northglenn-Thornton, Strasburg, Westminster, Byers, Cherry Creek, and Deer Trail Public Schools) at the annual Colorado Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference.

In 2016 the Flaming Phoenix Robotics team took the 2nd Place Champions Award for the state of Colorado.

The Quest Cyberpatriot team in middle school took 2nd place in state competition in 2015-16.

External links

• School website

References