Aurora

Aurora is a city in Portage County, Ohio, United States. It is co-extant with, and formed from, the former township of Aurora, which was formed from the Connecticut Western Reserve. Aurora was designated a Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The historic suburb is home to Aurora Golf and Country Club, which hosted the 1967, 1969, and 1970 Cleveland Open. Aurora High School is ranked sixth in the state by U.S. News & World Report and first in the Northeast Ohio area. Some say Aurora was the name of the daughter of Major Amos Spafford, while others believe the village was named after Aurora, the Roman goddess of dawn.

Aurora is in the Aurora City School District. Aurora High School has been designated an "Excellent District" by the State Board of Education. Also, Aurora City Schools earned the "Achievement of Excellence" award by the Ohio Partnership for Excellence. Aurora earned the prestigious "Schools of Distinction" award. Furthermore, Aurora's achievement test scores are among the highest in the state. Aurora High School is an International Baccalaureate (IB) school, one of only six high schools in the state to achieve this level of academic study, and is the only IB school in the Greater Cleveland area. Aurora offers 25 competitive AP and IB courses, serving over 200 students.

The suburb has a plethora of private country clubs including Club Walden, and Barrington Golf Club. In 1924, Bert Way designed the championship golf course at Aurora Golf and Country Club, located on Trails End. The course winds through 220 acres of spectacularly crafted landscape, with the Chagrin River flowing through a majority of the holes. Aurora Golf and Country Club was constructed in natural rolling terrain, with the Aurora branch of the Chagrin River being a significant feature. In 1967, 1969, and 1970, the club hosted the Cleveland Open. Arnold Palmer once battled the course while competing in this PGA event; Arnold Palmer, along with Bruce Devlin, Charlie Coody, Gary Trivisonno, and Tom Laubacher, still holds the course record of 64.

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