Aurora middle school music teacher named 2023 Colorado teacher of the year
Jimmy Lee Day II, the band director and instrumental music teacher at East Middle School in Aurora Public Schools, was named Colorado's 2023 Teache...
Jimmy Lee Day II, the band director and instrumental music teacher at East Middle School in Aurora Public Schools, was named Colorado's 2023 Teacher of the Year in a surprise ceremony Friday, according to a news release from the Colorado Department of Education. As teacher of the year, Day will represent the entire profession in Colorado and be the public face of Colorado's teachers. He will be entered as Colorado's nominee for the National Teacher of the Year Program competition. Day, along with the country's other teachers of the year, will be honored at a special ceremony at the White House and get the opportunity to go to NASA's Space Camp.