BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20231102T133000Z DTEND:20231102T150000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Government Affairs\, Education & Energy Committee: 2023-2024 State of the APS District DESCRIPTION:Join us as we hear from Chief Financial Officer\, Brett Johnson\, who will be presenting about the State of the Aurora Public Schools District for the year 2023-2024. He will also provide us with a brief introduction of Michael Giles Jr.\, the new Superintendent of Aurora Public Schools.\n\n\n\n\n\nAPS Superintendent Michael Giles Jr.\n\n\n\nMichael Giles\, Jr. serves as the 17th superintendent of Aurora Public Schools after joining the school district in July 2023. Aurora had already been home to Mr. Giles and his family for 25 years and he is thrilled to seize the opportunity to lead the school district in its next chapter.\n\n\n\nPrior to joining Aurora Public Schools\, Mr. Giles served in the Cherry Creek School District for over 20 years. He was the Assistant Superintendent of Equity\, Culture and Community Engagement as well as the Assistant Superintendent of Performance Improvement. He also served as a school counselor\, dean of students\, assistant principal\, principal and Executive Director. Prior to working in public education\, Mr. Giles worked for a juvenile correction center. He is committed to building a public education system that engages every student's unique strengths regardless of their background and that challenges educators to think differently about teaching and learning.\n\n\n\nHe earned his bachelor's degree in sociology and anthropology from Colorado Mesa University and his master's degree in educational counseling from the University of Phoenix.\n\n\n\nMr. Giles was born in Queens\, New York. His father served in the military\, so his family moved many times throughout his childhood. He lived in South Carolina\, Georgia and England before eventually moving to Colorado Springs. Mr. Giles graduated from Falcon High School and admits that his path in life has never been simple or straightforward. As such\, he identifies with the challenges that many Aurora Public Schools students face. He also hopes that his story shows that unexpected changes can turn new dreams into reality. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us as we hear from Chief Financial Officer\, Brett Johnson\, who will be presenting about the State of the Aurora Public Schools District for the year 2023-2024. He will also provide us with a brief introduction of \;Michael Giles Jr.\, \;the new Superintendent of Aurora Public Schools.
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\nMichael Giles\, Jr. serves as the 17th superintendent of Aurora Public Schools after joining the school district in July 2023. Aurora had already been home to Mr. Giles and his family for 25 years and he is thrilled to seize the opportunity to lead the school district in its next chapter.\n\nPrior to joining Aurora Public Schools\, Mr. Giles served in the Cherry Creek School District for over 20 years. He was the Assistant Superintendent of Equity\, Culture and Community Engagement as well as the Assistant Superintendent of Performance Improvement. He also served as a school counselor\, dean of students\, assistant principal\, principal and Executive Director. Prior to working in public education\, Mr. Giles worked for a juvenile correction center. He is committed to building a public education system that engages every student&rsquo\;s unique strengths regardless of their background and that challenges educators to think differently about teaching and learning.\n\nHe earned his bachelor&rsquo\;s degree in sociology and anthropology from Colorado Mesa University and his master'\;s degree in educational counseling from the University of Phoenix.\n\nMr. Giles was born in Queens\, New York. His father served in the military\, so his family moved many times throughout his childhood. He lived in South Carolina\, Georgia and England before eventually moving to Colorado Springs. Mr. Giles graduated from Falcon High School and admits that his path in life has never been simple or straightforward. As such\, he identifies with the challenges that many Aurora Public Schools students face. He also hopes that his story shows that unexpected changes can turn new dreams into reality. LOCATION:Aurora Chamber of Commerce 14305 E Alameda Ave. #300 Aurora\, CO 80012 Meeting is Hybrid. Zoom link will be emailed after registration. UID:e.347.106158 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260506T012121Z URL:https://business.aurorachamber.org/events/details/government-affairs-education-energy-committee-2023-2024-state-of-the-aps-district-106158 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR