Lima City Schools’ Collins awarded for outstanding math skills

LIMA — Lima City Schools Math Curriculum Team Leader Cathy Collins has been selected for the 2022 Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics Linda M. Gojak Middle School Award.

Each year, the council recognizes outstanding teachers, professors, emerging leaders and friends of mathematics. Gojak is an Ohio and national leader in mathematics education.

Collins began with the Lima City Schools in 1996, starting in the classroom teaching both middle school and high school math classes. She has been the mathematics curriculum leader since 2010. She is also currently the mathematics instructional coach and the credit recovery coordinator.

The Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics consists of 3,000 members. Affiliated with the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, OCTM has been in existence since 1951.

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Dean Brown joined The Lima News in 2022 as a reporter. Prior to The Lima News, Brown was an English teacher in Allen County for 38 years, with stops at Perry, Shawnee, Spencerville and Heir Force Community School. So they figured he could throw a few sentences together about education and business in the area. An award-winning photographer, Brown likes watching old black and white movies, his dog, his wife and kids, and the four grandkids - not necessarily in that order. Reach him at [email protected] or 567-242-0409.