Lima Senior student qualifies for national competition

LIMA — Lima Senior High School student Bailey Hoover qualified for the Educators Rising National competition. Hoover, a sophomore in the school’s Early Childhood Education Program, is the first Lima Senior student in the program to ever advance to nationals. The national competition begins June 28 in Orlando, Florida.

Lima Senior’s chapter display made top 10 in Ohio. Freshmen Di’Naja Bratton and Shaelynn Holbrook led that effort.

Reach Dean Brown at 567-242-0409

Dean Brown
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.