Columbian High School teacher Christopher Monsour, was announced as the District 1 Teacher of the year by the Ohio Department of Education. This will now put him in the running for the 2026 Ohio Teacher of the Year. 

He will compete with 11 other teachers to be selected as one of the four teachers to move on to the last phase of becoming Ohio Teacher of the Year. The winner will then move on to represent Ohio nationwide for the 2025-26 school year. 

Monsour teaches high school biology, environmental science, and anatomy and physiology.