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DIS Teacher Ukyah Wilburn is April 2024 Kahok Educator of the Month

March 24, 2024 – Dorris Intermediate School teacher Ukyah Wilburn was recognized today as April 2024 Kahok Educator of the Month. The award was presented by DIS Principal Kevin Stirnaman and local Benjamin F. Edwards financial advisor Jason Rehg. In his nomination of Ms. Wilburn, Principal Stirnaman wrote: The DIS recipient for April Staff Member […]

CMC Rotary Makes $3,000 Donation to DIS/CMS Reading Program

November 2023 – Representatives from CMC (Collinsville-Maryville-Caseyville) Rotary presented a check for $3,000 to students and staff representing Dorris Intermediate School and Collinsville Middle School. The donation will support a reading incentive program for students in both schools. Last year, CMC Rotary provided $1,500 in seed money to pilot a literacy program at CMS. Following […]

DIS Teacher Elizabeth Baumgartner Honored by Board of Education

November 13, 2023 – Dorris Intermediate School teacher Elizabeth Baumgartner was honored by the Collinsville CUSD 10 Board of Education during their November 2023 regular monthly meeting. Baumgartner will be recognized by the St. Louis Jewish Light later this month as one of their 2023 Unsung Heroes: Unsung Heroes, which began in 2010, shines a […]

Himmelberg Receives 2023 Superintendent’s Award

August 2023 – Hilary Himmelberg, fifth grade teacher at Dorris Intermediate School, was honored with the Superintendent’s Quality & Excellence Award on August 15, 2023 during the Collinsville Community Unit School District #10 staff welcome back event at Collinsville High School. The award is presented annually by the district superintendent in two categories: certified staff […]

Leah Davis is New Assistant Principal at Dorris Intermediate

August 2, 2023 – Collinsville Community Unit School District #10 announces Ms. Leah Davis will be an assistant principal at Dorris Intermediate School in the 2023-24 school year. When she was growing up in Granite City, Ms. Davis knew from a young age that she wanted to be a teacher. After high school, she attended […]