April 5, 2023 – Use the link below to see this week’s message from Dr. Skertich. He recently visited several members of the Collinsville High School Science Olympiad Team and Coach Pat Szpila to preview projects they are preparing to take to the state competition on April 22 at University of Illinois. Read the video […]
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CHS Senior Sam Stuckey Earns Fifth in National Crystal Competition
March 2023 – Collinsville High School STEM club member senior Sam Stuckey earned 5th place in the 2022-23 U.S. National Crystal Growing Competition. “Students are given 30 days from late October to late November to grow their crystal. They start with growing seed crystals and then picking the best ones to grow their main crystal,” […]
CHS Seniors Earn Recognition in 2023 Conrad Challenge
February 2023 – Collinsville High School seniors Jenna Feldmann, Peyton Beeles and Brandon Nygard have been named Conrad Innovators in the 2023 international Conrad Challenge. The challenge asks students to establish themselves as entrepreneurs who design an innovation to solve an important problem. Over the course of a year, the teammates go step-by-step through the entrepreneurial […]
DIS’ Jason Watts Receives 2022 Emerson Teaching Award
November 21, 2022 – Dorris Intermediate School STEM Teacher Jason Watts has been named a 2022 Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award recipient. He is among more than 80 teachers from across the St. Louis metropolitan area recognized this year as an example of “truly outstanding educational excellence.” The Emerson Excellence in Teaching Awards, now in […]