Dorris Intermediate School

VFW Names DIS’ Kristen Leech 22-23 Teacher of the Year

December 8, 2022 – Collinsville VFW Post #5691 named Dorris Intermediate School teacher Kristen Leech their Teacher of the Year for the 2022-23 school year at a ceremony held on December 7, 2022. Nominations were sought from the CUSD 10 community in October 2022. Nominees were judged based on four categories: citizenship, innovation, resources and […]

DIS Basketball Players Benefit from Kahoks as Mentors

December 2, 2022 – Fifth and sixth grade basketball players at Dorris Intermediate School have the benefit of getting know real high school basketball players and learning what it takes to play prep sports through the Kahoks as Mentors program. Kahoks as Mentors pairs JV/Varsity Collinsville High School Basketball players with fledgling basketball players from […]

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 […]

DIS STEM Challenge Starts 22-23 with Aerodynamics

September 1, 2022 – Dorris Intermediate School’s first quarter 2022-23 STEM Challenge is “Top Gun – Take to the Sky Challenge.” The first session (September 1) showed students how to fold & fly world record setting paper airplanes. Other first quarter sessions include how to make candle powered hot air balloons and toy army parachutes, […]

CUSD 10 Hosts Groundbreaking on $5.8 Million DIS Construction Project

August 26, 2022 – Collinsville Community Unit School District #10 hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking for the district’s $5.8 million classroom addition and interior renovation project at Dorris Intermediate School (DIS). CUSD 10 Superintendent Dr. Mark B. Skertich, district administrators, DIS principals and members of the Board of Education were joined by representatives of FGMArchitects and […]