Tools for Teachers - Ukyah Rawls - Feb '20

Collinsville Teacher Cares for Students Inside and Outside the Classroom, Wins $500
Rakya Johnson nominated Ukyah Rawls, a 5th grade teacher at Dorris Intermediate School of the Collinsville Community Unit School District 10, for KPLR’s Tools For Teachers award after she noticed Rawls’ positive impact on students’ lives.
“Ukyah goes above and beyond in every aspect of what it means to be a teacher,” she wrote in her nomination. “She not only strives to provide the best education to her students, but she also provides them with skills and lessons to navigate their lives.”
She went on to describe Rawls’ involvement in forming the school’s Black History Museum, a program that creatively teaches students about famous African Americans. And not only does Rawls lead an after-school Bible study, but she frequently attends the kids’ extracurricular activities during school nights and weekends, as well.
Both Rawls and Johnson joined KPLR 11 Monday, Feb. 24, 2020 so that Rawls could receive her $500 award from Weber Chevrolet.
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Nomination: Ukyah goes above and beyond in every aspect of what it means to a teacher. She not only strives to provide the best education to her students, but she also provides them with skills and lessons to navigate their lives. Ukyah also helped create a project known as the Black History Museum, where students dress up and give facts about famous African Americans. This has become a full out program that many students and community members look forward to each February. The past 3 years, Ukyah has graduated with two masters degrees, got married and had a baby and still finds time to lead an after school program, Kids For Christ and to make sure that she attends her students extra curricular activities during school nights and weekends.