Collinsville Middle School

CMS Newsletter

May 5, 2025

Hello May!

May has sprung into full swing, and we are excited to enjoy our last few weeks of school together.

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Big thanks to our Digital Media students for your help with this week’s newsletter!

Please click the link to view the steps to complete the CURRENT STUDENT ANNUAL PRE-REGISTRATION FOR 2025-2026. Pre-registration must be complete for each student by May 16, 2025.

IMPORTANT DATES TO REMEMBER:

Practice tests for the online OSTP assessments are available by clicking the following link. Students should use these practice questions to become familiar with the formatting of the assessment.

May 5th: 7th & 8th Grade ELA OSTP Assessment

May 6th: 7th & 8th Grade Math OSTP Assessment

*All students will report to the middle school 1st hour for testing on May 5th & 6th. Students should not arrive on campus before 8:30. Testing will begin at 8:45. Please remind your student to bring their Chromebook fully charged.

CMS EVENTS
2nd semester exemption plan
teacher appreciation

🥎 JH Softball Tryouts Coming Soon! 🥎

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ORU

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COMING SOON...8TH GRADERS!!!

PICNIC
sports spotlight

5/5-5/9

There are not any sporting events scheduled.

TEACHER FEATURE

For this spotlight, we will be featuring a staff member at CMS!

This is Mrs. Simpson and this is her 4th year at CPS!

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Interview Questions with Mrs. Simpson

How many years have you been teaching here?

4

What is your favorite hobbies out of school?  

baseball , razor riding, and her dogs

What is your reason for coming to Collinsville? 

Lives here

What is your reason for working here at CMS? 

Lives here

If you could move to anywhere where would it be?

Hawaii or Japan

CMS SHOUT OUT

A big shoutout to the CMS staff for Teacher Appreciation Week!

We are so grateful for everything you do for us at CMS.

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Shoutout to our JH Track athletes for competing at their home track meet on 4/24! Great job representing CMS!

Highlights of Thursday's Metro Lakes Conference Track Meet:

Congratulations to the 7th-grade boys and 8th-grade girls on winning the Metro Lakes Conference Track Meet and the 8th boys on being runner-up! This is a back-to-back championship for the 8th girls. We also had several individual conference champions, taking 1st place in their events.

Boys:

100 - Jayce McElyea

400 - Brennyn Stamper

300 Hurdles - Blake Vandiver

7th boys 4x100m relay: Brennyn Stamper, Jayce McElyea, Nick Reid, Weston Myers

8th boys 4x100m relay: Beau Daniels, Chance Smith, Gavin Russell, Braylen Ruff

8th boys 4x200m relay: Beau Daniels, Beckham Jones, Gavin Russell, Braylen Ruff

Shot - England Taylor

Discus - Brennyn Stamper

Girls:

300 Hurdles - Taryn Vandiver

8th girls 4x100m relay: Iversyn Bailey, Ramzie McElroy, Mayte Mercado, Adleigh Huerta

Shot - Ashtyn Gilkey

Discus - Ashtyn Gilkey

High Jump - Molly Prickett

Long Jump - Adalynn Comstock

We are proud of how hard all of our athletes competed today. We want to thank the parents for your support throughout the track season and for making all this possible!

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We are excited to wrap up the school year, make lasting memories, and look forward to summer break.