Happy November!

We hope you all had an awesome first week of November! We are so excited as we get closer to Thanksgiving! 

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

🎉 Get Your 2025–2026 School Spirit Wear! 🎉

Show your Cardinal pride all year long with our official spirit wear!
Hoodies, t-shirts, and more are available—perfect for games, pep rallies, and everyday wear.

👕 Sizes for all students and staff
📍 Order online here

CLOSING ON NOVEMBER 23, 2025!

Do not wait until the last minute Cardinals!

Attention 8th Grade Students — Class of 2030!

Introducing your Class of 2030 shirt!
Order now to have a beautiful keepsake from your 8th-grade year. Please remember to add your student name on the order sheet.

Orders will be produced once the online store link closes — don’t miss out!

https://reach-clothing.printavo.com/merch/cms-8th-grade

Introducing the 2025–2026 CMS FCS Family Recipe Cookbook — now on sale for $15! 🎉

Each cookbook is filled with handmade family recipes from our CMS students and makes a perfect holiday gift.

Please help support CMS FCCLA by purchasing your copy today! You can buy one from an FCCLA student or in

Mrs. Lloyd’s classroom (#9).
💵 Cash or checks only — checks made payable to CMS FCCLA. ❤️

• 11/10-11/15 Basketball: 7th/8th Boys and Girls Cleveland Tournament

For this spotlight, we will be featuring a new staff member at the school!

This is Coach Dubbert and this is his 2nd year at Collinsville Middle School!

Where did you teach before coming to Collinsville?

I taught in Lincoln Christian.

What are your favorite hobbies out of school?

 I enjoy golfing, hanging out with friends and family, and being outdoors.

What do you like about Collinsville?

I like the school community and the pride the town shows for the school.

What do you like about teaching? 

I like helping students become the best version of themself, helping them to do more than they realize they can do.

If you could move to anywhere where would it be?

I would like to live somewhere in the mountains.

Shoutout to CMS Cheer for earning Runner-Up at the Game Day State Competition on November 1st, 2025!  We are so proud of you, Cardinals! They placed 2nd out of 11 teams at the Jeff and Craig Middle School 5A Game Day State Competition! 

Shoutout to CMS Choir:  These 7 singers auditioned for All-State Honor Choir on Saturday and will advance to the next round of auditions at Rose State College on Tuesday, November 18th:

Andrew James
Ian James
Olivia James
Aviyana Marte
Ryker Tackett
Ethan Vassmer
Logan Yirsa

Congratulations to all the Choir members who learned difficult music for the audition. These talented CMS singers participated in the Honor Choir Festival and did a fantastic job at the concert! Seven of these eight students will be moving on to the second round of All-State auditions on November 18th in Midwest City. Great work, Cardinals! 

Shoutout to Ms. Bertelli’s Advanced Art students and Mrs. Reynolds for teaching our CMS students how to do basket weaving! Great job sharing your creativity and skills!

We are now in the month of November. Don’t forget your jackets Cardinals!

Thanksgiving break is just around the corner! 

It’s good to be a Cardinal!