Happy November!

Welcome back to the 3rd week of November! The eleventh month of the year. November is a beautiful contrast, where crisp, cool air, ushers in the transition from autumn to winter.

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. ❤️

11/17 Monday: JH Basketball vs Coweta Home game @5pm

11/18 Tuesday: JH Basketball vs Glenpool Away game @5pm

11/20 Thursday: JH Basketball vs Lincoln Christian Home game @5pm

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

This is Mrs. Simpson and this is her 3rd year at Collinsville Middle School!

Where did you teach before coming to Collinsville?

I did not teach.

What are your favorite hobbies out of school?

I like to go camping and Razor riding. 

What do you like about Collinsville?

I like that it is a family town and it has a small town feel. 

What do you like about teaching?

I like that teaching is that every day is a new day and something is always fun. 

If you could move to anywhere where would it be?

I would move to the middle of nowhere. 

Shoutout to our CMS Leadership students for helping run our school-wide canned food drive. The drive lasted two weeks, and each student was encouraged to bring in two cans. 

Our CMS School Goal was 1,500 cans.

CMS COLLECTED OVER 2,926 CANS!!!

Thank you for your hard work and support.

Shoutout to the CMS FCCLA students who competed & placed in the FCCLA District STAR Events on Thursday, November 13, 2025. They competed in Creed Speaking, Children’s Literature, and the New Member FACTS Test. 

Great job, ladies—thank you for representing CMS FCCLA so well!

Shoutout to our TSA students who attended the Fall Conference in Norman, OK on Thursday, November 13, 2025. Thank you for representing CMS!

As temperatures drop and everyone starts to layer up, Thanksgiving is creeping closer. Make some room for the upcoming feast and remember to be thankful for the things you have.

It’s good to be a Cardinal!