In February, students in the Culinary Arts and Advanced Culinary Arts classes took the ServSafe Manager test. Twenty-six of those students passed and earned their manager level food safety certificate. This valuable certificate proves the students have managerial-level knowledge of food safety and sanitation standards. Their teacher, Mrs. Audrey Hastings, said she is extremely proud of these students.
Earning their ServSafe Manager certification were: Alexa Avita, Jasana Goodrum, Karla Barraza, Karma Calderon, Nadia Gaines, Lucia Garcia, Keinin Gardner, Mylee Greening, Mijah Johnson, Soula Johnson, Rhyan Lee, Isabella Mejia, Damian Tapia, Anabel Escobedo, Jaycelynn Feltman, Marcus Gonzales, Leticia Granados, Taw Doh Htoo, Ragan Jones, Lupita Munoz, Mu Lay Paw, Gabriel Romero, Melanie Serrato, Xavier Thomas, Emmy Ware, and Haydn Weddle.
UPDATE!! GAME HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY AT 5 PM.
Our Lady Lions will play their District 7-3A home opener this evening as they host the Bowie Lady Rabbits. As of 11:30 a.m., the game is scheduled to be played. The Lady Lions will be hoping to avenge last Tuesday's 13-3 loss to the Lady Rabbits. The game is set to start at 5 p.m., at Ronda Havins Softball Field.
Due to the weather conditions, Frederick has elected to not come over to Vernon for tonight's baseball game. The game has been cancelled.
This morning from 8:48 a.m. to 8:55 a.m., Vernon High School went to a Secure Alert due to local law enforcement activity in the area. The Vernon Police Department advised Vernon High School administrators to implement Secure Alert protocol, which prohibits students from leaving the building and going outside.
Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 visited McCord Elementary Monday to kickoff Dr. Seuss Week. It was also "Wear A Hat Day" as we begin a full week of celebrating Dr. Seuss.
Receiving Middle School Student of the Week honors for this week are:
6th Grade -- Sadie Jones & Parker Kieschnick
7th Grade -- Naeveah Castillo & Jayden Romero
8th Grade -- Blakeney Downes & Sean Waggoner (not pictured)
Congratulations!!! We're proud of you!!
TODAY!!
The mandatory meeting for VHS students who plan on taking dual credit courses for the first time at Vernon College in the 2025-26 school year is set for 5:30 p.m., at the Vernon College King Physical Education Center. For your convenience, please park in the west parking lot by the softball field. Students also need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. This meeting will take the place of their college student orientation day in the fall.
First grader Messiah Martin and VISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward helped out on the drawing for the kindergarten and first grade META Quest virtual reality headset. Malaki Shivers was the kindergarten winner, while Henry Duncan was the first grade winner. The META Quest was the prize for the 4th Six Weeks Student Attendance Initiative, with students earning a ticket for the drawing for every week they had perfect attendance during the 4th Six Weeks grading period.
Our Health Careers Program is sponsoring a Blood Drive tomorrow for Our Blood Institute, which supplies blood for all area hospitals, including Wilbarger General. There is a competition between school Health Career Programs in our district to see which one can collect the most blood during the school year. Currently, Vernon and Iowa Park are neck-and-neck in the race. Stop by and donate tomorrow. One unit of blood can save 3 lives, and also help our Health Careers Program win the district race.
Here is the VISD cafeteria menu for March. All of our VISD students are eligible to receive a free breakfast and lunch every school day.
Today 20 Lady Lions competed in the Region 1 Powerlifting 1A-6A Equipped Meet and two Lady Lions earned a trip to the State Meet and the team finished fourth overall. Amari Garcia and Nadia Gaines both finished 2nd in their weight class to advance to the State Meet. Taking 3rd place in their weight class were Xiomara Fernandez and Chloe Diekmann, while Klancy Sherrill and Adamaris Robles finished 4th, and Brek Payne and Madyson Zamora finished 5th.
VMS held its drawing yesterday for the virtual reality META Quest headset that was the prize for the 4th Six Weeks Student Attendance Initiative. There was a drawing for each grade and the winners were: 6th Grade -- Evanny Quintero; 7th Grade -- Abel Galvan; and 8th Grade -- Charleigh Cooper. Students earned ticket for the drawing for each week they had perfect attendance during the 4th Six Weeks.
VHS students who plan to take dual-credit classes for the first time at Vernon College next year MUST attend a meeting at 5:30 p.m., Monday, on the campus of Vernon College. This meeting will count as your college new student orientation for next year. Also, a parent or guardian will need to attend the meeting with the student.
VHS held our drawings for the virtual reality Quest headsets that were the prizes for our 4th Six Weeks student attendance initiative this morning. Receiving their Quest headsets from Principal Dr. Jackson are Jacklyn Maldonado, the sophomore class winner, and Davis Bloom, the junior class winner. Christian Brabbin, the freshman winner, and Yuleyka Ramirez, the senior winner, were out today for a school activity. The student attendance initiative was held district-wide during the 4th Six Weeks, which concluded last week. Students receiving tickets drawing entries for every week they had perfect attendance. A virtual reality Quest gaming headset was given away in every grade K-12.
Members of the VHS Class of 2025 and this year's junior class who have earned their College, Career and Military Readiness (CCMR) point already this year received their t-shirts during an assembly this morning in Fulton Gym.
Today was blueberry day for our McCord students. Our students are receiving a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables to try during snack time as part of a Fresh Fruit Vegetable Program grant the school received. Students in Ms. Singleton's, Mrs. Kajs' and Ms. Fryman's 1st grade classes had some definite opinions -- both positive and negative -- about the blueberries. They talked about the fruit in all the classes, with Ms. Singleton's students writing a sentence in their journals explaining what the blueberries tasted like and felt like. To read more about the program, please follow this link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/2053327
Creed Feltman was recognized today for being the VHS Student Initiative Student of the Month for February. Creed is pursuing an Arts and Humanities endorsement and has taken many CTE classes while also maintaining good grades. He has been involved with One-Act Play and the theatre program since his freshman year. Creed worked behind the scenes his freshman and sophomore years and earned multiple awards for Best Technical Crew.
Last year he took to the stage and received an All-Star Cast Award for his role as Winston in "1984." This past fall, his comedic timing and character development turned Scotty into a character the audience loved and adored in the production of "Ripcord." This year, as a senior, Creed also joined the debate team and will compete in Lincoln Douglas Debate.
"Creed is known by all as a respectful young man," said Dr. Cynthia Jackson, VHS Principal. "He is a vital member to the theatre/speech program and has also maintained his position on the A/B honor roll."
11 Lions will be leaving next Friday to compete in the Division 3 Regional Powerlifting Meeting being held Saturday, March 8, in Brownfield. Those qualifiers include: (front row, from left) Julian Sauceda, Izzy Espinoza, A.J. Ragland, and Brayden Ledesma; (back row) Devin Arthur (alternate), Christian Gallegos, Manny Ochoa, Justin Rejino and Bowie Eakin. Not pictured are Mason Ballard, Tru Gipson and Brayden Booth.
Congratulations!!! Our Lady Lions are Region 1 Powerlifting Unequipped 1A-6A Champions!! Four Lady Lions - Kamryn Hall, 1st, 242+; Olivia Carr, 1st, 242; Daniella eneanya, 1st; and Erianna Chavez, 2nd, 242+ - qualified for the State Unequipped Powerlifting Meet. Daniella was also won Heavy Platform Best Squat, Heavy Platform Best Deadlift and Heavy Platform Best Lifter. Avery Conley also finished 3rd, 242, and Zayley Horn was 5th, 105.
Quick reminder!
Tomorrow is an Early Release Friday for Vernon ISD students.
