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.
Earlier this week our Lion and Lady Lion golfers competed in at a tournament at the Rivercreek Golf Course in Burkburnett and came away with first place honors. The Lions won the Boys Division and the Lady Lions won the Girls Division. Claire Mayo captured first in the Girls Medalist competition, while Kyndel Horn was third. Adrian King won the Boys Medalist competition. Congratulations!!
Today was banana 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. While most of Mrs. Twaleena Weddle's kindergarten students had eaten a banana before, today was the first time for a lot of them to peel their own banana. To read more about the program, please follow this link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/2053327
If you would like to view the VHS Traditional Animation Film that captured second place in the UIL Class 3A Combination (3A,2A,1A) Division at the State Film Festival you can follow the link below. Congratulations to Garrett Munson, Rodrigo Olivas, Kenneth Cordero and Ezekiel Amador for their Silver Medal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4wlkUc9y20
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
The film entry from Garrett Munson, Rodrigo Olivas, Kenneth Cordero and Ezekiel Amador took second place in the UIL Class 3A Combination (3A, 2A 1A) Division in the Traditional Animation category at the State Film Festival held yesterday in Austin. The film "Vietnam" was a tribute to Garrett's grandfather, who served in the Vietnam War. After the festival, our students asked the students from Industrial High School, who took first in Traditional Animation, if they wanted to join them for a celebratory dinner. Great sportsmanship!! Great job!! We're proud of you!!
QUICK REMINDER!!
It is "Pajama For A Purpose Day" tomorrow! Students and staff at all campuses who want to wear their pajama pants (appropriate for school) Thursday may do for a $3 donation. The fundraiser is for a VMS student who lost all of their belongs in a recent house fire. Each campus will have a process in place to collect donations and identify those students who paid to wear their pajama pants.
February is Career & Technical Education (CTE) Month and today VHS hosted a lunch for owners and representatives of local businesses that participated in our Job Shadowing Day earlier this month. On that day, 41 seniors who take a CTE class "shadowed" someone who works in a career field they are interested in pursuing. CTE teachers, Elly Gonzales, Audrey Hastings, Candace Adams, and Brooke Meinzer, and those who attended the lunch discussed how well Job Shadowing Day went, as well as ideas on how to improve it. The Culinary Arts students provided the meal for the lunch.
Our McCord students will be receiving a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables to try during snack time over the next several weeks as part of a Fresh Fruit Vegetable Program grant the school received. Today the students got to try green Granny Smith Apples. To read more about the program, please follow this link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/2053327
Our Kids Heart Challenge started last week and we are doing a fantastic job. But, there's more we can do.
Can't wait to see what kind of impact we can make overnight!
If you haven't yet:
1. Challenge yourself to keep your heart healthy! Take the first step and sign up on our school's Kids Heart Challenge page! http://www2.heart.org/site/TR?fr_id=11259&pg=company&company_id=479759
2. Then send messages from your KHC page to friends and family to spread heart health awareness far and wide!
@KidsHeartChallenge#KidsHeartChallenge#AmericanHeartAssociation
Our 7th & 8th grade track teams competed in their first meet of the season yesterday in Bowie, and two school records were broken. Caylor Streit broke the 8th Grade Boys 300-meter Hurdle school record by 3 seconds, and Luke Payne broke the 7th Grade Boys 110-meter Hurdle school record. The 7th grade boys won all 3 of the meet relays, while the 8th grade mile relay team finished third.
Vernon High School Seniors!!
FRIDAY is the LAST day to purchase a Senior ad for the yearbook.
Ads and yearbooks can be purchased using this link.: https://www.yearbookforever.com/school-store/po4RnMb2qkVLC68F1jN6gQX3
Or, by scanning the QR Code below.
31 Lady Lions qualified for Powerlifting Regional Tournaments this year! 11 Lady Lions qualified for the Unequipped Regional Tournament, while 20 qualified for the Equipped Regional Tournament. The Unequipped Regional Tournament is tomorrow in Big Spring. Competing in that tourney will be Zayley Horn, Mia Martinez, Sae Hay, Daniella Eneanya, Grace Lin, Julyssa Felton, Olivia Carr, Avery Conley, Kamryn Hall, Erianna Chavez, and Reagan Baskerville.
The Equipped Regional Tournament is Saturday in Eldorado, Texas. Competing in that tourney will be Xiomara Fernandez, Brek Payne, Aaliyah Moralez, Olga Alvarado, Klancy Sherrill, Amari Garcia, Zayleigh Sweet, Yuleyka Ramirez, Jeana Martinez, Jasana Goodrum, Lily Maxwell, Nyneave Yarbrough, Isabella Garcia, Jasmine Ler, Madyson Zamora, Kyleigh Taylor, Delila Rodriguez, Adamaris Robles, Nadia Gaines, and Chloe Diekmann.
GOOD LUCK LADY LIONS!!!
The Vernon ISD 2025-26 school calendar was approved during last week's VISD School Board meeting. The first day of school for 2025-26 will be Aug. 13. The fall break is set for Oct. 17-20, and school will be dismissed for the entire week of Thanksgiving. The Christmas break will be from Dec. 20 thru Jan. 6, 2026. Next year's spring break is scheduled for March 7-15, 2026, and the last day of school will be May 21, 2026.
Ready for America’s 250th in Washington, D.C.?
Tonight’s the night!
The info meeting for the 2026 Washington, D.C., Gettysburg, and Williamsburg trip for current seventh-graders will be held tonight at 6 PM in the Vernon Middle School library.
This is your final reminder to register: https://bit.ly/3CDUU9a. Registration is mandatory to attend.
Interested in the trip, but can’t make the meeting? Register “No, but send me more info.”
Today's Vernon Lions baseball game at Stamford has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict. The Lions are playing in the ACS Tournament this weekend, with games scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Our Lady Lions open District 7-3A action on the softball diamond this evening, as they travel to Bowie to take on the Lady Rabbits. Good Luck!!!
We will be sending our state finalist film crew off in style in the morning with a sendoff that begins at 9:20 a.m. in front of VHS. The members of the film crew -- Garrett Munson, Rodrigo Olivas, Kenneth Cordero and Ezekiel Amador, along with their sponsor Dustin Swatzell -- will then be escorted down Wilbarger as they leave for Austin. Help us give them a great sendoff and line Wilbarger. They make their way down Wilbarger at approximately 9:30 a.m. Their film "Vietnam" advanced to the finals in the Traditional Animation category.
Time is running out to nominate your favorite Vernon ISD teacher in the Red River Best Chevy Dealers Teacher Appreciation Contest. Students, parents, residents and teachers can go online and nominate their choice for Outstanding Teacher!! The deadline is this Friday, Feb. 28.
