On Monday, our VMS Life Skills students were among others from VISD who visited the Sweet Pickins Pumpkin Patch in Altus. From the photos, they had a blast sliding down the pipe slide, digging in the corn bin and playing all the pumpkin games.
VISD is participating in the Texas Education Agency's special education Differentiated Monitoring & Support process, and that includes a survey for anyone associated with the district -- parent, teacher, staff, and administrator. All information you share is confidential and will only be reviewed internally to assist TEA with the monitoring process. Please follow this link to go to the survey: https://tea.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1U1DJhIjLATIqR8
Last Saturday our Roarin' Lion Band competed in the Seymour Marching Festival. The band received a Superior Rating (1) for music and an excellent rating (2) for marching!! The band also received the caption for Best Auxiliary at the competition. Band Director Jeremiah Hastings said he and assistant band director Matthew Golden were very proud of the band's performance at the festival. The Roarin' Lion Band will compete in the UIL Region 7 Marching Contest this Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls. Vernon is scheduled to take the field at 9:50 a.m. GOOD LUCK BAND!!!!
Thanksgiving is 6 weeks away, but it's not to early to start training for the VHS Turkey Trot!! The 5K Turkey Trot will be held on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, at Lion Stadium. There will be a Kids' Fun Run that starts at 9 a.m., with the 5K Turkey Trot set to start at 9:15 a.m. The deadline to register and secure a t-shirt is Nov. 13. The event is sponsored by Texas Farm Bureau Insurance in Vernon. The event is hosted by the Vernon High School National Honor Society and Student Council. All proceeds from the event benefit VISD at-risk youth.
Next week, VMS will be decked out in pink for the Pink Out Pep Rally that will be held at 3:20 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24, prior to th junior high football game against Bowie. VMS students and staff, wear your pink proudly next Thursday!!
Vernon High School has a student activity fund that is used to purchase items for the school store, which students can then purchase with Lion Bucks they earn by various ways at school. The activity fund is also used to fund the student incentive trips. If you would like to donate to the VHS Student Activity Fund, please scan the QR code.
Congratulations to Mrs. Stacy McNutt who won the annual VHS Staff Crockpot Cook-Off with her Taco Soup recipe. She gets to keep the traveling trophy for a year when she will look to defend her title. Great job by all who participated. The food was amazing!!
Tomorrow is Boat Day for students in Coach Kia Dixon's Math & Models class. As a class project, students were divided into teams and had to build a boat out of cardboard. Those boats will be put to the test Wednesday. Will the boats stay afloat or sink? We'll find out tomorrow!
With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our VHS Drill Team took a moment recently to show their support for those battling breast cancer. This Friday is the Lions' open date, but the next game is October 25 and that is the Lions' Pink Out Game, and fans are encouraged to wear pink.
Receiving our VMS Student of the Week honors for last week are:
6th Grade -- Karina Din & Phillip Hunter
7th Grade -- Bella Salazar & Damien Walker
8th Grade -- Nyairah Massenburg & Aiden Trejo
Great job students!! Congratulations!!
Our VES Students of the Week for last week are:
2nd Grade -- Blossom Lar
3rd Grade - Luke Englishbee
4th Grade -- Karyss Finnegan
5th Grade -- Elijah Parra
Congratulations!!! Great job & keep up the good work!!
Our Lady Lions on the road today, as they travel to Jacksboro for a District 7-3A showdown with the Tigerettes. The sub-varsity matches will begin at 5 p.m., with the varsity match scheduled to start at 6 p.m. GO LADY LIONS!!! CAGE THE TIGERETTES!!
GOOD LUCK!! To our Lions as they head to Plainview today for a Class 4A Team Tennis Regional Quarterfinal Playoff Match against Canyon Randall. The match will get underway at 11 a.m. The winner will play for the Region 1 title and a berth in the Class 4A State Team Tennis Tournament. GO LIONS!!!!
Tomorrow wraps up Hispanic Culture Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) and the students in Mrs. Patricia Barrera's Spanish classes presented the projects they've been working on in celebration of Hispanic Culture Month. For the project, the students were put into teams and each group was given a country of Hispanic origin to research. The students researched the country and selected a famous person from that country to also research and include in their presentation.
The 8th grade students in Mrs. Kelly Boswell's science classes have been learning about Newton's 3 Laws of Motion. As a project, teams of two students each designed a Newton's Cradle to demonstrate Newton's 3rd law of motion (action-reaction). Other teachers had a chance to judge all the entries and cast their vote. The winners were:
Best Overall -- Charleigh Cooper & Blakeney Downes; Best Working -- Julian Luna & Isabella Nino; Most Creative -- Jaelle Guerrero & Ava Lagunas
Here are a photos of the entries.
Our Vernon ISD family, and especially our VHS family, suffered a tough loss Sunday afternoon with the sudden death of Gayla DeHoyos. Gayla, a VHS graduate, joined VISD as a substitute teacher in 2002 and became a full-time employee in 2013. She served as the ISS instructor for many years before becoming the high school librarian.
Gayla cared very deeply about the success and well-being of each and every student, and was always there to listen if a student, or coworker, needed to talk. She became a “school momma” to so many VHS students. Gayla was also the Lions and Lady Lions biggest fan – no matter the sport or other school activity.
Our thoughts and prayers are with her husband, Tony, her children and grandchildren during this time.
A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m., Friday, at Leo Brittain Field at Lion Stadium.
A Halloween-themed Blood Drive will be held tomorrow from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., in the VHS P.E. Gym. The Blood Drive is being hosted by the Vernon ISD Nursing Program. Appointments are welcome and can be made by scanning the QR code, or as always walk-ins are welcome as well! We would love the support from our community and hopefully meet our goal!
We hope you join us Tuesday for a chance to save some lives and walk away with an awesome t-shirt!
Our Lions overcame a slow start Friday night and went on to defeat Boyd, 41-21, in a District 4-3A, Div. 1 game. Vernon is now 5-2 for the season and 2-1 in district play. Leading the Lions to the victory over the Yellowjackets were:
Offensive MVP -- Carson Schoppa with 120 yards rushing on just 9 carries and 2 TDs, along with 2 receptions for 27 yards
Co-Defensive MVPs -- Javi Lopez, 11.5 tackles including 3 tackles for loss; and Tyce Payne, 12 tacklets, 2.5 tackles for loss
Ball Hawk Award -- Tru Gipson, 4 tackles including 1 tackle for loss and an interception
Big Stick Award -- Carter Kieschnick, 4.5 tackles and 1 interception
Lion Heart Award -- Landon Bynum, 5 tackles including 1.5 tackles for loss, a sack and a fumble recovery
Special Team MVP -- Donivan Montano, who led the coverage team with 3 special team tackles.
The Lions are open this week and return to action on Oct. 25 when they host the Bowie Jackrabbits in another district tilt.
Fifth grade students who are running to be an officer on the VES Student Council gave their campaign speeches to the VES student body Friday morning. A few candidates included props including a science experiment, a puzzle, and confetti. Students will cast their vote this week. Those seeking offices include:
President -- Keegan Coley, Xavier Gomez, Mathius Leija & Isla Streit
Vice President -- D'Angelo Galvan & Kylee Jones
Secretary -- Nillianna Hines
Treasurer -- Gavin Bayer, Aiden Hernandez & Braylee Knight
Our VHS hallways were bright Friday with students sporting neon yellows and oranges with their construction gear as they enjoyed the dress-up theme of the day, which went along with the Lions Pride Pep Rally theme "Wreck the Yellowjackets." The Lions did just that Friday night, pulling out a 41-21 win in the District 4-3A, Div. 1 game played in Boyd.
