Our Lions tennis team improved to 2-0 in district team tennis competition with a 16-3 victory over Graham Tuesday evening. The Lions have 2 more district matches -- Holliday on Sept. 28 in Wichita Falls, and Burkburnett on Oct. 1 at home. They will be back in action on their home courts this Saturday when they host All Saints in a non-district match.
It was "Teacher Appreciation Day" at the VHS tennis courts prior to the Lions district match against Graham. Each varsity tennis player selected a teacher to recognize, and they presented a letter they had written and a tennis t-shirt to the teacher during yesterday's ceremony.
Selected as VMS Students of the Week for last week were:
6th Grade -- Alexandria Cox & LaDarius Wilson
7th Grade -- Lissandra Camacho & Damien Green
8th Grade -- Nevaeh Cervantes & Ruben Ochoa.
Congratulations!!! We're proud of you!! Keep up the good work!!
It's not too late to have some fun tonight!!! Head out to the VHS Gym and join the VMS Lions' Roar 1K/5K Color Run/Walk! Check in and registration starts at 5 p.m. The 1K begins at 6 p.m., with the 5K to follow. Entry fee is $10 for students and $20 for adults. Funds from the color run go to the VMS student incentive fund. Go get color blasted!!
Our Lions tennis team is 1-0 in district play and will host the Graham Steers today in another district team match. Action will start at the Ruben Vargas Tennis Complex at 4 p.m. Good luck to our Lions!!
Our VHS cheerleaders are conducting a cheer clinic for pre-kindergarten thru 1st grade students on Thursday, Oct. 3, at D.O. Fulton Gym. The clinic will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. The next night, on Friday, Oct. 4, the youngsters who attend the clinic will perform with the cheerleaders on the sidelines for the first half of the football game. Forms are available at McCord and VHS, and can be turned in at your child's school office. A clinic for older children will be held on Oct. 25.
Receiving Vernon Elementary Student of the Week honors for last week were: 2nd Grade -- Audrina Lopez; 3rd Grade -- Jacob Wah; 4th Grade -- Kree Kajs; and 5th Grade -- Jadon Pearl. Congratulations!! Great job!!! Keep up the good work!!
On Monday, our VHS PALS students traveled to Legacy High School in Wichita Falls for a training session involving PALS students from area high schools. Guest speaker for the training was Tory Gant, who spoke on teamwork, leadership and professionalism. Students also took turns presenting skits on character traits to the other PALS students. Mrs. Audrey Hastings is the PALS sponsor.
Middle School parents -- an informational meeting for our Middle School Fall Festival will be held tonight at 6 p.m., in the VMS Cafeteria. The fun-filled VMS Fall Festival is set for Tuesday, Oct. 8. Please attend the meeting and see how you can help to make this the best Fall Festival yet!!
Since Frederick does not have a JV football team, we have had a change to our JV football schedule. Our JV Lions will now be traveling to Burkburnett on Thursday to take on the JV Bulldogs. Game time is 5 p.m.
Our Lions didn't come out on the right side of the scoreboard Friday night against City View, but they played hard. Receiving honors for the game are:
Offensive MVP - Parker Flynn, 11-of-18 passes with 1 TD, 1 INT, and 204 yards
Defensive MVP - Tyce Payne, 9 tackles, including 2 tackles for loss
Ball Hawk - Donivan Montano, 6.5 tackles
Big Stick - Adarius Williams, 6 tackles
Boss Hog - Ethan Wilkinson, 2 pancake blocks
Special Teams MVP - Mu Soe, 1-for-1 on PAT, 2 good kickoffs
Our Student of the Week honors for last week are: Pre-Kindergarten -- Ler Mole Soe, Evelynn Garza, Sebastian Phillips, Kyle Baskerville and Asher Schweikardt (not pictured)
Kindergarten -- Matthew Marsh, Marciella Ortiz, Noble Martinez, Aubriella Najera, Kingston Harter, Kellin Olivas and Paisley DelaCruz
1st Grade -- Valencia Nunico, Alaya Manning, Jimena Montes-Perez, Dany Hardcastle, Kyson Nunez, Marcus Aleman, Analiyah Shivers and John McCracken
Congratulations to all!!! We are proud of you!! Keep up the good work!!
Get those creative juices flowing and put your favorite character costume together for Thursday's VMS Pep Rally! Are you going to be a superhero? A character from your favorite movie or TV show? Or, a character from your favorite book? We're looking forward to seeing all of your "characters" roaming the halls on Thursday.
Our VES 2nd and 3rd grade students attended Friday's Lion Pride Pep Rally at the high school and they had a great time!!
"Make the Stangs Crazy" was the theme of the Lion Pride Pep Rally this morning, as the Lions will be hosting the City View Mustangs tonight. The dress-up day was Circus Day. We had visitors this morning for the pep rally, as 2nd and 3rd grade students from Vernon Elementary walked over and joined in the fun.
The district's dress-up theme for today was Circus Day, and our students and staff definitely had fun with it.
The district's dress-up day theme for today was "Circus Day" and we had several VES staff members who definitely got into the spirit of things.
Today's pep rally theme was "Make Those Stangs Crazy " and it was Circus Day throughout the district. Several VHS students and teachers joined in on the dress-up fun!
This morning KVWC broadcast their live morning show -- This, That & The Other the Friday edition "We Bleed Maroon" from our campus. Host Kathy McClellan talked with McCord Principal Mrs. Amber Fuhrmann, as well as first grade teachers Ms. Whitney Fryman and Mrs. Mandy Kajs. She also visited with first grade students Macy White, Messiah Martin and Trindyn Torrez.
Vernon Lions receiving Texas Farm Bureau Insurance MVP Footballs for their performance in last week's 46-30 victory over Gainesville are Tru Gipson, Offensive MVP; Mu Soe, Special Teams MVP; and Adarius Williams and Landon Bynum, Co-Defensive MVP. We appreciate our local Texas Farm Bureau Insurance agency's support of our Vernon ISD activities.
