QUICK REMINDER: Please remember our All-Star Olympics for our life skills students will be held Monday! We would love to have fans in the stands cheering on our athletes! We also still need a few items. If you would like to donate something to our All-Star Olympics, please contact Jana Neely at jana.neely@visdtx.org
Last night VHS drama coach Dustin Swatzell took his theater students on a trip to Wichita Falls to see a performance of "The Pirates of Penzance" which was performed at Midwestern State University.
Congratulations!!! To VHS powerlifter Marli Limon for earning Texas High School Girl's Powerlifting Association Academic All-State honors. Marli made the second team. Way to go Marli!! We're proud of you!!
Yesterday was National Administrative Professional's Day and Vernon ISD celebrated the day throughout our district. Some Administrative Assistants receives plants and flowers, while others were taken out to lunch. We appreciate them all!!
12 Vernon Lions received "Our Kind of Guy" and "Lions Club" honors for the fifth six weeks, which concluded last week. Criteria to qualify for the groups include making the A or A/B honor roll, improvement in the weight room on different lifts, and community service hours. Earning OKG designation were Donivan Montano, Zero Nine, Joseph Menendez-Garcia, Chris Calvillo, Merrick Byars, Jacob Brown and Israel Espinoza.
Earning Lions Club designation were Sriram Kadiyala, Adarius Williams, Brandon Juarez, Bowie Eakin and Christian Gallegos. Congratulations guys!! Great work!!
Our Vernon Elementary 4th & 5th Graders will be displaying the artwork they have produced this year during the annual "Art Walk" set for Thursday evening. Stop by and check it out! We have some very good artists!!
From our Administrative Building to the Bus Barn and all the campus in between, Vernon ISD is blessed to have wonderful administrative assistants who help keep everything running smoothly. Today is National Administrative Professional's Day and we want all of our admin pros to know how much we appreciate each and every one of you for the work you do!!
Our VHS tennis team will be competing Wednesday and Thursday in the District 7-3A Singles & Doubles Tournament. The first and second place finishers in each event will advance to the regional tournament. Good luck!!
Our Lions baseball team hits the road for the final time today as they travel to Wichita Falls to take on the City View Mustangs!! The JV game is set for 4:30 p.m., with the varsity game to begin at 7 p.m. Good luck Lions!!
Last Friday, students in Mrs. Allison Stanley's Honors Physics class tested their egg drop vehicle in an Impulse Lab. All students had the same 9 materials and had to use all of the materials in building their vehicle. The vehicles were dropped from 1 meters, 2 meters and 3 meters. For extra credit, the vehicles were dropped from the height of the roof. The first egg casualty was a 2 meters, and 2 eggs survived the extra credit drop.
Enjoy some good Chicken Spaghetti and then have fun playing Bingo next Thursday, May 2, at the VMS Cafeteria!! Tickets are $10 for adult and $5 for students if purchased before the event. Tickets are $12 for adult and $7 for students at the door.
Stop by the VMS office or use the QR code to purchase tickets! Proceeds will go to the VMS student activity fund.
Receiving our McCord Student of the Week honors last week were:
Pre-Kindergarten -- Maevery Echols, Jason Wah, Sebastian Gonzalez, Frank Vanek and Ila Jones (not pictured).
Kindergarten -- K'siyah Guerra, Bella McRae, Landry McFall, Eli Albineda, Emilio Escobedo, Dax Edwards, Sophia Edmonds, and Major Dobbs.
1st Grade -- Saul Cordoba, Denicio Luna, Ivan Clemente, Dominik Johnson, Cadyn Rosa, Foster Bell, and Barrett McBroom.
Congratulations!!! Great job! Keep up the good work!!
We have some outstanding bus drivers who make sure our students get to school and back home safely every school day!! Today is School Bus Driver Appreciation Day, but Vernon ISD appreciates our bus drivers every single day!! THANK YOU!!
Our Vernon Lady Lions just missed out on a trip to the Class 3A State Track & Field Meet today, as they finished third in the 800-Meter Relay at the Class 3A Region 1 Meet that concluded today. The event was scheduled to finish Saturday, however the rain pushed the conclusion of the meet to today. The top two places in each event qualify for State.
The relay team of Klancy Sherrill, Zayleigh Sweet, Mari Johnson and Key'Maria McBride took third with a time of 1-minute, 46.20-seconds. Klancy also finished seventh today in the 300-Meter Hurdles with a time of 48.84 seconds.
On Friday, Key'Maria just missed out on a trip to State in the Triple Jump, finishing third with a leap of 37-feet, 2.5-inches. In the High Jump, Klancy cleared 5-feet and finished eighth, and Mari had a throw of 105-feet, 8-inches to finish tenth in the Discus.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! To Jackson Aydelott and Kameron Plyler who will be representing Vernon at the Class 3A State Track & Field Meet. Today, Jackson set a new Class 3A Region 1 Track & Field Meet record and took the gold medal in the 400-Meter Dash with a time of 47.45 seconds. He also finished fourth in the 200-Meter Dash with a time of 22.06 seconds.
Kameron won the High Jump on Friday when he cleared 6-feet, 5-inches. Also on Friday, Julius Dawkins finished fourth in the Triple Jump with a leap of 44-feet, 7.75-inches. Jamari Chance also competed in the Triple Jump had his best distance was 42-feet, 1-inch.
Vernon had tough luck in the 800-Meter and Mile Relay. The Lions dropped the stick in the 800-Meter relay. In the Mile Relay, our squad finished with the third-best time in the prelims, but was disqualified for running out of our lane.
Earning recognition as VMS Students of the Week for this week are:
6th Grade -- Anjely Ayala and Alexander Bailey;
7th Grade -- Zailey Vargo and Adrian Gourneau
8th Grade -- Katie Caveness and Julian Rodriguez
Congratulations!!! Keep up the good work!!
Congratulations to these young ladies for being selected as the VES Students of the Week for last week:
2nd Grade -- Charlotte Crosthwait & 3rd Grade -- Charley Booth
4th Grade -- Cambri Araiza & 5th Grade -- Ashlynn Torres
Great job!! Keep up the great work!!
Keeping children entertained and busy during the summer can sometimes be hard to do. VISD has a solution to that problem -- Art and Chess camps. These camps will be held June 17-20. The Art Camp has sessions for students in junior high and high school, while the Chess Camp is for students in third thru eighth grade. See the flyers below for more information.
If your child loves sports, be sure and sign them up for Volleyball Camp 2024!! The camp will be held June 10-12 and is open to kindergarten thru 9th grade students (incoming grade for 2024-25)
Check out the flyer below for more information!!
Spring is here and it's time to buy plants for your garden!! Our annual FFA Plant Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to Noon, Saturday. Our FFA students have over 5,000 plants to sell this year consisting of numerous bedding plants, potted plants, hanging baskets and vegetables!! The first 50 people in the door Saturday morning will receive a 15% off coupon. For purchases of $80 or more, you will receive a special blend fertilizer mixture to help protect your investment.
