As part of our McCord Elementary Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration Week today is "Wear Green" day, and students were also surprised this morning to be served green eggs and ham for breakfast. The famous author's birthday is Saturday, March 2.
As part of our VES Dr. Seuss Birthday Celebration Week today is "Wear Green" day and students were also surprised this morning to be served green eggs and ham for breakfast. The famous author's birthday is Saturday, March 2.
The Lions athletic department has special honors athletes can earn each six weeks. To earn one of those special honors the athlete is judged on several variables including grades (making A Honor Roll or A/B Honor Roll), discipline, attitude, increasing maximum weight on different lifts, and others. For this six weeks, the coaching staff began presenting t-shirts to athletes who receive the honors. Earning Lions Club distinction this six weeks were Bowie Eakin and Adarius Williams. Earning OKG (Our Kind of Guy) honors were Carson Schoppa, Keigan Ballard, Christian Gallegos and Brayden Booth. Great job gentlemen!!! Congratulations!!
To celebrate VMS staff February birthdays and to have a little fun, staff members were divided into teams and participated in a Charcuterie Board contest. Each team was given a color theme. There are some very talented and imaginative people here at VMS!!! Staff members voted on their favorite and the winner was the Green Team. Congratulations!!!
Earlier this week some of the VES 5th grade students volunteered to pick up trash from the playground after school. The trash had been blown onto the playground by the strong winds. These students and others worked to get all of the trash picked up. Thank you for wanting to help keep your campus pretty and clean!!
Congratulations to our Students of the Week: 2nd & 3rd Grade -- Sawyer Reeder & Snow Pah; and 4th & 5th Grade -- Kendal Balderas & Elias Trejo. Good job!! Keep up the good work!! Your photo will be displayed on our digital sign and on the digital sign at the Administration Building.
Registration begins today for the VMS Lion Pride Color Run! The fun event will be held on Thursday, March 28. The color run will consist of both a 1K and a 5K. The registration form and a sponsorship letter are below. This is a fundraiser for VMS, with the proceeds going straight to the students in the form of field trips, reward trips and other student incentives.
A big THANK YOU to local business Paint Your Peace and owner Taylor Edmonds for being one of our CTE Industry Partners. During our recent CTE Fair for 7th, 8th and 9th graders, Taylor talked with those students who are interested in Graphic Design and Multimedia Arts.
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Our VHS Yearbook staff is working hard to produce a great yearbook that covers the 2023-24 school year from August through graduation in May!! Staff members would like to thank those local businesses who have shown their support of the 2024 Yearbook.
Our Lady Lions begin District 7-3A action on the softball diamond today in Wichita Falls against the City View Lady Mustangs. Varsity will start at 5 p.m., with the JV game to follow. Good luck Lady Lions!!
We're having a send-off for our State qualifying film team!!!! It starts tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. at VHS. The Wilbarger County Sheriff's Department and Vernon Fire Department will then escort team members Garrett Munson, Rodrigo Olivas, Eziqiel Amador, and Kenneth Cordero, along with sponsor Dustin Swatzall, down Wilbarger Street from Sand Road to Main Street. Line Wilbarger to help send this group off in style!! Only 6 films from conferences 1A thru 3A advance to state!! This is the first time for VHS to advance to state in the Traditional Animation Film category. Good luck guys!!!!
A big THANK YOU to Nutrien Ag Solutions for being one of our CTE Industry Partners. Last week at our CTE Fair for our 7th, 8th & 9th grade students, Bobby Riggins, from the Nutrien Ag office in Altus, talked to our students about the various careers in agriculture. #nutrienaltus
Today during their PE Class, our students had the opportunity learn some drumming techniques on the Djembe, an African drum. David Cox, with Rhythm Path, had students follow his lead as they learned about the different notes the drum could make by hitting different areas of the drum head. They also followed David as he led them on different rhythm sequences.
Selected as VMS Students of the Week were: 6th Grade -- Eh Cher & Alexander Bailey; 7th Grade -- Inda Jani Reyes-Lopez & Gabriel Cordoba; and 8th Grade -- Julyssa Felton & Bentley Dobbs. Congratulations!!! Keep up the good work!! Your photo will be displayed this week on the digital signs on our building and on the sign at the Administration Building.
Congratulations to our Vernon Lions track team for opening the season Friday by claiming Boys Division title at the Long Sleeve Relays held at Hamlin High School.
We apologize for the late post, but join us in congratulating Ja'Qwan Arthur and McKenzie Belcher for being named the 2024 VHS Valentine King & Queen!!! They were crowned at the Valentine's Dance held in the VHS Cafeteria. Members of the royal court were: Karrissa Mejia, Jairy Vazquez, Marli Limon, Jaylie Freeman, Layla Trinidad, Kaylee Delaune, Rufaro Mubvumba, Ariel Croxton, Zac Centeno, Case Fleming, Cross Durham, T.J. Thomas, Kale Sherrill, Kell Castleberry and Greg Newton.
We have quite a few Lions who qualified for the Regional Meet in Powerlifting. The link below is for ordering a regional qualifier t-shirt. The deadline to order shirts is 5 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 28. Names of regional qualifiers are not listed on the t-shirt, but can be added at a later date.
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They'll be a whole lot of Dr. Seuss next week, as we are celebrating his birthday with a week of Dr. Seuss fun!! There's an opportunity to dress up every day and show how much we enjoy Dr. Seuss. And, as always, let's take a moment to read every day!!
February is Heart Health Awareness Month and today Wilbarger General Hospital's Kenda Coley, RN, and Gay Lynn Gary, RN, were on the VES campus to present a heart health program to our students. They showed our students how to take their pulse, how much blood is in their body, how the heart is a muscle and how muscles work, and what to eat to be heart healthy. Thank you Kenda and Gay Lynn for the great program and for helping our students learn how to be heart healthy.
Calling all GOLFERS!!! The 2nd Annual VISD Lions Roar Golf Scramble is set for April 20, 2024. Get your clubs out and get ready for some fun!!! If you're not a golfer, but would like to be a sponsor, contact Kori Eakin at kori.eakin@visdtx.org
