Vernon High School

Each month during the school year VHS selects two Students of the Month from each grade level, with the overall Student of the Month selected from those 8 students. VHS also award Teacher and Staff of the Month honors. Honored as September Students of the Month were: Freshmen -- Georgia Balderas & Sylus Belcher; Sophomores -- Myka Lopez & Damien Perez; Juniors -- Kyndell Horn & Peter Din; and Seniors -- Carolina Horn & Adarius Williams. The Overall Student of the Month was Adarius Williams. Staff of the Month was Gayla DeHoyos. Not pictured is September Teacher of the Month Allison Stanley, who is currently on maternity leave. Congratulations to all!!

Check out the October edition of the Social Work Newsletter from VISD Social Worker Nicole Cameron.

Yesterday, Tracy Catlin, the CTE Director at the Vernon College Wichita Falls campus, spoke to our VHS seniors about the possibilities Vernon College has to offer our seniors after graduation. We appreciate Mrs. Catlin spending the day at VHS and introducing our seniors to the VC experience.

It's "Moonwalk Across the (Ponder) Lions" this Friday at the Lions Pride Pep Rally. It's Michael Jackson Day across the district, with teachers and students dressing up like the pop star. The Lions Pride Pep Rally will start at 1:30 p.m., this week. Also, the VHS Drill Team will perform to "Thriller" during halftime of the Ponder-Vernon district game Friday night.

Today, Mackenzie Splawn, Community Educator/Client Advocate with Texoma Alliance to Stop Abuse (TASA), spoke to students in Ms. Dalene Hamer's classes on healthy relationships, as well as red flags and green flags in dating relationships and in friendships. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Receiving MVP footballs from Vernon's local Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Agency for their performance in last Friday night's District 4-3A, Div. 1, opener in Paradise are Bowie Eakin, Lions Fighting Heart; Jamari Chance, Offensive MVP; and Carter Kieschnick, Defensive MVP. Vernon plays it's first district home game of the season this Friday when the Lions host the Lions from Ponder.

October 2nd is School Custodian Appreciation Day and Vernon ISD has some great custodians who do an exceptional job!! We definitely appreciate their hard work behind the scenes to help VISD be the best it can be!!!

It was Senior Recognition Afternoon for our Vernon Lion senior tennis players. Senior members of the team, along with their parents, were recognized before action began in the District 6-4A team tennis match. Seniors on the Lions tennis squad include Alyssa Andara, Kaitlyn Beam, Addie DeLaune, Mason Ford, Harley Fulford, Atticus Mixson, Emily Rodriguez, Ryne Sanders and Courtney Saylor.

Yesterday, our Lions tennis team defeated Burkburnett 14-5 to capture the District 6-4A Team Tennis title. In UIL team tennis, Vernon plays up a classification in 4A. The Lions go in to the Class 4A Team Tennis playoffs as the No. 1 team from District 6-4A and will face Hereford, the No. 4 seed from District 5-4A in the bi-district round of the playoffs. Congratulations!!! Good luck in the playoffs!!!

Last week our VHS cross country teams competed in a meet in Wichita Falls. We had one boy and one girl finish in the Top 20, including all classifications from 1A to 6A. Congratulations to Jackson Ochoa and Karma Calderon. Coach Thomas Robinson said all of the runners performed well in the meet. Vernon's next meet is the District 7-3A Cross Country Meet that will be held Monday in Burkburnett.

Our JV football team will be taking on the JV squad from Ponder in Ponder Thursday evening. Tickets must be purchased online. Below is the QR code for purchasing tickets.

Vernon High School Parents, We just kicked off our 2024-25 Student Incentive Program Fundraiser with TeamFunded and we need every parent to follow the below instructions and make sure your player has as many shares as possible by this evening. The more shares the better! We need to be shooting for 40-50 shares per student. This will only take each parent a couple of minutes to complete on their device. Here are the easy steps to get this done! 1. Download the TeamFunded App iPhone https://apps.apple.com/us/app/teamfunded/id1439897444 Androids https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.app.TeamFunded&pcampaignid=web_share 2. Insert your players phone number 3. Press the RED share button. 4. Press the GREEN bar that says click here to start sharing. 5. Click on as many contacts as possible, up to 100. 6. Share and Submit 7. If you have more than 100 shares, repeat above steps 3-6. If you have any issues logging into the app - please contact our TeamFunded rep, Chuck Galbreath at 940-453-7976 Thank you for participating!

The first day of October got here before we knew it!! Here is the Vernon ISD cafeteria menu for the month of October. Remember, ALL Vernon ISD students receive free breakfast and lunch through our campus cafeterias.

On Monday, 24 students in our PCT and CNA programs earned their American Heart Association CPR certification. The all day class was conducted by Vernon firefighter/paramedic John Perez Jr. We greatly appreciate Mr. Perez taking the time to help our students.

Our Lady Lions volleyball team is hitting the road this afternoon, as they head to Bowie for a District 7-3A battle with the Lady Rabbits. The junior varsity matches begin at 5 p.m., with the varsity match set to get underway at 6 p.m. Go Lady Lions!!! WE BELIEVE IN YOU!!!

Our Lions tennis team will be battling Burkburnett today with the winner capturing the district team tennis title!! It is also Senior Recognition Day for our senior tennis players. The Senior Recognition activities begin at 3:40 p.m., with the tennis match scheduled to start at approximately 4 p.m., at the Ruben Vargas Tennis Complex. If you're in town, stop by and cheer on our Lions!! Good luck!!

We are kicking off yearbook sales early this year. Please use the link provided or the QR code to purchase your 2024-2025 Vernon High School yearbook. Yearbooks will be delivered in May of 2025. We will be having Yamparika day this year! The price is $60 a copy but will increase to $65 on November 1st. Senior and Business advertisement sales begin October 1st. Ads can be purchased online using the same link that is provided in this post. 2024-2025 yearbook and advertisement purchase link: https://yearbookforever.com/school-store/po4RnMb2qkVLC68F1jN6gQX3 **If you purchased a yearbook from the 2023-2024 school year and have not received your copy yet, please call the office at Vernon High School.** If you are interested in purchasing a yearbook from the past, please fill out the Google form that is linked below. Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqXhVPKchDEbxpXTCyIV-GvgrY71lRRV6iQXCHddPDomy7vg/viewform?usp=sf_link 2023-2024 copies are $40, older copies are $15/each. We have extra copies of years 1981-2024.

Friday may have been a tough night for the Lions as we opened District 4-3A, Div. 1 with a loss to Paradise, but we still had some outstanding performances. Receiving the Defensive MVP honor for his work Friday is senior safety Carter Kieschnick, who had 4.5 tackles. Offensive MVP honors goes to junior receiver Jamari Chance who had 3 receptions for 45 yards and 1 carry for 13 yards. The Lion Heart Award goes to sophomore linebacker Bowie Eakin, who had 7.5 tackles including 1 tackle for loss.

REMINDER!! Tomorrow -- Tuesday -- is an early release day for Vernon ISD. Parent/Teacher conferences will be held tomorrow afternoon. Those conferences start at 1 p.m., at McCord Elementary and Vernon Middle School, and at 1:30 p.m., at Vernon Elementary School and Vernon High School. Parents, we urge you to stop by your child's/children's campus(es) and visit with their teachers. Your children need to know that you care about their education and are engaged in their school life.

There was nighttime attire all around at D.O. Fulton Gym this morning, but it was everything but a sleepy atmosphere at the Lions Pride Pep Rally. The theme for the pep rally was "Put Those Panthers To Sleep", but our Lions were anything but ready to take a nap!!! Congrats to the Junior Class as they won the Class Yell competition.