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!!
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.
Friday's district-wide dress day theme was construction worker to go along with the Lions football pep rally theme "Wreck the Yellowjackets." Our VMS students joined the fun, as there were plenty of construction workers walking the halls at VMS.
Next week Vernon ISD has a short school week. We will have classes Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, and then dismiss school for our Fall Break. Our Fall Break is from Oct. 17 thru Oct. 21. We hope everyone has a great, relaxing time during the time away from school, and we look forward to seeing everyone back on our campuses and in offices on Tuesday, Oct. 22.
A few special awards were handed out yesterday at our Child Nutrition Services monthly meeting. Candy Cox received the September Employee of the Month award, while campus monthly achievement honors went to Karina Lira, McCord; Carmela Fuentes, Vernon Elementary; Luisa Zambrano, Middle School; and Yirian Ramirez, High School.
Those recognized for having perfect attendance for September were: Renea Branin, Amelia Chavez; Candy Cox; Amelia Escobedo; Carmela Fuentes; Alejandra Haines; Dorothy Mathis; Faye Montes; Beth Newton, Emma Ochoa; Marguerita Ramirez; and Yirian Ramirez.
QUICK REMINDER -- Tomorrow is a Vernon ISD early release Friday for students.
Tyrone McBride and Crystal Ruelas were crowned King and Queen of the 2024 VMS Fall Festival during last night's festivities. Both students are in the 8th grade. The boy and girl from each grade who sold the most Fall Festival raffle tickets represented their grade in the Fall King and Queen Court. Then, students votes selected the King and Queen.
The 7th & 8th grade football teams travel to Boyd Thursday for games with their Yellowjacket opponents. Tickets can be purchased online at https://www.vancoevents.com/us/eventlist/boyd
And, tickets can also be purchased at the gate, where it is cash only.
Receiving last week's Student of the Week honors for the Middle School were:
6th Grade -- Kendree Isnhower & Luke Parmer
7th Grade -- Jazlyn Herrera & Alexander Bailey
8th Grade -- Aarion Chaney & Dylan Easley
Congratulations!!! Keep up the good work!!
The VHS Fall Festival is TOMORROW!!!! Stop by the VMS Gym and enjoy some great games, snacks and a spoooooky haunted house!!! The VMS Fall Festival Queen & King will also be crowned during the event.
It was Michael Jackson Day throughout VISD today and these two at VMS did a great job!!
🦁Reminder: Join Us for the 2nd Annual LIONS ROAR Tailgate on October 25th! 🦁
We invite all Vernon ISD clubs & organizations, businesses, and churches to be part of the fun!
Event Details:
Setup Location: Vernon Elementary
Time: 4:30 PM - Booths close by 7 PM for kickoff
Important: Only VISD groups can sell, and the sign-up deadline for GAMES is TOMORROW!
Register by October 4: https://bit.ly/2024LIONSROARTAILGATE
Food Trucks:
CMC Wiches on Wheels
The Snack Spot
Bradford's Fish Haus
La Guera Autentica
Redbone Indian Tacos
Games & Activities:
McCord PTO: Face Painting
Vernon Elementary PTO: Lucky Lion & Lion Swag for sale
VMS & VHS PTO: Matching Ducks & Lion Swag for sale
National Junior Honor Society: Blinko
Texas Credit: Cornhole
Today representatives from the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium gave presentations on Vaping Prevention to Vernon Middle School and Vernon High School students.
Check out the October edition of the Social Work Newsletter from VISD Social Worker Nicole Cameron.
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.
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!!!
Receiving our VMS Student of the Week honors for last week are: 6th Grade -- Camila Gonzalez & Kayson Villegas; 7th Grade -- Cypriana Valtierra-Vargo & Ayden Nail; and 8th Grade -- Sophia Bohannon & AB Ramos-Lopez. Congratulations!! Great job!! Keep up the good work!!!
Last Friday we held our 1st Six Weeks Success Rallies for our 6th, 7th & 8th grade students. They definitely enjoyed one of the games.
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.
Congratulations to our VMS 7th and 8th grade volleyball teams. They both reached the finals and finished 2nd in their divisions at Saturday's Vernon Junior High Volleyball Tournament.
