Fans will get their first opportunity to see our Lions square off against an opponent Friday evening when they host the Childress Bobcats in a controlled scrimmage. The junior varsity squads will scrimmage first starting at 5 p.m., with the varsity scrimmage to begin at 6:30 p.m. The scrimmages will be held at Lion Stadium on the brand new turf field!
🦁🌅 CLASS OF 2027 SENIOR SUNRISE 🌅🦁
The Class of 2027 welcomed their first sunrise together Tuesday before starting their last first day of school! ❤️
Parents provided breakfast while the seniors spent the morning making memories, taking pictures, and celebrating the start of their final year together.
Class of 2027, make this your BEST year yet! 🎓🤍
The Class of 2027 welcomed their first sunrise together Tuesday before starting their last first day of school! ❤️
Parents provided breakfast while the seniors spent the morning making memories, taking pictures, and celebrating the start of their final year together.
Class of 2027, make this your BEST year yet! 🎓🤍
The opportunity for Lions fans who had reserve seat season tickets to reclaim their seats from last year ends on Friday. Starting Monday, Aug. 17, reserve seat season tickets sales will be open to the general public. The Lions will play five home games this season, with the home-opener set for Sept. 11. Vernon plays the first two games of the season on the road.
Our staff who work in the Vernon Administration Building received a nice surprise this morning as Vernon Nutrition arrived with drinks provided by Quantum Rise!! It was a great morning break!! Thank you!!!
We started a new class this year -- Instructional Practices -- which is part of our Pathway to Education CTE program. On the first day of school program teacher Libbi Garnett had the students consider and rank different characteristics and skills teachers need. To read more, please follow this link https://www.vernonisd.org/article/3071551
Our VHS students were greeted with newly-decorated bulletin boards when they arrived yesterday for the first day of school. Principles of Education and Training students Gabby Edmonds, Skylar Harbour and Mia Murillo worked on decorating the bulletin boards last Friday, their last free day of the summer.
During VISD's teacher/staff professional development last week one of the sessions was led by our Director of Safety and Security Lt. Autumn Thames. She gave a presentation on VISD's safety policy and procedures for various emergency situations. Keeping our students safe during school and while they are on our campuses is a top priority for Vernon ISD.
We have a special opportunity returning to VES this year and that is the T.I.E. Club! This is a great group for our 4th and 5th grade boys! Check it out next Wednesday, Aug. 19.
Our Lady Lions volleyball team opened their season yesterday afternoon with a victory over Wichita Falls Christ Academy. The Lady Lions dropped the first game, 22-25, but bounced back to win the match 25-21, 25-15 and 25-17. The Lady Lions are traveling to Atlus today to tangle with the Lady Bulldogs and will be in Burkburnett Friday and Saturday for the Cooldown in Boomtown Tournament.
Our Lions tennis team was on the court for two tough matches yesterday. They squared off against Canyon West Monday morning and met Amarillo Tascosa in the afternoon. Both matches were against bigger schools with quality tennis programs and the Lions battled in both, but unfortunately came out on the short end of both by the score of 12-7. Vernon will travel to Amarillo on Saturday where the Lions will face two more high classification schools in Amarillo Caprock and Lubbock Cooper.
Today marks the beginning of our 2026-27 school year and there were plenty of smiles as students arrived at their campuses.
Students and their families visited our campuses Monday evening during Vernon ISD's Meet The Teacher event. Students picked up schedules, found their classrooms, and met their teachers during their visit to their campus.
We are ready to embark on a brand new school year tomorrow!! We are so excited to see our students! Below are instructions on our student morning drop off and afternoon pick up procedures. There are also two maps, and the instructions are posted in Spanish and Karen.
We're welcoming our students back to school tomorrow!! Here is the August cafeteria menu for our VISD campuses. Please remember that ALL of our students receive FREE breakfast and lunch in the cafeteria.
Our Roarin' Lion Band has been working hard these last two weeks, learning the music and the marching formations they will be entertaining the crowds with during the football game halftime shows. Due to work being down to lay down new turf at Lion Stadium, the band practiced marching on a mat in the P.E. Gym.
The first day of our 2026-27 school year is Tuesday and we would like to take a moment to introduce the new members of our VISD family. We also included new McCord Principal Cari King, who is new to the McCord campus. We are excited to see all of our students and can't wait to get the new year started. https://youtu.be/hK09KnzJMLM
The Vernon Lions held their Midnight Madness practice at 12 a.m., Saturday morning. Due to work still being done on the new turf at Lion Stadium, the practice was held on the field north of the stadium. A big thank you to Avitia Concrete, Quantum Rise, and JC Davis for providing portable lights for the practice. The Lions will host Childress in a scrimmage on Friday. The scrimmage is expected to be held in the stadium on the new turf.
Freshmen orientation for members of the VHS Class of 2030 is TOMORROW!!!
Our Lions defense is getting some love in the preseason!! Dave Campbell's Texas Football selected our linebacker corps as the No. 1 Linebacking Corps in the state in Class 3A! And, junior linebacker Tyce Payne came in at No. 7 in Rally Preps Pre-Season Texas High School Football 2028 LB Ranking. All linebackers on the list are juniors.
The following link has the story from Dave Campbell's, however you have to subscribe to to read it.
https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2026/08/06/ranking-the-five-best-lb-corps-in-classes-4a-3a-2a?ref=article_preview_title
The following link has the story from Dave Campbell's, however you have to subscribe to to read it.
https://www.texasfootball.com/article/2026/08/06/ranking-the-five-best-lb-corps-in-classes-4a-3a-2a?ref=article_preview_title
To complete remaining stabilization work following a upgrade a couple of weeks ago, Skyward has schedule maintenance work over the next four nights. Starting tonight, and continuing Friday, Saturday and Sunday, maintenance work will be done from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. During these times, customers may experience brief service interruptions or periods of reduced performance while changes are applied. VISD apologizes for any inconvenience this may cause.