Vernon ISD

Vernon ISD will be on Spring Break March 8-16. We hope all of our students and their families, along with our teachers and staff enjoy the break and get the chance to do something fun and relax. We will return on Monday, March 17, ready to hit the ground running as we close out the 2024-25 school year.

Our pre-kindergarten students took a fun field trip yesterday to the City-Carnegie Library. The students listened to a story and then had fun coloring in drawings that had to do with the story. The field trip was part of the Dr. Seuss Week celebration.

This week, March 2-8, is National School Social Worker Week, and Vernon ISD is lucky to have one of the best in Nicole Cameron. Nicole does an outstanding job covering our campuses and helping students and their families.

This is Dr. Seuss Week at McCord Elementary and Tuesday it was "Green Eggs & Ham Day," with students and teachers wearing green. Some classes also enjoyed a green treat.

This week is Texas Education Diagnostician Week and VHS Principal Dr. Jackson presented Melissa Hearn with a cake yesterday to celebrate. Vernon ISD appreciates all of our diagnosticians for the work they do helping our students and our teachers.

Our Lady Lions' softball game against District 7-3A opponent Bowie was postponed yesterday due to the high winds and safety concerns for the players. The game will now be played today at 5 p.m., at the Ronda Havins Softball Field. Good luck Lady Lions!!!

UPDATE!! GAME HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY AT 5 PM. Our Lady Lions will play their District 7-3A home opener this evening as they host the Bowie Lady Rabbits. As of 11:30 a.m., the game is scheduled to be played. The Lady Lions will be hoping to avenge last Tuesday's 13-3 loss to the Lady Rabbits. The game is set to start at 5 p.m., at Ronda Havins Softball Field.

The Vernon High School Drill Team Squad Leaders for the 2025-26 school year were recently selected. Serving as Squad Leaders next year will be (from left) Anabelle Colbert, Flor Ortega, Captain Mariana Ortega, Olga Alvarado, and A'myah Allen.

In February, students in the Culinary Arts and Advanced Culinary Arts classes took the ServSafe Manager test. Twenty-six of those students passed and earned their manager level food safety certificate. This valuable certificate proves the students have managerial-level knowledge of food safety and sanitation standards. Their teacher, Mrs. Audrey Hastings, said she is extremely proud of these students. Earning their ServSafe Manager certification were: Alexa Avita, Jasana Goodrum, Karla Barraza, Karma Calderon, Nadia Gaines, Lucia Garcia, Keinin Gardner, Mylee Greening, Mijah Johnson, Soula Johnson, Rhyan Lee, Isabella Mejia, Damian Tapia, Anabel Escobedo, Jaycelynn Feltman, Marcus Gonzales, Leticia Granados, Taw Doh Htoo, Ragan Jones, Lupita Munoz, Mu Lay Paw, Gabriel Romero, Melanie Serrato, Xavier Thomas, Emmy Ware, and Haydn Weddle.

Due to the weather conditions, Frederick has elected to not come over to Vernon for tonight's baseball game. The game has been cancelled.

This morning from 8:48 a.m. to 8:55 a.m., Vernon High School went to a Secure Alert due to local law enforcement activity in the area. The Vernon Police Department advised Vernon High School administrators to implement Secure Alert protocol, which prohibits students from leaving the building and going outside.

Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 visited McCord Elementary Monday to kickoff Dr. Seuss Week. It was also "Wear A Hat Day" as we begin a full week of celebrating Dr. Seuss.

Receiving Middle School Student of the Week honors for this week are: 6th Grade -- Sadie Jones & Parker Kieschnick 7th Grade -- Naeveah Castillo & Jayden Romero 8th Grade -- Blakeney Downes & Sean Waggoner (not pictured) Congratulations!!! We're proud of you!!

TODAY!! The mandatory meeting for VHS students who plan on taking dual credit courses for the first time at Vernon College in the 2025-26 school year is set for 5:30 p.m., at the Vernon College King Physical Education Center. For your convenience, please park in the west parking lot by the softball field. Students also need to be accompanied by a parent or guardian. This meeting will take the place of their college student orientation day in the fall.

First grader Messiah Martin and VISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward helped out on the drawing for the kindergarten and first grade META Quest virtual reality headset. Malaki Shivers was the kindergarten winner, while Henry Duncan was the first grade winner. The META Quest was the prize for the 4th Six Weeks Student Attendance Initiative, with students earning a ticket for the drawing for every week they had perfect attendance during the 4th Six Weeks grading period.

Our Health Careers Program is sponsoring a Blood Drive tomorrow for Our Blood Institute, which supplies blood for all area hospitals, including Wilbarger General. There is a competition between school Health Career Programs in our district to see which one can collect the most blood during the school year. Currently, Vernon and Iowa Park are neck-and-neck in the race. Stop by and donate tomorrow. One unit of blood can save 3 lives, and also help our Health Careers Program win the district race.

Here is the VISD cafeteria menu for March. All of our VISD students are eligible to receive a free breakfast and lunch every school day.

Today 20 Lady Lions competed in the Region 1 Powerlifting 1A-6A Equipped Meet and two Lady Lions earned a trip to the State Meet and the team finished fourth overall. Amari Garcia and Nadia Gaines both finished 2nd in their weight class to advance to the State Meet. Taking 3rd place in their weight class were Xiomara Fernandez and Chloe Diekmann, while Klancy Sherrill and Adamaris Robles finished 4th, and Brek Payne and Madyson Zamora finished 5th.

VMS held its drawing yesterday for the virtual reality META Quest headset that was the prize for the 4th Six Weeks Student Attendance Initiative. There was a drawing for each grade and the winners were: 6th Grade -- Evanny Quintero; 7th Grade -- Abel Galvan; and 8th Grade -- Charleigh Cooper. Students earned ticket for the drawing for each week they had perfect attendance during the 4th Six Weeks.

VHS students who plan to take dual-credit classes for the first time at Vernon College next year MUST attend a meeting at 5:30 p.m., Monday, on the campus of Vernon College. This meeting will count as your college new student orientation for next year. Also, a parent or guardian will need to attend the meeting with the student.