This group of Vernon Elementary students received a free pizza after someone donated blood in their name during the VES Blood Drive held in April. The blood drive was for Our Blood Institute (formerly Texas Blood Institute) and they provided the pizza for the students.
This morning VISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward introduced new McCord Principal Amber Furhmann to the faculty. Mrs. Furhmann will spend today at the campus and plans on making several more campus visits before the end of the school year. She will take over as school principal in June. Scott Hogue served as the interim school principal for the 2023-24 school year.
Vernon ISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward and Asst. Supt. Blaise Boswell are busy cooking hamburgers this morning, the first day of Teacher Appreciation Week. Today they are cooking burgers for teachers at McCord Elementary, DAEP, Opportunity Center, AFP and WSSA. On Tuesday, they will be cooking for the teachers and staff at Vernon Elementary, and Wednesday it will be the teachers and staff at Middle School who will get to enjoy the burgers. Vernon High School teachers and staff will receive their hamburger lunch on Thursday. On Friday, custodial, maintenance and bus barn staff will be treated to a hamburger lunch.
On Friday, VES teacher Courtney Jansa was surprised to learn she had been named a Red River Best Chevy Dealers Teacher of the Year. Vernon Auto Group's Kyle Echols presented Mrs. Jansa with a check for $1,000 and a check for $250 to VES Principal Leslie Powell and VISD Asst. Supt. Blaise Boswell. Congratulations Mrs. Jansa!!
Director of Special Services Debbie Pierce presented assistants Kari Young and Janice Schange with these flower plants Administrative Professional's Day.
It's coming....the McCord Roundup is set for Monday!! For all McCord students and parents, and especially for children who will be attending McCord next year and their parents. Tour the school!! Meet the teachers!! Learn of services available through a variety of local agencies!! Play games!! Free Hot Dogs!!
We all know that it takes a village to put on any type of an event, but it also takes a leader. We would like to give Coach Edwin Bah a shout out for leading the way for our All-Star Olympics that was held here Monday for our Life Skills students and for helping take them to compete yesterday in Altus. We would also like to thank all the coaches, teachers, staff and students who helped make it a special day for our special students. I think we enjoyed as much, if not more, than they did. Seeing all of the smiles was priceless!
This week is Public Service Recognition Week. We would like to thank our staff at both our Vernon and Wichita Falls North Texas State Hospital campuses for helping youth who are struggling with a variety of issues continue their education.
Vernon High FFA students work on putting the final touches on some plants as they prepare for the annual FFA Plant Sale that will be held tomorrow!!! The plant sale will begin at 8 a.m. and continue until Noon. There is an abundance of beautiful flower and greenery plants, as well as tomato and pepper plants.
Don't forget -- tomorrow is the FFA Annual Plant Sale!!
Today is National School Lunch Hero Day and we want to give a HUGE shoutout to our VISD cafeteria workers. We appreciate their work in ensuring our cafeterias serve good, nutritional meals to our students. They go above and beyond for our students!! Thank you for all that you do!!
Our 2nd & 3rd Grade Spring Program that was originally scheduled for Monday, May 13, has been rescheduled for Tuesday, May 14.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! To VHS junior Jackson Aydelott who captured his second straight Class 3A state title in the 400-Meter Dash at the State Track & Field Meet earlier tonight in Austin, Jackson's gold-medal winning time was 47.94 seconds.
CONGRATULATIONS!! To VHS senior Kameron Plyler who is the Class 3A High Jump State Champion!!! Kameron cleared 6-6. Times Record News photo credit.
The countdown to graduation has begun and today in Brett White's class seniors prepared for the "Big Day" with a quick lesson on tying a Windsor knot. We're 3 weeks away and counting.
Along with having several football players participating in the FCA Texas/OU All-Star Showdown, VHS will also have several cheerleaders who were selected to cheer during the game. Congratulations!!
Congratulations to Savannah (Sam) Thomas a junior here at VHS who scored a 30 on the ACT in March. Check out the story by following this link: https://vhs.vernonisd.org/o/vhs/article/1578313
Big news for our students moving on to the 2nd grade next year!!
We know it is short notice, but we're sending our Class 3A State Track & Field Meet qualifiers -- Kameron Plyler & Jackson Aydelott -- to Austin this morning. They will be escorted down Wilbarger Street at approximately 8:15. Please step outside and cheer them on!!
Today is School Principal's Day! Vernon ISD has some outstanding principals who work hard to make their school campuses the best they can be. We greatly appreciate all that they do for their students, teachers and staff!!