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!!
Big news for our students moving on to the 2nd grade next year!!
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!!
Lost and found jackets will be displayed on the 1st grade playground fence on Friday afternoon. Please come and find your lost coats so they can be washed and stored for the upcoming summer!
Your McCord kiddo could be a tennis star and the future of Vernon Lion Tennis! Here's information on how to register your McCord kiddo for Tennis Camp.
Here are some more pictures of the fun our Special Education/Life Skills students from McCord Elementary through Vernon High School had at our VISD All-Star Olympics Monday morning at Lion Stadium. Our students will be traveling to Altus on Thursday to compete in an area All-Star Olympics event.
Our Special Education/Life Skills students from McCord Elementary through Vernon High School participated in our VISD All-Star Olympics Monday morning at Lion Stadium. After the Opening Ceremonies, students competed in several events including the Softball Toss, Ball Race, Broad Jump, 25-Yard Race, and more. A big thank you to our Roarin' Lion Band, cheerleaders, VHS athletes and the teachers and coaches who came out to help run the event. Our students will be traveling to Altus on Thursday to compete in an area All-Star Olympics event.
Our FUN Summer Science Camp will be held in two sessions, with kindergarten, 1st and 2nd graders attending June 17-20, and 3rd and 4th graders attending June 24-27. The camp is free. Sign up today!!! The camp will be a blast!!
We are also have some positions open as science camp aides. The application is also below.
The annual Vernon Tennis Camp will be held June 3-6. Registration is online only. You can use the QR code on the flyer, or click on this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HQ0gneYzRsohEcPglgxhBdSi-X3ZuviPEyPKuZ9SB-U/edit
Honored as our McCord Students of the Week for this week are:
1st Grade -- Sandra Penado, Aurora Grimaldo, Hazel Stanley, Darrell McLaughlin, Emma-Lynn Adams, Hazel McIntosh and Jerald Gray
Kindergarten -- Kaysen Hartwell, Trelyn Cherry, Leyana Guerra, Ariana Su, Jaxson Koch, Aryssa Bernal, Aaron Anthony and ZZ Zuniga
Pre-Kindergarten -- Athena Mahurin, Abraham Ramirez, Vanaya West and Gemma Omelas Jimenez
Congratulations!!! Keep up the good work!!
Attention McCord Students: You can buy your own bag of Mrs. Bloom's for $1.00 tomorrow! Money collected will benefit McCord PTO which helps support our teachers and students.
QUICK REMINDER: Please remember our All-Star Olympics for our life skills students will be held Monday! We would love to have fans in the stands cheering on our athletes! We also still need a few items. If you would like to donate something to our All-Star Olympics, please contact Jana Neely at jana.neely@visdtx.org
Summer will be here before you know it. Here's another activity to help keep children from getting bored, and one that will help them with their basketball skills!! The basketball camp is open to all those who will be in kindergarten thru 9th grade next year. Sign up today!!! It should be a lot of fun!!
Reminder: McCord PTO Meeting today at 5pm
We will go over the end of year events and how you can help make our final memories lasting ones. We are looking forward to seeing you there!
From our Administrative Building to the Bus Barn and all the campus in between, Vernon ISD is blessed to have wonderful administrative assistants who help keep everything running smoothly. Today is National Administrative Professional's Day and we want all of our admin pros to know how much we appreciate each and every one of you for the work you do!!
Receiving our McCord Student of the Week honors last week were:
Pre-Kindergarten -- Maevery Echols, Jason Wah, Sebastian Gonzalez, Frank Vanek and Ila Jones (not pictured).
Kindergarten -- K'siyah Guerra, Bella McRae, Landry McFall, Eli Albineda, Emilio Escobedo, Dax Edwards, Sophia Edmonds, and Major Dobbs.
1st Grade -- Saul Cordoba, Denicio Luna, Ivan Clemente, Dominik Johnson, Cadyn Rosa, Foster Bell, and Barrett McBroom.
Congratulations!!! Great job! Keep up the good work!!
We have some outstanding bus drivers who make sure our students get to school and back home safely every school day!! Today is School Bus Driver Appreciation Day, but Vernon ISD appreciates our bus drivers every single day!! THANK YOU!!
If your child loves sports, be sure and sign them up for Volleyball Camp 2024!! The camp will be held June 10-12 and is open to kindergarten thru 9th grade students (incoming grade for 2024-25)
Check out the flyer below for more information!!
Spring is here and it's time to buy plants for your garden!! Our annual FFA Plant Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to Noon, Saturday. Our FFA students have over 5,000 plants to sell this year consisting of numerous bedding plants, potted plants, hanging baskets and vegetables!! The first 50 people in the door Saturday morning will receive a 15% off coupon. For purchases of $80 or more, you will receive a special blend fertilizer mixture to help protect your investment.
Here are some more photos for you to enjoy from our McCord Spring Program featuring our Kindergarten Class.
