Due to the tragic accident that occured at a Borger elementary school last week, VES is making adjustments to our arrival and dismissal procedures that will take effect on Monday.
For morning drop off there will only be one lane -- the one closest to the curb -- open. Cars will merge into one lane at the flagpole. Entrances to the parking lot will be blocked to stop students from being dropped off in the parking lot.
For afternoon pick up, again only one lane will be open. However, the parking area will be open to allow parents to park, get out of their vehicle, walk across the designated crosswalk and walk their child back through the designated crosswalk to their vehicle.
We appreciate your patience as we work through this new process and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but our top priority is the safety of our students.
Our VES Students of the Week so far in January include:
Jan. 1-10: 2nd Grade -- Ruth Lehman; 3rd Grade -- Raelynn Gonzalez; 4th Grade -- Kree Kajs; 5th Grade -- Krislynn Lawson
Jan. 13-17: 2nd Grade -- Opv-Luhv Beard; 3rd Grade -- Blake Smith; 4th Grade -- Tajsa Johnson (not pictured); 5th Grade -- Bernice Serrano
Jan. 20-24: 2nd Grade -- Khadija Madugi; 3rd Grade -- Dallas Jackson; 4th Grade -- Ellis Wilson; 5th Grade -- Angela Ampig
Congratulations to all of these students!! Great job!! Keep up the good work!!
Vernon ISD is helping the Vernon Boys & Girls Club help get the word out by sharing this flyer! Registration is currently underway for the B&G Softball League for students in kindergarten thru 8th grade. Sign up today!! Should be a great season!!
Vernon Elementary Students of the Week for December were:
2nd Grade -- Weekonehsu Myint, Dexter Shelton and Mason Smith
3rd Grade -- Nayeli Castillo, Luis Quintero and Jose Centeno
4th Grade -- Kason Balderas, Cadence Valverde and Tomas Avitia
5th Grade -- Alexa Nail (not pictured), Ava Valles and Isla Streit
Congratulations to all of our Students of the Week!!! We apologize for the late posting.
Last week the LIonette Drill Team held a mini dance clinic for girls from pre-K to 5th grade. The girls learned a dance and will be performing during halftime of tonight's Lions basketball game at D.O. Fulton Gym.
Last week, students in Ms. White's 3rd grade class learned fractions in a fun and engaging way by using pizza as a hands-on teaching tool. The students voted between pepperoni & cheese pizzas and used them to demonstrate concepts like halves, quarters, and eighths. Students were asked questions to divide the pizzas into equal slices, discussing how each part represented a fraction of the whole. They practiced decomposing and composing the pizzas. The lesson ended with students enjoying their edible “math problems,” making the learning experience both memorable and delicious.
APP UPDATE!
Our Vernon ISD App has just had a big update! Please take a moment to go to your App Store or Play Store and make sure your app updates. Even if you have your app set to update automatically, we are noticing that some people are still needing to update manually.
With this new update, Rooms information is integrated more seamlessly with the rest of the app! Check out these videos to learn more about the app update!
English: https://youtu.be/zW9d0VzqDFI
Spanish: https://youtu.be/W8Cnu-tgK9M
If you have any questions about Rooms or the Vernon ISD app, please email Chantilly Sweet at chantilly.sweet@visdtx.org.
VES hosted the morning show for local radio station KVWC this morning. Guests on This, That & The other included VES students Keely Lehman, Emmalyn Grace, Halle Morris, Weston Corona, Katie Dobbs and Amari Espenshade, who are all showing animals in the Wilbarger County 4-H Livestock & Project Show being held Sunday and Monday. They were interviewed by T,T&O host Kathy McClellan. Also on the show were Jennifer Trufan and Holli Hall who are with Texas Agrilife Extension Service and who talked about the upcoming show.
We were proud to be a part of the 113th Annual Vernon Chamber of Commerce Banquet held last night. Being part of this community means so much to us, and we know how important it is to build strong relationships between our schools and local businesses. Our schools are successful when our community thrives, and our community is successful when our schools thrive. Together, we’re creating a positive environment for our students to succeed. Looking forward to even more opportunities to work together and support our future leaders!
Vernon ISD will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. However, many of our students will be busy showing animals at the Wilbarger County 4-H Livestock Show being held at the Wilbarger County Exhibit Building. Good luck to all of our 4-H and FFA students.
Jarrod David, who won a Special Election runoff for Place 3 on the VISD School Board, was sworn in during Monday's board meeting. January is also School Board Appreciation Month and trustees received several gifts from the district and campuses. We appreciate all of our trustees' dedication to help make the district the best it can be, and their commitment to helping the district ensure each student receives a quality education.
Current VISD School Board Trustees are Chris Lehman, Emory Byars, Patrick Parmer, Carrie Hawkins, Amanda Lehman, Jarrod David and Bryson Henry.
As we start the first full week of our 2025 Spring Semester, here are a few reminders from our VISD District Nurse Jennifer Walker, RN, on our health protocols.
We will have our Awards Assembly for the 3rd Six Weeks tomorrow. Parents and family members are invited to attend.
Monday starts the 2nd week of our Vernon ISD Attendance Incentive for the 4th Six Weeks. Each week a student has perfect attendance they receive a ticket to put in a drawing for a MEGA QUEST 3 virtual reality headset. There will be a drawing for EACH GRADE!!
If a student has perfect attendance for the entire grading period, they will have 7 tickets for the drawing. If a student misses a day one week, they're not eliminated from the competition, they just won't earn a ticket for that week. They will start with a clean slate the next week.
Our 40th anniversary celebration honoring the 1985 Class 3A State Champion Lady Lions will begin with at 5 p.m., this evening with a public reception in the VHS Bandhall. At the conclusion of the Lady Lions' game, at approximately 7:15 p.m., a ceremony honoring team members will be held at D.O. Fulton Gym. Please make plans to attend and help us celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Vernon High School's first team state champion.
Vernon ISD is operating on a 2-hour delayed start today. Roads are wet, but not frozen. Buses will run 2 hours later than normal.
Just a quick reminder that Vernon ISD will be operating on a 2-hour delayed start on Friday.
Vernon ISD officials have decided to close school today as weather conditions have deteriorated . We will also have a 2-hour delayed started on Friday.
Vernon ISD will be operating on a 2-hour delay start today due to the weather. We will continue to monitor the radar and weather conditions.
UPDATE -- Due to the weather models constantly changing, our VISD Administration team believes there is currently not enough concrete information to make a decision on whether or not have school on Thursday. Officials also believe there will not be enough information to make that decision tonight. District officials will make a decision early Thursday morning on whether we will have a regular school day, a late start, or close for the day. District officials will be up early and checking roads if necessary. As soon as a decision is made, we will announce it on our Facebook pages, through texts and we will let the TV stations know.
