GOOD LUCK!!! To our tennis regional qualifiers who are playing in the Class 3A Region 1 Singles & Doubles Tournament today and tomorrow in Abilene!!
Valley ISD reached out to area school districts concerning a first grade student who has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. Valley ISD is holding a fundraiser "Hats On For Paxton" tomorrow to help the young man and his family, and Vernon ISD is joining in. For a $1 donation, students, teachers and staff will be allowed to wear their cap/hat in class. Teachers will collect donations in their classrooms.
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.
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!!
Don't forget -- tomorrow is the FFA Annual Plant Sale!!
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!
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.
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!!
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!! Class 3A High Jump State Champion!!! Kameron cleared 6-6 to take the gold!!!! Timed 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
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!!
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!!
Under UIL guidelines, all incoming 7th, 9th, and 11th grade students for the 2024-25 school year are required to undergo a sports physical if they plan on participating in ANY school sponsored sport. Also included are any students in the 8th, 10th or 12th grade who suffered an injury that required surgery within the last year. Here is a great opportunity from Wilbarger General Hospital to get that sports physical for free. Vernon ISD athletes need to pick up the sports physical paperwork from their coaches or trainer Brian Weatherly.
As we starting looking forward to the 2024-25 school year, we would like to share the criteria for freshmen thru seniors to be eligible to take honors classes.
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.
The last day of school may be May 24, but our VHS athletes will be right back at it on June 3 as the Summer Strength & Conditioning Camp begins and continues through July 25. Check out the flyer for all of the details. Also below is information on important dates for the 2024 football season.
