🎄✨ McCord PTO Ornament Sale! ✨🎄
Add a little sparkle to your Christmas tree this year with our adorable McCord ornaments! 🎁🦁
Each ornament is $8 (please note: ornament does not include a student photo).
👉 Please send cash or check made payable to McCord PTO in the amount of $8, or multiply by how many ornaments you’d like to purchase.
📄 Return payment and your order form to your child’s teacher OR drop it off at the office!
🗓️ Deadline to order: December 15, 2025
Thank you for supporting our PTO and helping us spread some holiday cheer! 💕🎅🎄
Add a little sparkle to your Christmas tree this year with our adorable McCord ornaments! 🎁🦁
Each ornament is $8 (please note: ornament does not include a student photo).
👉 Please send cash or check made payable to McCord PTO in the amount of $8, or multiply by how many ornaments you’d like to purchase.
📄 Return payment and your order form to your child’s teacher OR drop it off at the office!
🗓️ Deadline to order: December 15, 2025
Thank you for supporting our PTO and helping us spread some holiday cheer! 💕🎅🎄
Earning our 1st Grade Student of the Week honors for last week are: Marcellus Franklin, Analicia Villarreal, Jade Jeffrey, Mayeli Cabello, Lucy Rojas, Cooper Chilton, Isaiah Bryson, and (not pictured) Jared Say. Congratulations to all!! We're proud of you! Keep up the great work!
Awarded our Kindergarten Student of the Week honors for last week were: Jace Andrew; Damien Romero, Thaliah Medina, Briella Edwards, Marcus Bergman, and not pictured, Jasmine Hopkins. Great job!!! Congrats!! We're proud of you!
Receiving our Pre-Kindergarten Student of the Week honors for last week are: Teagan Hill, Steaber Htoo and Jaxen Goodrum. Not pictured is Isaac Calvillo. Congratulations!! Keep up the good work!!
Fans attending our Middle School and High School basketball games will soon be seeing this flyer posted around the concession stand. The Wilbarger Health Coalition has started a Healthier Concessions Project aimed at assisting local school districts in offering healthier food options in their concession stands. This is not an attempt to remove the candy and soda that everyone loves from the concession stands, but for the concession stands to add healthier options for families supporting our area teams. Vernon ISD wants to know what healthier food options our Lady Lions' and Lions' fans would consider purchasing if available at the concession stand. To take the Coalition survey, please scan the QR code below or go to https://forms.gle/L8T8Ay5p6zDKB3NV6
Fans attending our Middle School and High School basketball games will soon be seeing this flyer posted around the concession stand. The Wilbarger Health Coalition has started a Healthier Concessions Project aimed at assisting local school districts in offering healthier food options in their concession stands. This is not an attempt to remove the candy and soda that everyone loves from the concession stands, but for the concession stands to add healthier options for families supporting our area teams. Vernon ISD wants to know what healthier food options our Lady Lions' and Lions' fans would consider purchasing if available at the concession stand. To take the Coalition survey, please scan the QR code below or go to https://forms.gle/L8T8Ay5p6zDKB3NV6
During a called Special Meeting this morning, the Vernon ISD Board of Trustees accepted the retirement of VISD Superintendent Dr. Kermit Ward, and named current Asst. Supt. Dr. Blaise Boswell the Interim Superintendent.
Here are some highlights from our McCord 1st Grade Christmas Program that was presented last night at the Wilbarger Auditorium. Our first grade students did a great job. A big thank you to our McCord music teacher, Melissa Ruhl, and our first grade teachers -- Melissa Singleton, Whitney Fryman, Jana White, Mandy Kajs, Julie Price, Ana Mora, Melissa Fullerton, and Jenny McIntosh -- for their work in preparing our students this wonderful performance. https://youtu.be/sxACLMjIA4w
Our McCord 1st grade students presented their Christmas Program last night at the Wilbarger Auditorium, and they did a great job. They sang eight songs and sounded great on all of them. A big thank you to our McCord music teacher, Melissa Ruhl, and our first grade teachers -- Melissa Singleton, Whitney Fryman, Jana White, Mandy Kajs, Julie Price, Ana Mora, Melissa Fullerton, and Jenny McIntosh -- for their work in preparing our students this wonderful performance.
Our Teacher and Staff Member of the Month for November are first grade teacher Whitney Fryman and paraprofessional Nathan Smith. Thank you for all you do for your students and coworkers!! You're the best!! Congratulations!
Campuses across the State of Texas are required to hold public meetings each year to review their Targeted Improvement Plans. Our Vernon ISD campuses have set their dates for those public hearings. That schedule is: Vernon Elementary, Thursday, Dec. 11, 9 a.m. & 5 p.m.; McCord Elementary, Monday, Dec. 15, 10 a.m. & 5 p.m.; and Vernon Middle School, Tuesday, Dec. 16, 9 a.m. & 5 p.m. Vernon High School will hold a meeting at 4:30 p.m., on Tuesday, Dec. 16, and at 10 a.m., on Thursday, Dec. 18.
All meetings will take place in the campus library or media center. Each campus is holding two public meetings to provide parents with two opportunities to be involved in their student's education.
This Saturday the Carnegie City-County Library is inviting area youngsters to their Kingdom of Stories event. The event will begin at 11 a.m., and will include a tour of the library led by Vernon Lions mascot Leo the Lion. VHS students will be reading a book to youngsters in both English and Spanish, and youngsters will also be able to take part in a craft activity. The event should conclude at 12:30 p.m.
Our McCord 1st graders will be presenting their Christmas Program tonight at 6:30 p.m., at the Wilbarger Auditorium. Please join us to support these youngsters. And, we promise you'll leave with a smile on your face!
Our Student of the Month honors for November go to: Kamdyn Hartwell, Pre-Kindergarten (not pictured); Avyanna Howe, Kindergarten; Jackson Imel, 1st Grade; and Emilia Mullins, Specials. All of you are awesome!! Congratulations!! Great job!!!
Selected as our Pre-Kindergarten Students of the Week for the week before our Thanksgiving Break were: Jarely Anguiano Romero, Evalynn Calderon, Ava Torres, and Matias Rocha Lopez. Congratulations!! Y'all are doing great!! Keep it up!!
Named as our 1st Grade Students of the Week for the week prior to our Thanksgiving Break were: Lilliebeth Selman, Wyatt Lovar, Isaac Martinez, Rosalie Leija, Cruzz Gonzalez, Maisyn Hamm, Carter Smith, and Prescilla Thaw. Way to go!! Congrats!!
Receiving our Kindergarten Student of the Week honors for the week before Thanksgiving were: Creed Freeman, Ty Anzaldua, Delilah Wiest, Jordan Leija, Amari Parra, and Lilah Lehman. Congratulations!! Great job!!
Here is our VISD Cafeteria menu for December. Remember every VISD student receives a free breakfast and lunch everyday if they eat in their campus cafeteria.
This is the time of the year to take a moment to reflect on all we have to be thankful for, and Vernon ISD would like to wish all the members of our VISD family, and our students and their families a Happy Thanksgiving. The district appreciates and is thankful for each and every one of you.
Here is some information on safe firearm storage. School districts across the State of Texas are now required (House Bill 121) to distribute information regarding safe firearm storage at least three times each school year. We hope everyone follows firearm safety measures and stores their firearm in a secure location.
