Vernon ISD and Child Care Partners are working together to open a new child care facility in Vernon, and a meeting is being held at 6 p.m., Thursday, at the Vernon Elementary School cafeteria to provide information to Vernon residents, and to give an update on the facility. Officials from Vernon ISD and Child Care Partners will be on hand to talk about the facility and answer questions those in attendance may have concerning the new facility.
Vernon ISD will operate on a 2-hour delay schedule Monday, Feb. 12, due to the weather. VISD officials will be out checking road conditions early in the morning to ensure they are safe. Buses will run 2 hours later than normal.
Vernon ISD is keeping an eye on the weather.
We have some outstanding school counselors throughout Vernon ISD and they were celebrated throughout the week on their campuses as this is School Counselors Appreciation Week. Each campus did something special for their counselor(s), we just happened to be at Vernon Elementary when they were celebrating their counselor, Kelli Coble. Our other amazing counselors include: Ashley Bloom, McCord Elementary; Misti Dickerson, Vernon Middle School; and Sandra Kieschnick and RaeAnn Stevens, Vernon High School. Carol Taylor splits time between VMS and VHS.
The McCord monthly honors for January were recently selected. Teacher of the Month went to Ms. Whitney Fryman who teaches 1st Grade; Special of the Month was Mrs. Melissa Ruhl who teaches Music; and Staff Member of the Month was awarded to Mrs. Melissa Lagunas. Congratulations ladies!!! Thank you for all you do!!
Our McCord Students of the Week for this week are: Pre-Kindergarten -- Athena Mahurin, Grace Morrison, Michael Crosthwait, Sannay Moo and Issac Martinez (not pictured)
Kindergarten -- Thin Khine, Kayceon Wilson, Logan Northcutt, Jaycee Ryan, Aryssa Bernal, Messiah Martin, Xaven Hardeman and Birdie Rodriguez (not pictured)
1st Grade -- Raleigh Romero, Scarlett Lowry, Benjamin Hai, Miguel Cuadra, Allison Dillard, Liam Rosalez and Jeremy Hernandez Padilla. Congratulations!!! Keep up the good work!! Your picture will be displayed on our digital sign and the digital sign at the Administration Building.
This week, Feb. 5-9, is School Counselors Appreciation Week, and Vernon ISD has some outstanding counselors serving our students at all of our campuses. Mrs. Bloom, Mrs. Coble, Mrs. Dickerson, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Kieschnick, THANK YOU for caring about and helping our students succeed every day!! You ladies do indeed ROCK!!
Vernon ISD Social Worker Nicole Cameron is currently working on putting this year's Community Resource Fair together and she needs your help! The hope for this event is to connect families with the community resources that are available to them. If your organization would like to participate in the fair and display the organization's strengths and the support and services it provides the community, please click on this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDlABoPhln1uiJhWiBXFvEeMx4yRhKgd_zCa1PkZqSRxpIXA/viewform?pli=1
The deadline to sign up is Feb. 16.
Vernon ISD and Child Care Partners have begun work to open a facility in Vernon at the Central Elementary building. Here is a link to story that aired on KAUZ.
https://www.newschannel6now.com/2024/02/02/vernon-isd-child-care-partners-team-up/
We love our students and want them at school, but understand how health and circumstances can lead to absences. Please remember to contact the campus in which your student attends to notify them if they will be missing school. Communication matters and Attendance Rules!!!
Wilbarger County is included in the Red River Best Chevy Dealers Teacher Appreciation Contest for 2024. That means Vernon ISD teachers can be nominated. We've had winners before, and we definitely have teachers in our school district who deserve to be recognized.
Nominations are open and we encourage everyone to take a few minutes to show your appreciation to the teachers that are making an impact on your children, family members or friends lives. Click the link below to get started!
https://www.redriverbestchevydealersteacherappreciation.com/
While McCord celebrated the 100th day of the school year last Friday, our pre-kindergarten students were not through celebrating. Today they're celebrating the 101st day of the school year by dressing like Dalmations and watching the movie "101 Dalmatians."
Some of our students aged overnight, as they showed up at school today dressed as senior citizens to celebrate the 100th day of school. Don't they look great?
Rhea Snow is wearing 100 glow stick bracelets in celebration of today being our 100th day of school because she is "100 days brighter" than she was when the school year began. Awesome job Rhea!!
Some students and teacher/staff celebrated our 100th day of school today by wearing a "100" t-shirt.
Selected as Students of the Week this week for McCord Elementary were:
1st Grade -- Anahi Riojas, Cynthia Carranza, Jayden Burke, Averi Ortiz, Brayden Carr, Addax Schur, Evelyn Lira Trinidad and Mason Smith (not pictured)
Kindergarten -- Vincent Madrigales, Noah Allen, Landry McFall, Ana Centeno, Tommy Teague, Analiyah Shivers, and Prinzleigh Trejo (not pictured)
Pre-Kindergarten -- Ila Jones, Genesis Amador, Gabriel Olivas, Azlee Herndon, and Journey Atnip.
Congratulations!!! Great job!!
VISD would like to hear from the parents of our students. Please click on the following link and take the survey if you have a child who attends VISD. After you click the link, you will be prompted to select the school your child is attending. We want to get as much feedback as possible, so please take a moment to take the survey. We want to hear from YOU, and these surveys give YOU a voice. https://surveys.panoramaed.com/visdtx/1087830452/surveys
The link is only going to be active for a short time.
Tomorrow, Friday, Feb. 2, is the 100th day of our 2023-24 school year, and the 1st graders at McCord got a jump on the celebration. Each student made an autograph book and was tasked with getting autographs from 100 of their classmates. They were definitely enjoying the project this afternoon.
We apologize for the delay. Here is the VISD Cafeteria Menu for February.
Tune in tonight to the Channel 6 10 p.m. newscast and catch VISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward's interview with KAUZ journalist Rowan Hardman. The story focuses on VISD's partnership with Child Care Partners for the new daycare center that will be located in the Central Elementary building.
