T.G. McCord Elementary

Congratulations to our Kindergarten Students of the Week for last week. Receiving those honors are: Valencia Zapata, Leighton Westmoreland, Elba Balderas Castillo, and Jolee Gilbert. Not pictured are Fallon Edwards and Mason Garcia. Great job!!

Receiving our Pre-Kindergarten Student of the Week honors for last week are: Saw Day, Victor Romero, Jameson Farrell and Journey Farrell. Congratulations!!! Keep up the good work!!

Due to weather concerns for Friday night's Vernon-Bowie football game, the schools have agreed to move the game to Thursday. Kickoff is still set for 7 p.m., at Jackrabbit Stadium. However, due to that move, adjustments had to be made to other junior high and high school sports schedules. Please check the information below. The high school volleyball games had to remain on Friday, due to UIL's rule of one game per week. Athletic events that are played after school hours on Friday are considered to be on the weekend.

Vernon ISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward, Vernon High School Coach Brock Payne, and Lion Tyce Payne represented VISD in the Vernon Chamber of Commerce All-School's Bacon Eating Contest. The contest featured teams consisting of a superintendent, coach and athlete from the three school districts in Wilbarger County vying for the bacon eating title. Harrold won the event.

McCord -- your school pictures are on their way!!

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McCord Elementary is celebrating Hispanic Heritage!

Thursday all VISD campuses will be operating on their early release schedules. Classes will be dismissed early and will not resume until Tuesday, Oct. 21, as VISD will be on a mini-Fall Break.

VISD will be on a mini-Fall Break Oct. 17-20. We will resume classes on Tuesday, Oct. 21. We hope all of our students, their families and our VISD family are all able to take a breath and recharge your batteries, as we head into the second half of the Fall Semester.

Here are a few more photos from the Vernon Fire Department's visit yesterday at McCord. Our students enjoyed seeing the fire truck and some of the equipment, and visiting with Sparky.

Here are a few more photos from the Vernon Fire Department's visit here yesterday at McCord.

Our McCord students received a visit from the Vernon Fire Department yesterday. Firemen Ragan, Burkham and Pierce showed the students the fire engine and ambulance, and pieces of equipment on both. The students were then visited by Sparky and each class took their picture with him.

Our group of 1st Graders who earned Student of the Week honors for last week includes: Prescilla Thaw, Julius Rodriguez, Journey Atnip, Gemma Jimenez, Abraham Ramirez, Isabella Hernandez-Padilla, Paisley Delacruz, and Braxton Lane. Great job!! Congratulations!!!

Congratulations to these students for being named our Kindergarten Students of the Week for last week: Eliseo Ewan, Tracydora Thaw, Noah Lopez, Protea Faul, Cora Robb, and Emani Lockhart. Not pictured is Amari McManus. Great job!! Keep up the good work!

Receiving our Pre-Kindergarten Student of the Week honors for last week were: Juliette Valtierra, Ximena Servin, Zaelen Espinoza, and M.J. Vrana. Congratulations!! Great job!!

Our 3rd Annual Lions Roar Homecoming Tailgate Party was a huge success!! Thank you to all the businesses, organizations, clubs, Vernon ISD clubs, and food trucks who all helped make this a fun event. Thanks to all of our Lions fans who stopped by and visited one of the food trucks, played a game or just mingled with friends in the crowd. We appreciate all of you!!
Boys & Girls Club of Vernon
Amanda Lehman, Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Agent
Vernon College
Wilbarger St. Church of Christ
McCord PTO
Red River Valley Museum
City of Vernon
VES PTO
VMS & VHS PTO
VHS Student Council
VHS Drill Team
VHS FFA

Today was the last day of Homecoming 2025 Lion Spirit Week and of course, the theme for today was Maroon & White. We saw many of our students decked out in their maroon and white as they walked the halls this morning.

Special Shoutout! 🙌

Huge thanks to the City of Vernon and their awesome employees — Tony DeHoyos, Ernesto De La Cruz, and Kaden Pittman — for helping VISD set up barricades for our Homecoming Tailgate tomorrow!

📅 Friday, 4:30–6:30 PM
📍 Vernon Elementary School Parking Lot

Come out for games, food trucks, and Lion Swag Sales as we get ready to cheer on our Vernon Lions! 🦁❤️

See you there!

Today's Homecoming 2025 Lions Spirit Day theme was "Coachella" and there were few of our McCord students and staff who wore their best California attire.

Today's Homecoming Lion Spirit Day dress-up theme was "White Lies." The goal was for everyone to wear white and maybe include a fun, little white lie. Our students definitely had some fun with it.