T.G. McCord Elementary

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.

Please remember, this is an Early Release Friday for Vernon ISD.

In our Bluebonnet Curriculum kindergarten students are currently learning everything about a farm -- from the ground up. Earlier this week Mrs. Weddle read "The Little Red Hen" to her class. In the story, the Little Red Hen goes out and harvests wheat while the other animals play, but when winter comes and the other chickens have nothing to eat, the Little Red Hen shares her food. After reading the book, Mrs. Weddle told her students she was going to make bread and students had the option of helping her or going to play. Five students opted to help their teacher. Once the students who hadn't helped smelled that freshly baked bread, they wished they had helped because they wanted some. Like the Little Red Hen, Mrs. Weddle's helpers decided to share their bread with all of their classmates. Mrs. Weddle said this project also tied into their math lessons with measurements using vocabulary word capacity. Students helping her understood that a measuring cup held more than a teaspoon or tablespoon.