Vernon High School

If you have a senior student and would like to purchase a Senior Dedication Page in the Yearbook, click the link below. https://yearbookforever.com/schools/vernon_high_school_buy_yearbook_891/gONrTuQZSFVZL869ynGsX15H/personal-ads If you want the Yearbook Staff to build your student's page, feel free to contact them at vhsyearbook@visdtx.org

The 1st Annual 4-person golf scramble, benefitting the Vernon ISD Education Foundation, will be held April 22, 2023. More information about the scramble and how to enter will be posted at a later date. Sponsorship opportunities will be available as well. Thank you to everyone for your continued support of Vernon ISD. If you are interested in sponsorship opportunities, please contact Kori Eakin @ 940-553-1900 extension 2229.

Each year, every school campus in Texas is given a School Report Card. We want to make sure our parents and community are aware of these and where to find them. You can find the 2022 School Report Card for all of our VISD campuses here: https://www.vernonisd.org/documents/district-information/accountability-reports/district-and-campus-report-cards/311080

Vernon Community: In addition to me, district officials have been monitoring Monday night’s and Tuesday’s forecast since last week. Our concerns have grown due to the weather models that have constantly changed. In the best interest of both our students and staff, all Vernon schools will move to a 2-hour delayed start for tomorrow. The 2-hour delay gives district officials enough time to access the roads in the morning and review the most current weather forecasts. An update will be posted on the district’s website, the district’s APP and Facebook to determine further decisions beyond the 2-hour delay.

Please see the attached message from our Superintendent regarding a social media post on Friday mistakenly referring to one of our local campuses. Please know the post has been investigated and determined not to affect any Vernon ISD campuses, but we will be monitoring the situation closely.

Vernon ISD is bringing in Dr. Harrison to talk to our students and community about bullying prevention. Dr. Harrison will be at the following locations on February 28. - Vernon High School to meet with the students at 9:00am - Vernon Middle School to meet with the students at 1:30pm - Wilbarger Auditorium to meet with the parents and the community at 6:00pm We look forward to working with our students and the community to prevent bullying.

🏀It's Game Day! Our Lions travel to Iowa Park tonight and play at 7:30pm.

🏀It's Game Day! Our Lady Lions travel to Iowa Park tonight and play at 6pm.

Our new Vernon Elementary School construction is coming along nicely! We should be in our new school later this year. Check out what's coming in our new school: https://youtu.be/1hwC8vpjomQ

Just a reminder that the survey for the Community Resource Fair will close tomorrow, Jan. 20th, by end of day. After that date, the survey will no longer be open to receive responses. Thank you to those that have already filled it out and provided their input! Here is the survey link: https://forms.gle/biecJCKHwQKRM7rQ9

Vernon ISD will be streaming their varsity basketball games on YouTube. Please subscribe to the following YouTube Channels: Boys: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSH43Vppgnzu_0IfGHGGxvw Girls: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvgZbVCvfpqHHSKSzhOPR3A

🏀 Our 7th and 8th grade Lady Lions came to support our Varsity Lady Lions tonight at the game and were recognized at half-time! Let's go, Lady Lions!!!

Just a reminder that ALL Vernon ISD campuses will be CLOSED on Monday, January 16 and Tuesday, January 17.

Hello Vernon Lion families! We are planning a community resource fair this Spring. Our hope with this event is to connect our families to the community resources in our area. We would love to have your input for the event and learn what type of resources you would like to see represented there. Please use the link provided below to record your thoughts. The survey will close on Jan. 20th. The information gathered from the survey will help us to plan and coordinate the event. Thank you in advance for taking the time to complete this survey! Access the survey here: https://forms.gle/biecJCKHwQKRM7rQ9

STATE CONGRESS 2023!! This week our VHS Congress team went to Austin for competition. Please see Dr. Ward's reflection. "I was not forthcoming in my thoughts as a high schooler to join my school’s debate team. Rest assure that if I had a chance to do it all over again, I’d shoot for the team captain’s role on that team. Crafting and effectively executing a persuasive argument is a skillset that we all use often in life. Meet our team of good-looking kids who went to Austin and represented the City of Vernon and this district well. This team was led by senior Madeline Brown, yet the other members (all freshmen) competed at region (2 as alternates) and assisted her with research for the 20 pieces of state legislation that were released on December 1st. In short, expect VISD to be right back in Austin next year." Congratulations and we are proud to have you representing VHS!

🏀Our Lady Lions and Lions are both heading to City View on Friday for their next basketball game! Join us there to cheer them on!

We here at Vernon ISD want to see our students succeed as much as you do. We want to give them the absolute best and are striving to improve every day. One of those improvements is that Vernon High School will be administering, AND paying for, the ACT exam for ALL of our 11th grade students at Vernon High School! We believe this is one more step towards setting our students up for excellence! More information will be shared with these students at a later date.

A MESSAGE FROM OUR SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING VHS DRESS CODE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICES Vernon Family: We are excited about the start of the Spring semester tomorrow. The staff and I have discussed the critical things that need to be in place to ensure that each VISD HS student is successful. It is important that all students understand the VISD board approved dress code before returning to school. There are no changes to the dress code; only a commitment from the staff to commit to ensuring that it is implemented. For all students arriving to school out of dress code the student will be given the opportunity to conform to VISD dress code standards, parents will be notified, and as a last resort the student will be placed in ISS until the current mode of dress can be amended. Additionally, I can assure this community that the VISD staff shows up each and every day to teach and teach the whole child. Frequently student cell phone usage impedes their pursuit. Moving forward there will be no cell phone usage of any kind in the classroom. For students seen with their cell phones, the students will be asked to turn in their cell phones to the office. Parents will be notified and will be able to pick the cell phone up in the front office. Excellence in anything originates from developing a strong set of standards and high expectations. Effective communication of those standards and high expectations should always be considered paramount. For this reason, the campus administration has planned an assembly for all students to review the different approach. Dr. Kermit Ward Superintendent View the full dress code in the Student Handbook here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1HCLH0pHXkLLmeziHzlaiy9xvUjVTpcm6/view?usp=sharing

🍕Here is the January Cafeteria Menu for Vernon ISD: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DDRdSl_4YrpUGk6hm1kUe4xMuMvLdTlS/view?usp=share_link

VHS Yearbooks are changing up some this year! Please see the attached image for more information on the changes to our yearbooks. You can also go to bit.ly/VHSYearbook23 to learn more!