Valley ISD reached out to area school districts concerning a first grade student who has been diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor. Valley ISD is holding a fundraiser "Hats On For Paxton" tomorrow to help the young man and his family, and Vernon ISD is joining in. For a $1 donation, students, teachers and staff will be allowed to wear their cap/hat in class. Teachers will collect donations in their classrooms.
Vernon ISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward and Asst. Supt. Blaise Boswell are busy cooking hamburgers this morning, the first day of Teacher Appreciation Week. Today they are cooking burgers for teachers at McCord Elementary, DAEP, Opportunity Center, AFP and WSSA. On Tuesday, they will be cooking for the teachers and staff at Vernon Elementary, and Wednesday it will be the teachers and staff at Middle School who will get to enjoy the burgers. Vernon High School teachers and staff will receive their hamburger lunch on Thursday. On Friday, custodial, maintenance and bus barn staff will be treated to a hamburger lunch.
It's coming....the McCord Roundup is set for Monday!! For all McCord students and parents, and especially for children who will be attending McCord next year and their parents. Tour the school!! Meet the teachers!! Learn of services available through a variety of local agencies!! Play games!! Free Hot Dogs!!
We all know that it takes a village to put on any type of an event, but it also takes a leader. We would like to give Coach Edwin Bah a shout out for leading the way for our All-Star Olympics that was held here Monday for our Life Skills students and for helping take them to compete yesterday in Altus. We would also like to thank all the coaches, teachers, staff and students who helped make it a special day for our special students. I think we enjoyed as much, if not more, than they did. Seeing all of the smiles was priceless!
Today is National School Lunch Hero Day and we want to give a HUGE shoutout to our VISD cafeteria workers. We appreciate their work in ensuring our cafeterias serve good, nutritional meals to our students. They go above and beyond for our students!! Thank you for all that you do!!
Don't forget -- tomorrow is the FFA Annual Plant Sale!!
Today is School Principal's Day! Vernon ISD has some outstanding principals who work hard to make their school campuses the best they can be. We greatly appreciate all that they do for their students, teachers and staff!!
Under UIL guidelines, all incoming 7th, 9th, and 11th grade students for the 2024-25 school year are required to undergo a sports physical if they plan on participating in ANY school sponsored sport. Also included are any students in the 8th, 10th or 12th grade who suffered an injury that required surgery within the last year. Here is a great opportunity from Wilbarger General Hospital to get that sports physical for free. Vernon ISD athletes need to pick up the sports physical paperwork from their coaches or trainer Brian Weatherly.
Congratulations to our VMS Students of the Week:
6th Grade -- Madison Daniel & Cayson Streit
7th Grade -- Avril Avitia & Grant Penter
8th Grade -- Giselle Clemente & Jesse Mejia
Great job!! Keep up the great work!!
As we look forward to the 2024-25 school year, here is the criteria for Middle School students to qualify for accelerated math, and the criteria sixth thru eighth graders must meet to be eligible to take honors classes.
Here are some more pictures of the fun our Special Education/Life Skills students from McCord Elementary through Vernon High School had at our VISD All-Star Olympics Monday morning at Lion Stadium. Our students will be traveling to Altus on Thursday to compete in an area All-Star Olympics event.
Our Special Education/Life Skills students from McCord Elementary through Vernon High School participated in our VISD All-Star Olympics Monday morning at Lion Stadium. After the Opening Ceremonies, students competed in several events including the Softball Toss, Ball Race, Broad Jump, 25-Yard Race, and more. A big thank you to our Roarin' Lion Band, cheerleaders, VHS athletes and the teachers and coaches who came out to help run the event. Our students will be traveling to Altus on Thursday to compete in an area All-Star Olympics event.
Last week, our VMS Life Skills students worked on their sign for the opening ceremony of the VISD All-Star Olympics which were held Monday at Lion Stadium.
The last day of school may be May 24, but our VHS athletes will be right back at it on June 3 as the Summer Strength & Conditioning Camp begins and continues through July 25. Check out the flyer for all of the details. Also below is information on important dates for the 2024 football season.
DON'T FORGET -- our VISD summer Art and Chess Camps!! These camps will be held June 17-20. The Art Camp has sessions for students in junior high and high school, while the Chess Camp is for students in third thru eighth grade. See the flyers below for more information.
The annual Vernon Tennis Camp will be held June 3-6. Registration is online only. You can use the QR code on the flyer, or click on this link:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1HQ0gneYzRsohEcPglgxhBdSi-X3ZuviPEyPKuZ9SB-U/edit
Unfortunately, the Bingo/Chicken Spaghetti event set for Thursday at VMS has been cancelled. If you already purchased tickets, please return them to the VMS office and you will be reimbursed. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
Today, Vernon ISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward and Asst. Supt. Blaise Boswell popped in at VMS to distribute popcorn to all teachers and staff to show the district's appreciation for all they do for their campus and their students. Administration will be popping in at each campus on selected Fridays as we close out the school year.
QUICK REMINDER: Please remember our All-Star Olympics for our life skills students will be held Monday! We would love to have fans in the stands cheering on our athletes! We also still need a few items. If you would like to donate something to our All-Star Olympics, please contact Jana Neely at jana.neely@visdtx.org
Summer will be here before you know it. Here's another activity to help keep children from getting bored, and one that will help them with their basketball skills!! The basketball camp is open to all those who will be in kindergarten thru 9th grade next year. Sign up today!!! It should be a lot of fun!!