Vernon ISD

There were tutus, tiaras and crowns everywhere today as this was "Tutus and Tiaras" was the spirit dress-up theme for the first day of Homecoming Week.

October 6 is National Instructional Coaches Day, and Vernon ISD is lucky to have four wonderful instructional coaches!!! They provide great support to our teachers and help them be the best they can be in the classroom!!

Today we handed out our Student of the Week honors for last week, and receiving that recognition were: Kayceon Wilson, 2nd Grade; Kaylee Bennett, 3rd Grade; Grayson Northcutt, 4th Grade; and Kayla Calvillo, 5th Grade. Congratulations!! Keep up the good work!!

These students have been selected as our Students of the Week for last week: 6th Grade -- Lexi Halford & Jefferson Reyes; 7th Grade -- Lilyanne Hamby & LaDarius Wilson; and 8th Grade -- Danni VonTunglen & Bryson Boswell. Congratulations!! Great job!! Keep up the good work!!

Vernon dominated Ponder, 49-13, Friday for the Lions' first District 4-3A, D1 victory of the season. Receiving Player of the Week honors for the game were: Tyce Payne, Offensive MVP; Adrain Felton, Bowie Eakin & Tyce Payne, Co-Defensive MVP; Mu Soe & Gavin Ranjel, Co-Special Teams MVP; Cordell Scott, Lion Heart; Ty Scott, Most Explosive; Tru Gipson, Ball Hawk; Brayden Booth, Boss Hog; Bowie Eakin, Big Stick; and Kayson Sanders, Top Blocker. This week is Homecoming, and the Lions will host the Boyd Yellowjackets in another district battle Friday night at Leo Brittain Field.

It is HOMECOMING WEEK!! Our Lions will be hosting the Boyd Yellowjackets for the 2025 Homecoming Game Friday night. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m., and the 2025 Homecoming Queen will be crowned at halftime. Single game, reserve seat tickets can be purchased at the Vernon ISD Administration Building until Noon, Friday. General admission tickets must be purchased online at www.vernonisd.org No tickets will be sold at the gate.

Parents, Vernon ISD likes to hear from you and values your input. Please take a moment to complete our parent survey. We do this survey every year, and survey results from previous years have played a part in the district altering various processes and procedures. Please follow this link https://forms.gle/43AqPYJqYvvhu1fp7 to complete the survey. The deadline to complete the survey is Friday.

In case you missed it, this is Homecoming Week for VISD and here are the dress up themes, as each day of the week is Lion Spirit Day!!

Last Friday, "Decades Day" was the theme for our Lion Spirit Pep Rally, and several of our teachers and staff enjoyed wearing some groovy threads. Check out these pics from VES and VHS.

A few of our students enjoyed dressing as if they were living in another decade last Friday. "Decades Day" was the theme for Lion Spirit Friday.

GOOD LUCK!!
Our cross country team is competing this morning in the District 7-3A Cross-Country Meet in Burkburnett and we hope they have their best times of the season!!

🦁❤️ HEY VERNON LIONS! ❤️🦁
Join us for Homecoming 2025 at the 3rd Annual Lions Roar Tailgate!

📅 Friday, Oct. 10 | 🕓 4:30–6:30 PM
📍 Vernon Elementary Parking Lot

🍴 Food Trucks: Taqueria La Guera · Redbone Indian Taco · Bradford’s · The Snack Spot · Los Amigos Paleteria
🎪 Booths & Games: FREE activities from VHS FFA, VES PTO, Vernon College, City of Vernon, VHS Student Council, Red River Valley Museum, McCord PTO, Texas Farm Bureau, Boys & Girls Club, and VHS Drill Team!

Let’s fill the parking lot with Lion Pride—eat, play, and enjoy fellowship before cheering the Lions vs. Boyd Yellowjackets! 🏈🦁

Go Lions! 🦁🔥

The Boys & Girls Club is hosting a Pickleball Tournament tomorrow at the Lion's Den Teen Center.

Here are some sights and sounds from this morning's Spirit Pep Rally as the Lions hit the road to take on another pride of Lions in Ponder tonight. Good luck Lions!!
https://youtu.be/icR6fYrFrAI

This morning, Amanda Lehman and Tiffany Rosalez with Texas Farm Bureau Insurance in Vernon presented Ty Scott, Bowie Eakin and Jamari Chance with game balls for their performances in last week's game against No. 4-ranked Paradise. Ty was named Offensive MVP, Bowie was named Defensive MVP, and Jamari was named Special Teams MVP.

Today's Lions Spirit Dress Up Theme was "Decades" and from the 1950s to the 2010s there was decades represented in our hallways.

Our Lady Lions on the road this afternoon, traveling to Wichita Falls to face City View in a District 7-3A battle. The sub-varsity matches will start at 2 p.m., with the varsity match set to get underway at 3 p.m. Good luck Lady Lions!!

Our 2025 Homecoming is next week and members of our homecoming court have been elected. Our homecoming queen nominees are: Jeana Martinez, Zayley Horn, Brooklyn Harjo, Klancy Sherrill, Olivia Carr, Breigh Halford, Mariana Ortega, and Soula Johnson. Our homecoming king nominees are: Tru Gipson, Mason Ballard, Jamari Chance, Ty Scott, Kadyn Whiteside, Ben Armstrong, and Prentice Murray. Not pictured is Carlos Moreno. Both the queen and king will be selected by popular vote. The king will be announced during the Homecoming Pep Rally, while the queen will be announced during halftime of next Friday's game against Boyd.

Here is VISD Social Worker Nicole Cameron's newsletter for October.