Vernon ISD

A parent meeting for all VHS juniors will be held at 6 p.m., Monday, in the VHS Cafeteria. Items on the agenda include discussing a place to hold the prom, deciding the date for the prom, and creating a list of prom themes for students to vote on. If you have a child in the junior class, please make plans to attend the meeting.

Today we celebrated National Custodian Day by giving a gift and card to each of our VES custodians. Our PTO also gave the custodians a little gift and a card. We just wanted them to know how much we appreciate them and all the hard work they do at VES.

Our Book Fair has been going on this week and today we held a hamburger feed for our students and parents. During lunch students and parents were able to shop and purchase books at the Book Fair.

We surprised our VHS custodians with pizza for lunch today, which is National Custodian Day. Our custodians to a great job keeping our campus clean and they are greatly appreciated.

Today, Oct. 2, is National Custodian Day and we want to give a big shout out to all the members of our Vernon ISD custodial staff!! They are some of the behind-the-scene, unsung heroes who keep our district running!! We couldn't do it without them!! Thank you to each and everyone of custodians for all you do! You are greatly appreciated!!

Last Friday night our Lions gave it their all in a battle against No. 4-ranked Paradise in the district opener for both teams. Here are a few highlights from that battle to help keep the intensity and Lion spirit up as the team gets set to tangle with the Ponder Lions this Friday night. Video courtesy of Iban Lira, and audio courtesy of Vernon radio station KVWC. https://youtu.be/h6bwt4LWIZg

Our Vernon homecoming is next Friday, Oct. 10, and we start pumping up that Lion spirit Monday and continue to build it all week with "Dress Up" themes for each day. Get your costumes ready for each day and show that Lion spirit!!!

Tomorrow is an Early Release Friday. We hope our students enjoy getting an early start to their weekend!!

Last night members of our VMS volleyball teams were recognized prior to the Lady Lions game against Bowie.

CONGRATULATIONS!!!
Our Vernon Lions tennis team captured the District 6-4A Team Tennis title Tuesday evening with a victory over Burkburnett. This is the 9th district title in the last 10 seasons!! The Lions will play their bi-district match on Tuesday.

Last Saturday, the Roarin' Lion Band participated in the Burkburnett Revue Marching Festival and Clinic. The band performed its marching contest routine in front of three judges, who provided great comments, and also received additional feedback from a clinician after their performance. These type of events will help the band as it prepares for the upcoming UIL marching competition.

Since the school year began, our beginning Culinary Arts students have been busy in the kitchen learning to measure, read and understand recipes, and to follow proper kitchen safety and sanitation standards. The students put their new skills to the test by making chocolate chip cookies.

Please note the new strategy going into place for our Juniors and Seniors at Vernon High School. Attendance for these two classes has been well below expectations this year. We are going to see if this will help us remedy some of the unexcused absences and skipping that is occurring. This goes into effect tomorrow, October 1st.

Congratulations to Carrie Diekmann and Libbi Garnett for being named our VHS Staff & Teacher of the Month for September. Mrs. Diekmann is our receptionist, while Ms. Garnett teachers Pathway to Education in our CTE Department and is also the sponsor for our Peer Assistance and Leadership (PALS) group. This is the first year for both of them to be a member of our VHS family and we're so, so glad they are here!!

It's hard to believe that tomorrow is October 1st, but that's definitely the case. Here's our Cafeteria Menu for the month.

Last Friday our Lions made it anything but a paradise for the No. 4-ranked Panthers. Vernon went toe-to-toe with Paradise before the Panthers scored the winning TD with 43 seconds left in the game, 29-22. Earning Player of the Week honors for their performance in the game were: Co-Offensive MVP -- Ty Scott & Jamari Chance; Defensive MVP -- Bowie Eakin;Top Blocker -- Xander Leija; Ball Hawk -- Tru Gipson; Co-Most Explosive Players -- Ty Scott & Jamari Chance; Big Stick -- Tyce Payne; Boss Hog -- Manny Ochoa; Co-Lion Heart Award -- Malakhi Propes-Scott & Cordell Scott; Special Teams MVP -- Jamari Chance.
Our Lions travel to Ponder this week to face another pride of Lions in a District 4-3A, D1 battle.

Last Saturday before their district match with Holliday, the senior members of the VHS tennis team were recognized. Those seniors are Hunter Boatman, Arianna Castellanos, Jonathan Medina, Rodrigo Olivas, Mariana Ortega, and Nevan Schur. The Lions defeated Holliday, 18-1. The team hits the road today for their final district match of the season and one that will determine the district title. The Lions will travel to Burkburnett to square off against the Bulldogs. The match is set to begin at 3:30 p.m. Good luck Lions!! Go defend that district crown!!

Our Lady Lions are hosting the Lady Rabbits in a District 7-3A volleyball battle today at D.O. Fulton Gym. The sub-varsity matches will begin at 4:30 p.m., with the varsity match first serve set for 6 p.m. Good luck ladies!!!

Friends & Family of VMS!

The VMS PTO needs your help to make the VMS Fall Festival a success! Money raised is used for student incentives and rewards!

👉 Please donate an item (or items) for prizes or the silent auction.

👉 All donations are due to Mrs. Frank by Friday, October 10th so everything can be ready for the festival on October 14th.

👉 Drop off at VMS or Hillcrest Pharmacy. Hillcrest Pharmacy has a drive through window!

All items needed are listed here! Please open the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D45AEA928A2FAC52-59059507-vms2025#/