This week, March 2-8, is National School Social Worker Week, and Vernon ISD is lucky to have one of the best in Nicole Cameron. Nicole does an outstanding job covering our campuses and helping students and their families.
This is Dr. Seuss Week at McCord Elementary and Tuesday it was "Green Eggs & Ham Day," with students and teachers wearing green. Some classes also enjoyed a green treat.
Cat in the Hat and Thing 1 visited McCord Elementary Monday to kickoff Dr. Seuss Week. It was also "Wear A Hat Day" as we begin a full week of celebrating Dr. Seuss.
First grader Messiah Martin and VISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward helped out on the drawing for the kindergarten and first grade META Quest virtual reality headset. Malaki Shivers was the kindergarten winner, while Henry Duncan was the first grade winner. The META Quest was the prize for the 4th Six Weeks Student Attendance Initiative, with students earning a ticket for the drawing for every week they had perfect attendance during the 4th Six Weeks grading period.
Here is the VISD cafeteria menu for March. All of our VISD students are eligible to receive a free breakfast and lunch every school day.
Today was blueberry day for our McCord students. Our students are receiving a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables to try during snack time as part of a Fresh Fruit Vegetable Program grant the school received. Students in Ms. Singleton's, Mrs. Kajs' and Ms. Fryman's 1st grade classes had some definite opinions -- both positive and negative -- about the blueberries. They talked about the fruit in all the classes, with Ms. Singleton's students writing a sentence in their journals explaining what the blueberries tasted like and felt like. To read more about the program, please follow this link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/2053327
Quick reminder!
Tomorrow is an Early Release Friday for Vernon ISD students.
Today was banana day for our McCord students. Our students are receiving a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables to try during snack time as part of a Fresh Fruit Vegetable Program grant the school received. While most of Mrs. Twaleena Weddle's kindergarten students had eaten a banana before, today was the first time for a lot of them to peel their own banana. To read more about the program, please follow this link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/2053327
QUICK REMINDER!!
It is "Pajama For A Purpose Day" tomorrow! Students and staff at all campuses who want to wear their pajama pants (appropriate for school) Thursday may do for a $3 donation. The fundraiser is for a VMS student who lost all of their belongs in a recent house fire. Each campus will have a process in place to collect donations and identify those students who paid to wear their pajama pants.
Our McCord students will be receiving a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables to try during snack time over the next several weeks as part of a Fresh Fruit Vegetable Program grant the school received. Today the students got to try green Granny Smith Apples. To read more about the program, please follow this link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/2053327
The Vernon ISD 2025-26 school calendar was approved during last week's VISD School Board meeting. The first day of school for 2025-26 will be Aug. 13. The fall break is set for Oct. 17-20, and school will be dismissed for the entire week of Thanksgiving. The Christmas break will be from Dec. 20 thru Jan. 6, 2026. Next year's spring break is scheduled for March 7-15, 2026, and the last day of school will be May 21, 2026.
Time is running out to nominate your favorite Vernon ISD teacher in the Red River Best Chevy Dealers Teacher Appreciation Contest. Students, parents, residents and teachers can go online and nominate their choice for Outstanding Teacher!! The deadline is this Friday, Feb. 28.
All VISD students and staff can be extra comfortable Thursday as it is "Pajama For A Purpose Day!" Students and staff at all campuses who want to wear their pajama pants (appropriate for school) Thursday may do for a $3 donation. The fundraiser is for a VMS student who lost all of their belongs in a recent house fire.
Hopefully this week Vernon ISD will have more of a regular, normal week. However, there are no classes tomorrow for a teacher workday, and Friday is one of the district's early release Fridays. We hope everyone is enjoying this nice weather! Definitely better than last week's frigid temperatures.
It's been a crazy week with no classes on Monday, early dismissal Tuesday due to weather and no school Wednesday because of the weather. So, don't forget tomorrow is one of VISD's regularly-scheduled early release Fridays. We hope everyone has a nice weekend with the warmer weather coming our way.
McCord Morning Drop-Off
Parents please make sure your children are bundled and ready to get out of the car as soon as you pull up at school. This will make morning drop-off much quicker and more efficient for all. We know its cold, so we are making every effort to get everyone inside as quickly as possible. Thank you!
Vernon ISD will be operating on a regular schedule on Thursday. Buses will run at their regular times and classes will start at their regular times. We encourage everyone to bundle up because it is still going to be extremely cold tomorrow.
Due to the slick road conditions and with the extreme cold temperatures not expected to allow the road conditions to improve, Vernon ISD officials have announced school will be closed Wednesday. We hope everyone stays safe and warm tomorrow.
Due to the swiftly deteriorating road conditions, Vernon ISD Administrators have made the decision to dismiss school early. Buses will begin running at 1:30 p.m. at McCord. 1:35 p.m., Vernon Elementary; 1:40 p.m. Vernon Middle School; 1:45 p.m. Vernon High School. Those parents who would like to pick up their child before 1:30 p.m. may do so. Vernon Elementary students who usually go to Boys & Girls Club will stay at VES due to club not having enough staff.
We will send out information about tomorrow later this evening.
While the students were out of school yesterday, our teachers and staff were in school -- at least for half a day. Monday was a Professional Development Day for our teachers and staff, but it wasn't all work and no play. There were PD sessions for half a day, and for the other half of the day teachers and staff had the option of going to a movie at the Vernon Plaza or getting a little artistic at Paint Your Peace. Regardless of what option they chose, all had a good time.
