Just a quick reminder that due to UIL regulations, all VISD athletic facilities will be closed until Dec. 27.
Tomorrow is Vernon ISD's last day before our Christmas Break and it is an early release day.
Last week, third grade students in Ms. TiSierra White's class had a fun -- and tasty -- assignment that brought math to life and helped them learn how to find perimeter and area. In a math exercise, each student was given a handful of Cheez-Its to use as their measuring tools. They arranged the crackers in various shapes on their desks to calculate the perimeter and area. They worked together to solve problems and discover how the size of their shapes affected the measurements. The best part? After completing the exercise they got to enjoy eating the Cheez-Its as a well-earned snack.
Our VES staff held an Ugly Christmas Sweater Contest earlier this week and there were some great entries. First place went to Mr. Burr, while Ms. Self finished second and Mrs. Inman took third.
On Monday, our 3rd Grade held its Culture and Heritage Fair. The students rotated through different classrooms and learned about a few different cultures and businesses in town. Mayor Pam Goslin spoke on the duties of a mayor and the City's responsibilities to its residents. Taylor Edmonds spoke on art and her business, Paint Your Peace; Cooper Alexander talked about the Red River Valley Museum, as well as local ranching at the Waggoner Ranch and the Alexander Ranch; Jessica Miller spoke about being a local author and her book "Teach Kate"; Manuel Perez talked about Mexican culture; and Shane Jansa spoke about farming.
We would like to congratulate Jarrod David for winning the runoff election for Place 3 on the VISD School Board. Jarrod received 241 votes, while Kyle Echols received 159 votes. We thank both Jarrod and Kyle for their interest in serving on our school board.
It was "Christmas Movie Character Day" at VES today, and Buddy the Elf, Jovi (from the "Elf" movie), Rudolph, Tim Allen's Santa Claus, Cousin Eddie, Cindy Lou Who, Frosty the Snowman, "Nana Claus", another elf and Ralphie from "The Christmas Story" were here roaming the halls.
Our3rd grade students visited The Herring Bank this morning and performed several of the songs from their Christmas Program they presented Tuesday evening at the Wilbarger Auditorium.
Our 2nd grade students visited The Waggoner National Bank this morning and performed several of the songs from their Christmas Program they presented Tuesday evening at the Wilbarger Auditorium.
Our 3rd grade students had a blast getting to sing in the "snow" during a portion of their Christmas Program last night at the Wilbarger Auditorium. After their performance, the 2nd grade students returned to the stage as the two grades combined for a couple of songs to wrap up their annual Christmas Program.
Our 2nd grade students had fun and did a great job during their performance at our 2nd & 3rd Grade Christmas Program, which was held Tuesday evening at the Wilbarger Auditorium. After the 3rd grade portion of the program, the 2nd graders returned to the stage and joined the 3rd graders for a couple of songs to close out the show.
Nominations are still being taken for the VISD Gifted & Talented Program. The deadline to nominate a student for the GT Program is Friday, Dec. 20. To nominate a child for the program you can scan the QR code below or click on this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Sa10TrKXrQUptSKAw7D9B2Cq9rqixkaLwjjjnPc9tjA/viewform?edit_requested=true
Our 4th & 5th Grade Christmas Program was held last night. The student performed with their grade, and then combined to close out the night. All of the students were great. Here are scenes from the 5th grade performance. Their selections included "Joy to the World", "Auld Lang Syne", and "I Really Need Christmas This Year".
Our 4th & 5th Grade Christmas Program was held last night and all of the students did an outstanding job! Here are scenes from the 4th grade performance. Their selections included "Jingle Jive", "Christmas Through the Eyes of a Child", "If I were a Reindeer", and "Season of Joy".
Friday evening Vernon ISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward and Vernon High School Principal Dr. Cynthia Jackson manned the Salvation Army Red Kettle at Walmart. The Red Kettle Campaign is the Salvation Army's major fundraiser of the year. All the money collected stays right here in the community with the local Salvation Army chapter.
Receiving our VES Teacher of the Month honor for November is 3rd grade teacher Kirsten Civitarese and receiving our VES Staff Member of the Month honor is Jovita Fernandez. Congratulations to these ladies!! They always do an outstanding job and go above and beyond for their students.
Members of the VES Student Council went shopping yesterday, selecting gifts for the stars they selected from the Vernon Jaycees' Star Tree, which helps ensure children in need in the community receive something on Christmas morning. The Student Council raised the funds for the shopping spree in November with their annual "Turkey Bowl." VES students donated $3,100 during the fundraiser and the Student Council used that money to purchase gifts for 15 stars from the Star Tree.
All of our VES students have been practicing hard over the last several weeks and are ready to perform their Christmas Programs!! The 4th & 5th Grade Program will be Monday, Dec. 9, while the 2nd & 3rd Grade Program will be Tuesday, Dec. 10. Programs will start at 6:30 p.m., both nights, at the Wilbarger Auditorium.
This fall Vernon ISD started a new program at Vernon Elementary involving fourth grade students. The district provided free swimming lessons to fourth graders who attended after-school tutorials. The goal was to provide students with the opportunity to learn the fun and life-saving skill of swimming, as well as help the students improve in the classroom. To view the video, click the following link: https://youtu.be/pudm_6wU-1w
We had quite a few students make the trip to Wichita Falls yesterday to participate in the District 7-3A Elementary School UIL Literary Meet that was held at City View Elementary. All of the students did a great job! A story including the results of the meet will be posted early next week. We are very proud of all of our students who took part in the literary meet. They did a great job of representing VES.
