VHS sophomore Claire Mayo is competing today and tomorrow in the Class 3A Region 1 Golf Tournament being played at Shady Oaks Golf Course in Baird. Claire qualified for regionals by being the top individual score at the district tournament who was not a member of a team that qualified to advance. Good luck Claire!!!
Vernon ISD will operate under normal school hours on Friday, however school is closed Monday for the Easter Holiday. Students, teachers and staff will return to school Tuesday. We hope everyone has a wonderful Easter.
Yesterday afternoon, members of the Vernon Police Department presented a donation to the Vernon All-Star Olympics to some of our Vernon Middle School All-Star Olympic athletes. The donation comes from the Battle of the Badges charity basketball game that pitted the Vernon Police Department against the Vernon Fire Department. The departments decided to split the money donated during the game evenly, with the Vernon PD giving their portion to our All-Star Olympics. The Vernon All-Star Olympics will be held Wednesday, April 30, at Leo Brittain Field at Lion Stadium.
THE BATTLE IS ON!!!
The challenge was laid down and accepted!!
For the last 6 weeks of school Vernon High School and Vernon Middle School are battling it out for attendance supremacy!! The school with the highest attendance rate for the final 6 weeks will receive an ice cream party at the end of the year!!
Pick you're winner!
Who are you backing?
The VHS veterans or the VMS upstarts?
Students in Ms. Butler's Art classes worked with paper mache last week and made some outstanding and creative masks.
Today marks the first day of the last six weeks of school!! Summer is just around the corner and if you're trying to find something that's both fun and educational to keep your children busy, Vernon ISD has several Summer Enrichment Camps to be held June 9-12. We are offering creative writing, financial intelligence, photography, and yoga camps for high school students. To learn more, go to https://www.vernonisd.org/o/vernon-isd/page/summer-educational-camps
Our Fellowship of Christian Athletes is hosting a Passion Workout on Monday, that is open to the public. Dinner will be provided for VMS and VHS students following the workout. The event will begin at 5:30 p.m., on Leo Brittain Field at Lion Stadium. Even if you don't want to take part in the workout, come out and enjoy the fellowship.
Our Lions and Lady Lions captured four gold medals yesterday at the 7-3A/8-3A Area Track & Field Meet in Graham. Jackson Aydelott won both the Boys 200 Meter Dash and Boys 400 Meter Dash, while Jamari Chance won the Boys Triple Jump and Key'Maria McBride won the Girls Triple Jump.
13 Lions and Lady Lions qualified for the Class 3A Region 1 Track & Field Meet by finishing in the top four in their event. To find out all of our VHS Area Meet results, please follow this link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/2145254
Our Lions are on the road today, as they will travel to Holliday to square off against the Eagles in a District 7-3A game. The JV game will begin at 4 p.m., with the varsity game to start at 7 p.m. Good Luck Lions!!!
Our Lady Lions will travel to Holliday today for their softball season finale. They will face the Lady Eagles at 5 p.m., at Lady Eagle Softball Field. Seniors playing their final game for the Lady Lions are McKyla Myers, Laurel Easley and Katie Dodd. Senior Zayleigh Sweet is the team manager. Good Luck Lady Lions!!!
The warmer weather is a signal it is planting season, and our Vernon FFA will have an amazing selection of plants at their annual FFA Plant Sale scheduled for Saturday, April 26. The students have nurtured over 5,000 plants that will be up for sale. Those plants consist of numerous bedding plants, potted plants, hanging baskets, and vegetables.
The first 50 people in the door will receive a 15% off coupon. A minimum $100 purchase will make you eligible to receive a special blend fertilizer mixture that was created by our Advanced Plant Science class and formulated to protect your investment throughout the growing season.
The FFA Plant Sale will be held from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturday, April 26.
We have spent the last three days spotlighting our assistant principals for National Assistant Principal Week, and our final spotlight shines on Mariah Byars. Mrs. Byars is in her third year as an assistant principal, but this is her 24th year with Vernon ISD.
Vernon ISD has some wonderful individuals serving as our assistant principals, and we appreciate all they do and thank them for all they do for their students, for their staff, and for their administration.
This week is National Assistant Principal Week and we have some amazing and outstanding assistant principals on our campuses. We wrap up the week with our Vernon High School assistant principals. First up is Jeremy Reeder.
Vernon ISD appreciates all our assistant principals do and thank them for all they do for their students, for their staff, and for their administration.
It's a little warm today and what's better on a warm day than something cold to enjoy!
A big THANK YOU to the VMS & VHS PTO for treating our amazing teachers and staff to delicious paletas from Los Amigos Paleteria this afternoon!! There was a variety of tasty flavors to choose from the treats were a huge hit on both campuses.
Also -- a special thank you to Los Amigos for generously allowing the PTO to use their cart to make this treat extra fun and festive. We appreciate your support and partnership!!
The field events have concluded in Graham at the 7-3A/8-3A Area Track & Field Meet and we have some area champs and regional qualifiers!!!
Jamari Chance and Key'Maria McBride are area champions, as they won the Boys Triple Jump and the Girls Triple Jump. Silver medals went to Tevan Evans in the Boys High Jump and Breasha Waggoner in the Girls High Jump.
PIcking up bronze medals were Adarius Williams in the Boys Long Jump, Nadia Gaines in Girls Shot Put, and Klancy Sherrill in Girls High Jump.
All are moving on to compete in the Class 3A Region 1 Track & Field Meet that will be held next Friday and Saturday in Abilene.
SCHEDULE CHANGE!!
Our junior varsity baseball team will now play Windthorst here at Jabe Brazzle Field at 4 p.m., Monday. This is a JV only game day.
The talent of some of our students was on full display yesterday for the VHS Art Show! The art show was presented by our Art 3 and Art 4 students.
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Sophomore students in Mr. White's AP World History classes have been learning how to eat with chopsticks and they went on a field trip today to test their skills. The students enjoyed chicken fried rice at Vernon Burger. Although some may have struggled, no one left hungry!! A big "Thank you" to Vernon Burger for the great chicken fried rice.
Miller's Auction hosted Mr. White's senior Economics class earlier this week. The students toured the auction barn to get a glimpse of items to be included in an upcoming auction. They learned the "how to's" of running an auction and participated in a "live" auction. A big thanks to Royce and Brenda Miller for taking the time to host our students.
