Vernon High School

Our Lions wrap up the 2026 baseball season tonight as they travel to Bowie to square off against the Jackrabbits in a District 7-3A game. The game will begin at 7 p.m. Good luck Lions!! Close out the season in style!!

Good luck to our UIL academic regional qualifiers, as they compete in the Class 3A Region 1 UIL Regional Tournament today and tomorrow in Abilene. Competing at the regional meet will be Logan Wehrwein in Lincoln-Doubles Debate; Katelyn McLaughlin in Ready Writing; and A.J. Ragland in Current Events.

Select parents of students in our Special Education Program will be receiving an email about a survey in which Vernon ISD is federally required to participate. We encourage those who are selected to complete the survey. Your feedback directly impacts how VISD improves special education services; supports students and families; and recognizes areas of strength across our district.
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is collecting parent feedback, and Vernon Independent School District is participating!
🔹 Some families will be randomly selected by Gibson Consulting Group
🔹 If selected, you’ll receive an email with survey details
Deadline: May 22
If you receive the survey, please take a few minutes to respond—your feedback matters!

The Vernon Tennis Camp is scheduled for June 1-4, at the Ruben Vargas Tennis Courts, with additional courts at Vernon College being used if there are enough campers. Those campers 3 to 10 years of age will have camp three days (June 1-3), while campers from age 11 to 18 will have camp for four days (June 1-4). Registration can only be done online by scanning the QR code below. The deadline to register is May 29.

Students from our Culinary Arts program prepared and served the meal at the VISD Board of Trustees meeting held Monday evening. The students, along with teacher Mrs. Audrey Hastings, were then recognized by the district during the meeting. Students preparing and serving the meal were Natalynn Gomez, Gabby Lagunas, Christian Lira, Sharae Long, Jacklynn Maldonado, Nathanel Sanchez, Tyra Sparkman, and Nicholas Whatley.

The Vernon All-Star Olympics are being held Friday at the Boys & Girls Club. Students in pre-kindergarten thru high school from Vernon, Crowell and Quanah will be competing in track and field events, and will also be enjoying games and other activities at a fun station. Vernon is expecting close to 60 students to be participating in the event. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., with Opening Ceremonies scheduled for 9 a.m. Pre-K thru fifth grade students will begin competing at 9:15 a.m., while the sixth grade thru high school students will be at the fun station. At 10:15 a.m. they switch, with the older students competing in the track and field events and the younger students enjoying the fun station. Closing ceremonies are scheduled for 11:45 a.m. The event is open to the public and there will be a concession stand available for snacks.

The Lions played their baseball home finale last night at Jabe Brazzle Field and before the game got underway Lion seniors in baseball and track were honored, along with their parents. Three baseball players and seven track athletes participated in the Senior Recognition Night activities.

Prior to last night's baseball game Lady LIon seniors who participated in softball, track and golf were honored, along with their parents, during ceremonies on Senior Recognition Night. Nine seniors, 5 in track, 2 in softball, 1 in track and softball, and 1 in golf took part in the festivities.

During Monday night's board meeting Vernon ISD recognized our Teachers of the Year and Staff Members of the Year. Selected by their peers as Teachers of the Year were: Kristen Chavira, McCord Elementary; Kelli Coble, Vernon Elementary; Brady Parum, Middle School; Libbi Garnett, High School; and Shawn Gill, NTSH-AFP. Our Staff Members of the Year were: Sandra Edwards, McCord Elementary; Kathy Harlin, Vernon Elementary; Quinton Porter, Middle School; Hilda Moreno, High School; and Josie King, Wilbarger Shared Services Agreement. The district, along with the board of trustees, appreciate the hard work of these teachers and staff during this 2025-26 school year.

Our Lions play their final home baseball game of the season this evening, as they host the Bowie Jackrabbits for a District 7-3A contest. It is also Senior Night at Jabe Brazzle Field. Baseball, softball, golf and track seniors, along with their parents, will be recognized in ceremonies that get underway at 6:30 p.m. First pitch of the varsity game is set for 7 p.m. Good luck Lions!!

Students in Mr. Pedigo's chemistry class completed a fun -- and tasty -- experiment on Friday. They had the task of making s'mores as a way to help them learn and understand limiting reactants. From what we've heard, all outcomes of the experiment were properly destroyed, or devoured, as the case maybe.

CONGRATULATIONS!! To five of our Vernon Lion tennis players who punched their ticket to state today in Abilene!! Lily Beam and Will Castleberry are the Class 3A Region 1 Mixed Doubles champions, while the Boys Doubles duo of Jonathan Medina and Nevan Schur, and Hunter Boatman in Boys Singles, picked up silver medals. The first and second place finishers in each bracket qualify for the Class 3A Singles & Doubles Tournament. This is the third consecutive year for Jonathan and Nevan to reach the State Tournament, where they've finished second the two previous years. This is also the second straight trip for Will, who qualified for state last year with a different partner in Mixed Doubles.

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Thursday was a good day on the track for the Vernon Lions and Lady Lions, as 14 athletes finished in the top four in their event at the District 7-3A & 8-3A Area Track & Field Meet to move on to the 3A Region 1 Meet, where they have the opportunity to advance to the 3A State Meet.
Ten Lions qualified for the regional meet in 10 events, while four Lady Lions advanced to regionals in four events. To see all of the Vernon results from the meet, please click on this link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/2827918

As we head into the final Six Weeks of the 2025-26 school year, we want to let everyone know Vernon ISD will be operating on our original school calendar, which means no school on May 4 & 11. Also please remember we will have an early release on May 13 for the Santa Rosa Rodeo Parade, and on May 21, the last day of school.

Vernon ISD is currently experiencing an outage with our phone system. We are actively working with our carrier to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and restore service. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this time.

Eight of our VHS tennis players will be competing in the UIL Class 3A Region 1 Singles & Doubles Tournament that starts tomorrow at Rose Park Tennis Center in Abilene. The first two rounds of the tournament will be played Friday, with the semifinals and finals, along with the third-place matches and any playbacks,scheduled for Saturday. The top two finishers in each bracket advance to the state tournament. Good luck!! Punch those tickets to state!!

Last weekend, two VHS students who are members of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America club -- Katelyn McLaughlin and Ysabella Ampig -- competed at the FCCLA State Conference in Dallas. They presented their service project display "Paws for a Cause," after qualifying to present at State at a district conference held earlier this year. This is the first year for Vernon High to have an FCCLA club and club sponsor Mrs. Audrey Hastings said she was proud to have these students advance to the state level in their first year of competing.