Vernon High School

For the THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR, VHS's entry in the Traditional Animation Category of the Class 1A-3A UIL Film Competition has advanced to the State Film Festival that will be held in Austin later this month. The entry "A Tail of Two Lives" was produced by student Garrett Munson, who is making his third trip to the State Film Festival. The entry advanced from the semifinal round of competition and is one of the top 6 entries submitted in the Traditional Animation Category. To watch "A Tail of Two Lives" (you better have some tissue handy) click on this link: https://youtu.be/Z7M7DyDNGJY

For the FIRST TIME EVER Vernon High School's entry in the Narrative Category of the Class 1A-3A UIL Film Competition has advanced to the State Film Festival that will be held in Austin later this month. The entry "HIM IN BLACK: The Investigation" was produced by Donivan Montano, Malahki Propes-Scott, Jacob Brown, and Kenneth Cordero. The top 6 submissions in each film category advance from the semifinal round to the State Film Festival. To view "HIM IN BLACK: The Investigation" just click on this link: https://youtu.be/WO0d0yl4Zm0?si=Mwv-U5BOB72P4cw1

Several weeks ago the UIL Film Competition began and Vernon High School submitted three films in the Class 1A-3A Division. In the Documentary Category, Vernon's entry was "Garrett's Pumpkins" produced by Garrett Munson, Kenneth Cordero, Rodrigo Olivas, Logan Luster, Logan Wehrwein, and Nicholas Baird. Their entry advanced to the semifinals, but was not selected to advance to the State Film Festival.
To view "Garrett's Pumpkins" click this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNun-Ke0UqI

Students in Mrs. Butler’s Principles of Arts, A/V Technology, and Communications classes spent the past two weeks creating a news cast from the ground up. They came up with their own stories, created scripts, filmed, and edited the entire project. This idea stemmed from Mrs. Butler’s time spent at KFDX this summer during her externship.

This year, VHS is offering seniors an opportunity to purchase and decorate a ceiling tile for the college they will be attending next fall. Kamryn Hall was the first senior to purchase and complete decorating a ceiling tile, and it was put up last week. Seniors wishing to decorate a ceiling tile to show what college they will be attending can contact counselor Sandra Kieschnick.

Due to the City of Vernon being under a Water Boil Order, we are cancelling school Monday. We will be purchasing pallets of water tomorrow and setting up alternate hand-washing stations at all campuses. We will have school on our regular schedule on Tuesday.
If the Water Boil Order is still in place on Tuesday, all students will receive a bottle of water in the morning and another bottle of water at lunch.

The signup period for students wishing to tryout for the VHS 2026-27 cheerleading squad opens tomorrow. The deadline to sign up is Saturday, Feb. 14. Parent meetings will be held at 6 p.m., on both Feb. 18 and Feb. 25, in the VHS cafeteria. A parent of anyone trying out for cheerleader MUST attend one of the meetings. To sign up, scan the QR code below or click this link to complete the application https://bit.ly/VHScheer26-27 Students must use their VISD email address to sign up.

Last Thursday, students in Mrs. Hastings Culinary classes turned into cookie detectives. Students prepared a standard chocolate chip cookie recipe, but each recipe had a missing or extra ingredient. After all cookies were prepared, the students went around and investigated each batch of cookies. Their job was to find the error in each recipe. Exercises like this help our students grasp a deeper understanding of baking and how the ingredients work together to make a baked good.

Vernon Lion Bowie Eakin finished 5th in the 165-pound weight class in the Class 5A Region 1 Wrestling Tournament held in Lubbock this weekend. Bowie is an alternate to the Class 5A State Wrestling Tournament in his weight class. The State Wrestling Tournament will be held next week. Carlito Rodriguez advanced to the regional tournament in the 175-pound class, but did not place.

This week is School Counselor Appreciation Week and Vernon ISD would like to give a shoutout to our amazing counselors. These ladies care about both the students and staff on their campuses. They do an outstanding job of offering help when needed and on finding resources that can help our students be successful. A big THANK YOU TO: Ashley Bloom, McCord Elementary; Sierra Thomas, Vernon Elementary; Rachel Schur, Vernon Elementary & Middle School; Misti Dickerson, Middle School; and Sandra Kieschnick and Carol Taylor, High School.

Our Lions will square off against the Jackrabbits tonight in a District 7-3A game being played in Bowie. In the first round, these two teams went into overtime before Bowie managed to take the win. The game will begin at approximately 8 p.m., following the varsity girls' game. Tickets must be purchased online at https://events.hometownticketing.com/boxoffice/bowieisd/L2VtYmVkL2FsbA%3D%3D
Good luck Lions!!

Our Lady Lions are traveling to Bowie today for a District 7-3A game against the Lady Rabbits. This is the last road game of the season for the Lady Lions. The game will start at approximately 6:30 p.m., and tickets must be purchased online at https://events.hometownticketing.com/boxoffice/bowieisd/L2VtYmVkL2FsbA%3D%3D

📣 Vernon ISD Parent FYI — Progress Reports Are Coming!

It’s progress report time! BUT… did you know you don’t have to wait on progress reports to know how your child is doing?
Life gets busy, and sometimes a failing grade sneaks up on us before we know it. Don’t let that happen! Skyward can send daily progress reports, so you and your child can address concerns early — before it’s too late!
Help us help your child succeed! We appreciate your partnership and support!
Here’s how to set it up in Skyward:
Log in to Skyward
Go to Family Access
Click My Account
Scroll to Email Notifications
Check the box to receive grading emails for your student
Enter the grade minimum you want to be notified about (your choice)
You can also check the box to receive daily progress reports
Click Save

A quick setup today can prevent surprises later and helps everyone stay on track. ✔️

Let’s finish the grading period strong, Lions! 🦁

Two of our Vernon Lion wrestlers -- Bowie Eakin and Carlito Rodriguez -- are competing today and tomorrow in the Class 5A Region I Wrestling Tournament in Lubbock. Bowie will compete in the 165-pound class after taking second at district and Carlito will compete in the 175-pound class after finishing fourth at district. Two additional Vernon wrestlers -- Merrick Byars (126-pound class) and Isaiah Garcia (132-pound class) -- are alternates to the regional tournament and will find out today if they get to compete in the tournament.
Good luck to all of our Lion wrestlers!! We know you will make us proud!!

LOCATION CHANGE!!
Tomorrow's baseball scrimmage with Burkburnett has been moved from Jabe Brazzle Field to Chap Field on the campus of Vernon College. The start time will remain 4:30 p.m.

With UIL realignment comes a new football schedule with new opponents. The Lions' 2026 schedule has just four district games and those four opponents haven't changed -- Bowie, Boyd, Paradise, and Peaster. However, the non-district schedule is completely different, with the only holdover opponent from last year's non-district slate is City View. Vernon will be playing another team from last year's schedule, Iowa Park, but it will now be a non-district game, with the Hawks moving up to Class 4A. The 2026 meeting with the Hawks will be the 56th consecutive season for Vernon and Iowa Park to battle it out on the gridiron.
New teams filling out the non-district schedule include Mineral Wells, Wellington, Perryton, and Idalou.

Groundhog Day was Monday, but Wednesday was Shadowing Day for 57 Vernon High School seniors, as they visited local businesses and companies to get a taste of what a “day in the life” of someone working in their chosen career might look like. From bakers to welders and teachers to doctors, our students had the opportunity to follow local residents and see what happens during a regular work day. To find out more, including all the businesses that partnered with us on this project, please click on this link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/2684119

Saturday is the day!!
Our VHS chapter of FCCLA is partnering with the Wilbarger Humane Society to host an adoption drive from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Saturday, in the United Supermarket parking lot. There are many animals in need of a loving home that are ready to meet their furever family. If you can't adopt right now, you can still be a part of the event. Supplies and monetary donations will be accepted. You can stop by the event and grab a wishlist of items the Humane Society needs, or you can scan QR code that will be onsite to make a direct donation.
Don't forget -- this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., at the United Supermarket!!

Last night our girls' basketball teams were recognized during halftime of the Lady Lions' game against Henrietta. Unfortunately, not all of our players were able to make it to the game, but those who were there were recognized at mid-court and took a picture with the Lady Lions. We look forward to seeing these ladies competing on the court at D.O. Fulton Gym in the future.

Congratulations!!!
The District -3A Cross Examination Debate Tournament was held recently at Holliday High School, and our students captured second place!! Six students make up the team, with the students broken into three duos to compete. Logan Luster and A.J. Ragland finished fifth, while Jacobi Pedigo and Grant Penter finished sixth, and Leah Mena and Emily Contreras finished seventh. The points each duo received were added together for the overall team score. We're very proud of all of them!!