From Vernon ISD to all of our staff family, all of of our students and their families, and to the Vernon community and all of our neighbors and friends, we hope you have a very, very Merry Christmas!!
Just a quick reminder that due to UIL regulations, all VISD athletic facilities will be closed until Dec. 27.
Earlier this week some of our seniors visited the residents of Eagle Flats Assisted Living to singing Christmas carols and wish them a Merry Christmas!
Our Lions will open their District 7-3A season on the road tonight as they will take on the Holliday Eagles in Holliday. The Lions' game will follow the Lady Lions' game and should start at approximately 7:30 p.m. Good luck Lions!! Let's start district off in style!!
Our Lady Lions hit the road this evening for a District 7-3A showdown in Holliday against the Lady Eagles. Vernon goes into this third district game with a 1-1 record in district, while Holliday is 0-1. The JV game will begin at 4:30 p.m., with the varsity game set to tip off at 6 p.m. Good luck Lady Lions!!
Tomorrow is Vernon ISD's last day before our Christmas Break and it is an early release day.
Our VHS Culinary Arts students prepared a wonderful Christmas dinner for our high school staff and other district employees. There was turkey, ham, dressing, corn casserole, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potato casserole, pea salad, broccoli salad, blueberry fluff and too many desserts to name!! It was delicious and no one left hungry!! Great job by our culinary arts students and teacher Mrs. Audrey Hastings!!
At Tuesday night's Vernon ISD board meeting two students on the VHS Esports team, Logan Wehrwein and Logan Luster were recognized. Logan Luster competed in a state competition in the video game "Street Fighter" and Logan Wehrwein just missed out on qualifying for the state meet.
Students in Mr. Joel Finnegan's physics class wrapped up their catapult project yesterday.
Here are a few more photos from today's "Warm and Cozy" day, the theme for Day 8 in our VHS 10 School Days of Christmas. Students definitely enjoyed enjoyed wearing pajamas to school.
Today was "Warm and Cozy" day of our VHS 10 School Days of Christmas, and students enjoyed wearing pajamas to school.
It was "Triplets Day" at VHS Wednesday as part of the 10 School Days of Christmas Days. The day was in honor of three students -- Will Castleberry, Bowie Eakin and Sriram Kadiyala -- who are the VHS Character Recognition Students of the Month for December. The three young men help clean the lunchroom after lunch every single day! They are the epitome of students who are kind and helpful, and who contribute to improving our school environment. "Triplets Day" was a fun way to recognize Will, Bowie and Sriram for their selfless contribution to VHS. Principal Dr. Jackson said VHS is proud and blessed to have students on our campus.
Our Lady Lions host City View tonight in their first District 7-3A home game of the season!! Both teams are currently 1-0 in district play. The JV game will begin at 4:30 p.m., with the varsity game set to start at approximately 6 p.m. Good luck Lady Lions!!!
Our Health Occupation students are sponsoring their 2nd blood drive of the year tomorrow at the VHS PE Gym. The blood drive is for Our Blood Institute, which supplies blood to all area hospitals including Wilbarger General Hospital. You can scan the QR code to schedule your appointment, or just show up at the PE Gym between 8:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Qualifying donors will receive a Christmas-themed t-shirt, a $15 Butterball coupon and a ticket to the Trail of Cheer in Lawton. This Christmas season give the gift that costs you nothing, but can save up to 3 lives!!
Today was "Grinchmas" of our 10 School Days of Christmas at VHS. Students and staff were encouraged to dress like the Grinch or wear something green.
Last Tuesday and Thursday our CNA students attended their first days of clinicals at Advanced Rehabilitation and Healthcare. They exceeded expectations and were bragged on by many residents and staff members. Great job!!
A big THANK YOU to the VMS and VHS PTO for delivering delicious s'mores to our teachers and staff on Friday! It brightened everyone's day and is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for your ongoing support of our schools!!
Here are more photos from Friday's Cupcake Wars in Mrs. Audrey Hastings third and seventh period Culinary Arts classes. Teams in each class not only baked their cupcakes, they also came up with a theme. For their theme, the teams decorated presentation boxes for their cupcakes and wrote a descriptive paragraph for the cupcakes using their theme. Judges came in to judge each class. Everyone did an amazing job!!
VHS was a war zone Friday -- for Cupcake Wars that is! Students in Mrs. Audrey Hastings third and seventh period Culinary Arts classes squared off in a cupcake showdown. Teams in each class not only baked their cupcakes, they also came up with a theme. For their theme, the teams decorated presentation boxes for their cupcakes and wrote a descriptive paragraph for the cupcakes using their theme. Judges came in to judge each class. Taking first place in the third period class was the 3 Little Pigs entry, while The Wizard of Oz was tops in the seventh period class. Everyone did an amazing job!!
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.
