Vernon High School

Vernon ISD parents, did you know that you can now view your student's STAAR scores through Skyward? You simply login to your Skyward Access (bit.ly/VISDSkyward) and follow the directions in this video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PBudNaCmIWEBfhnD24b81opyMrwOo6MM/view?usp=sharing If you have questions, forgot your Skyward Access login, or have other concerns, please email chantilly.sweet@visdtx.org.

SAVE THE DATE!!! Join us on March 25, 2023, for our Community Resource Fair. For more information, please reach out to Nicole Cameron at nicole.cameron@visdtx.org or (940)553-1900, ext. 2248.

Ms. Shafer has been teaching our students about Plant Science this school year. They have learned how to propagate plants (cutting a big mother plant into smaller plants), and even planted some of these by seeds. They have learned that sometimes propagating, and even planting seeds, doesn't work and that it is okay. These students have been putting in a lot of effort and worked on getting their hands dirty to create something beautiful. Here are just a few things our students have planted so far this year: -Yellow Squash -Purple and Green Sweet Potato Vine (big pots and little pots) -Aloe Vera -Green Bell Peppers -Sweet Peppers -Hot Peppers -Peppermint -Oregano -Tomatoes -Airplane/Spider plant -Wandering Jew -Fireball Marigolds -Hens and chicks succulents - 4'oclocks -Oopsie seeds (a package that just had a random type of seed) Keep learning! You are doing a fantastic job!

Dr. Harrison is here today visiting with our VMS and VHS students about bullying prevention. This morning he was at the high school and this afternoon he'll be talking to our middle school students. Our students were great in the presentation and by now I am no longer even surprised! Please remember that Dr. Harrison will be at the Wilbarger Auditorium TONIGHT at 6:00pm for our parents and the community. Please come out and participate so that we can all work together to prevent bullying in our schools.

I maintain that VISD kids are collectively the best kids I have ever been around. Our kids consistently demonstrate to me that they are not resistant to working within the expectations that we set for them. Although expectations for our students existed here before me, I encourage each staff member in this district to evaluate those expectations and ask themselves are there opportunities to elevate our current expectations thus forcing our kids to perform at an even higher level. While I do not consider bullying to be a critical issue in VISD, it is an issue that I want us to address. We have a responsibility to the community, and to our kids, to be proactive in our planning. For this reason, we are bringing Dr. George Harrison to Vernon to speak to our students. He will be meeting with the VMS and VHS students during the school day. In addition, we have asked him to meet with our community and parents as well. We want everyone to work together to help prevent bullying. I am encouraging each VISD parent to support the district’s effort and attend the parent presentation on bullying on Tuesday night at 6:00pm at Wilbarger Auditorium. Dr. Ward

🥎SOFTBALL GAME CHANGE🥎 The softball games against City View scheduled for Tuesday, February 28, have been moved to Wednesday, March 1st. Varsity will play at 5:00pm with JV following at about 7:00pm. This move was needed because of the Boys Basketball playoffs.

*THIS SCHEDULE WAS JUST UPDATED ON 3/2. PLEASE SEE THIS POST FOR THE NEW SCHEDULE* Here is the tentative Purple & White Relays track schedule for Friday, March 3, 2023.

Here are the results from the Breckenridge Track Meet that took place on Thursday. Congratulations to our students and coaches for all of their hard work! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FbVqQ_IySbFu0mlFyxtlSZfIIy4dNuiy/view?usp=share_link

🏀AREA CHAMPIONS🏀 Your Vernon Lions beat the Brady Bulldogs tonight to become Area Champions! Onto the Regional Quarterfinals next! Regional Quarterfinals WHO: Vernon Lions vs. Brock Eagles WHEN: Monday, February 27, at 6:30pm WHERE: Graham High School

🎾Vernon Tennis Tournament in Wichita Falls🎾 Congratulations to Kinsey Weatherly and Paige Patterson who won first in girls doubles and Presleigh Smith and Aleya Goco got second! Congratulations ladies and way to represent VHS!!

🥎SOFTBALL GAME CHANGES FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY🥎 The softball games scheduled for today, Friday, February 24, in the Archer City Tournament have been cancelled. We will be playing the following games tomorrow (Saturday): 12:45pm: Vernon vs. Electra at Holliday 4:15pm: Vernon vs. Archer City at Archer City

Here is the track schedule for the Breckenridge Relays tomorrow, Thursday, February 23. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tPNGpUJfCaf734pwgDVnNVmp3xWiVSYrEKPpYL8T064/edit?usp=sharing

Today, I sat in on the ACT prep sessions with all VHS 11th graders that we arranged. I am very proud of the effort and attentiveness of our kids as they learned quite a bit about the needed approach to being successful on the ACT test. The district paid for each 11th grader to have access to this opportunity and will follow this up with paying for each and every 11th grader at VHS to take the ACT on campus in a few weeks. Districts often say that they have high expectations for each student, yet will stumble when asked for proof. This is just one demonstration of our proof. ALL really does mean ALL in V.I.S.D. and I am loving it. Dr. Kermit Ward Superintendent

🏀AREA CHAMPIONSHIP GAME🏀 WHO: Vernon Lions vs. Brady Bulldogs WHERE: Anson High School WHEN: Friday, February 24 at 8pm Adults $5 and Students $3 Tickets will be sold at the gate. THSCA, TABC, District 5 and 7 3a, and senior passes will be accepted. Home: Vernon Visitor: Brady *Comments have been turned off due to the high volume of spam comments and links that have recently been posted on our posts from fake accounts.

Vernon ISD is bringing in Dr. Harrison to talk to our students and community about bullying prevention. Dr. Harrison will be at the following locations on February 28. - Vernon High School to meet with the students at 9:00am - Vernon Middle School to meet with the students at 1:30pm - Wilbarger Auditorium to meet with the parents and the community at 6:00pm We look forward to working with our students and the community to prevent bullying.

The 1st Annual Vernon ISD Education Foundation 4-person Golf Scramble is scheduled for April 22, 2023. All are welcome to participate! The Vernon ISD Education Foundation is a non-profit organization, created to uphold our mission of being an exemplary education community. In this inaugural year, the Foundation aims to raise funds to support teachers and staff in their role of increasing achievement and academic success for our students. Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, please contact Kori Eakin at kori.eakin@visdtx.org or by phone (940)553-1900 ext. 2229.

🏀BI-DISTRICT CHAMPS🏀 Tonight our Vernon Lions beat the Early Longhorns 58-46 to win the first playoff game since 2008! Congratulations!!!

Our girls powerlifting ended their regular season this past week and we have quite a few that qualified for regionals! Congratulations to our girls powerlifting regional qualifiers: 97- Zayley Horn 114- Carolyn Lucio 114- Jeana Martinez 114- Hser Soe 123- ZayLeigh Sweet 123- Yuleyka Ramirez 123- Mari Jasso 132- Courtney Saylor 148- Kellan Byars 148- Alyssa Andora 259+- Kamryn Hall The regional meet with be Saturday, March 4, at 2:30 pm at Shamrock High School.

🥎SOFTBALL GAME CANCELLED🥎 The softball game against Windthorst tomorrow, February 21, at home has been cancelled.

Congratulations to Sophomore McKyla Myers for placing 5th with her Hampshire pig at the San Antonio Stock Show! Great job, we are proud of you!