Welcome back!!! To all of our VISD students!! We hope you had a wonderful Christmas Break and are ready to learn and have fun as we start the Spring Semester. Here's to a great Spring Semester!!
We are excited to welcome our students back tomorrow as we start the Spring Semester of the 2025-26 school year. Here is the cafeteria menu for January. Please remember all VISD students receive a FREE breakfast and lunch every school day in our cafeterias.
This morning, the Vernon Police Department and Vernon ISD welcomed Autumn Thames to their staffs. Autumn will hold the rank of lieutenant with the Vernon PD and will serve as VISD's Director of School Safety and Security, as well as be the School Resource Officer at McCord Elementary. Interim Supt. Dr. Blaise Boswell explained this is a newly-established position and reflects VISD's and Vernon PD's collaborative commitment to maintaining a safe and secure learning environment for all students, staff, and visitors.
The nomination window for our Vernon ISD Gifted and Talented Program is now open. The deadline to nominate a student is Monday, Jan. 19. Parents, teachers and others in the community can nominate students. Nominations will only be accepted via a Google Form you can access by scanning the QR code below, or by following this link: https://bit.ly/VISD-GTProgram
Parents/guardians will have two opportunities to attend an informational meeting on our GT program. Both meetings will be held Tuesday, Jan. 13, the first will be held at 1 p.m., at the VISD Boardroom, and the second will be held at 6 p.m., at the VHS Media Center.
Parents/guardians will have two opportunities to attend an informational meeting on our GT program. Both meetings will be held Tuesday, Jan. 13, the first will be held at 1 p.m., at the VISD Boardroom, and the second will be held at 6 p.m., at the VHS Media Center.
We would like to wish all of our students and their families, along with all of our VISD staff and their families a very Happy New Year!! We hope 2026 is the best year yet for everyone!!
On Thursday, students in Mrs. Julie Terry's 8th grade Honors class created food trucks connected to the novel they are reading, "The Giver." The book is a dystopian novel where everyone is the same and no one can see color. The students chose different characters to staff their food trucks and created menus that only connected back to the book. Some chose their menu by color, others by important symbols from the novel and others from giving the food names that tie to the novel. They created uniforms based on the novel, playlists, and eating utensils. Mrs. Terry said all of the students did very well.
Our Winter Formal was held Thursday evening and during the event a ceremony to crown our Winter Formal King and Queen for each grade was held. Selected as our Winter Formal Kings and Queens were: D'Angelo Galvan & Keely Lehman for 6th Grade; Lux Limon & Torren Adams for 7th Grade; and Bryson Boswell & Brillet Castillo Beltran for 8th Grade. Congratulations to them all!!
Earlier this week students in our VMS Life Skills class worked on their fine motor skills while decorating Gingerbread Houses as they began celebrating the Christmas season. They all did a great job.
When the dismissal bell rings today and our students leave our campuses, Vernon ISD will officially be on its Christmas Break. VISD staff will return and normal office hours will resume on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, while we will welcome our students back to the classroom on Wednesday, Jan. 7. We hope all of our VISD students and their families, along with all of our VISD family, has a wonderful Christmas Break.
Tomorrow is an Early Release Friday for Vernon ISD, as we start our Christmas Break. We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!!
The VMS Winter Formal will be held Thursday, with a Winter Formal King and Queen for each grade being crowned during the event. The 6th grade Winter Formal Queen nominees are Shiloh Williams, Moo Paw, Halle Morris, Keely Lehman, and Saydi Flynn. King nominees are Camden Castaneda, D'Angelo Galvan, Kaiden Ramirez, and Luke Luster. Not pictured is king nominee Jaxen Collier. The Winter Formal will begin at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, in the VMS Gym.
The 7th grade Winter Formal King and Queen will be crowned Thursday evening at our VMS Winter Formal. The 7th grade queen nominees include Veva Finnegan, Sadie Jones, Mia Lagunas, Landry Conley, and Torren Adams. The 7th grade king nominees are Kayden Contreras, Braxton Nail, Austin Lehman, and Lux Limon. Not pictured is king nominee Beckett Bayer. The Winter Formal will begin at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, in the VMS Gym.
The VMS Winter Formal will be held Thursday, with a Winter Formal King and Queen for each grade being crowned during the event. The 8th grade Winter Formal Queen nominees are Blakeleigh Stewart, Kenli Kajs, Kynsleigh Ham, Brillet Castillo, and Nevaeh Castillo. King nominees are Deavon Henslee, Marcus Hurtado, R.J. Villareal, and Jaiden Scales. Not pictures is king nominee Bryson Boswell. The Winter Formal will begin at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, in the VMS Gym.
Today, VMS & VHS PTO delivered a s’mores bar, smiles, and thank-yous to VHS and VMS teachers and staff, generously provided by Hillcrest Pharmacy, to celebrate the end of the third six weeks and first semester.
As a school district, strong community relationships are essential to a successful community. Thank you to the volunteers who showed up to deliver and to @Hillcrest Pharmacy for providing the treats!
Here’s to the last Teacher Appreciation cart of 2025! 🍫🔥
As a school district, strong community relationships are essential to a successful community. Thank you to the volunteers who showed up to deliver and to @Hillcrest Pharmacy for providing the treats!
Here’s to the last Teacher Appreciation cart of 2025! 🍫🔥
The Vernon ISD Band Program's Christmas Concert was presented Thursday evening, and one of the bands taking the stage was our VMS Symphonic Band. Here are highlights from their wonderful performance. https://youtu.be/jBTrx26Eg90
The second band to perform during Thursday night's Vernon ISD Band Program's Christmas Concert was our VMS Concert Band. Here are highlights from their time on the stage. https://youtu.be/v_kHXjcXgyY
Our Vernon ISD Band Program's Christmas Concert was held Thursday evening at the Wilbarger Auditorium. The first band to perform was our VMS Beginners Band. Here are highlights from their performance. https://youtu.be/PsimgFg7dUQ
Our VMS Symphonic Band was the third band to perform during the Vernon ISD Band Program's Christmas Concert, which was held Thursday evening at the Wilbarger Auditorium. They sounded wonderful and did a great job.
Our Vernon ISD Band Program's Christmas Concert was presented Thursday evening at the Wilbarger Auditorium. The second band to take the stage was our Vernon Middle School Concert Band. They sounded great.
Our Vernon ISD Band Program's Christmas Concert was presented Thursday evening at the Wilbarger Auditorium. Leading off the concert was our VMS Beginners Band. Most of these students have only been playing their instrument since September, and they did a great job.
