Receiving our VMS Student of the Week honors for the last week of February were:
6th Grade -- Danna Reyes Villanueva & Jacob Azua (not pictured)
7th Grade -- Dakota Mitchell & Alexavier Maxwell
8th Grade -- Koral Grace (not pictured) & Adam Hernandez (not pictured)
Congratulations to these students.
We apologize for the delay in getting this recognition posted.
Introducing our 2025-26 VMS cheerleaders: (front row, from left) Maribel Lagunas, Paw Say, Trinity Villarreal, Blair Jasso, Ashlynn Torres and Isabella Brahier; (back row) Bryn Gardner, Payzlee Brannon, Praylee Patterson, mascot Lezah Lee, Brynlee Disbrow, Kynsleigh Hamm and Sophia Trejo. The cheerleaders were selected after tryouts were held the week before Spring Break.
It's time to PLAY BALL!!!!
Registration for the 2025 Kid League Baseball League is currently underway. Kid League has divisions for 5 year olds thru 8th grade students. Deadline to register is March 26.
Register at www.vernontxyouthbaseball.com
DEADLINE EXTENDED!!
It's not too late to register and get a t-shirt for our VMS Vernon Pride Stride 1K/5K Run/Walk!!
The event is scheduled for 6 p.m., Thursday, April 3. Check out the info and QR code on the flyer below. Order by end of day tomorrow, March 18, to guarantee a t-shirt!!
Mark your calendar -- Saturday, March 29!!
Our Community Resource Fair will be held at the VHS Cafeteria. There will be games and food -- including bounce houses, cornhole, face painting, popcorn, snowcones and more!!
More than 10 door prizes including a Fitbit and Amazon Tablet!
There will also be several local organizations providing information on resources available in the area.
REMINDER!!
Just in case you need it -- we spring forward tonight night!! Before you go to bed remember to set your clock 1 hour ahead! If you don't, you'll be running behind tomorrow!!
Congratulations to these students who will make up our 2025-26 VMS cheerleading squad!!
Here is the March Newsletter from our VISD Social Worker Nicole Cameron.
For the last couple of week the VMS 6th grade Gifted & Talented students have been researching a vacation destination. The groups then created a travel guide book to help people who would like to visit their destination. They also gave a presentation over their vacation destination.
This will be the Main Event at the Skandar Akbar Memorial Cup being held Saturday, March 29, at D.O. Fulton Gym. Vernon is home to the late legendary wrestler Skandar Akbar and this wrestling event is to honor him. The event, a six-man tag team tournament, is being presented by King of Sports Championship Wrestling. Check out the link to the video and learn more about this exciting event. https://youtu.be/e-bA0Cjs8JQ
We are getting a little head start on our Spring Break, as tomorrow is an Early Release Friday. We hope everyone has a safe, fun and relaxing Spring Break. Classes resume on Monday, March 17.
Vernon ISD will be on Spring Break March 8-16. We hope all of our students and their families, along with our teachers and staff enjoy the break and get the chance to do something fun and relax.
We will return on Monday, March 17, ready to hit the ground running as we close out the 2024-25 school year.
This week, March 2-8, is National School Social Worker Week, and Vernon ISD is lucky to have one of the best in Nicole Cameron. Nicole does an outstanding job covering our campuses and helping students and their families.
Receiving Middle School Student of the Week honors for this week are:
6th Grade -- Sadie Jones & Parker Kieschnick
7th Grade -- Naeveah Castillo & Jayden Romero
8th Grade -- Blakeney Downes & Sean Waggoner (not pictured)
Congratulations!!! We're proud of you!!
Here is the VISD cafeteria menu for March. All of our VISD students are eligible to receive a free breakfast and lunch every school day.
VMS held its drawing yesterday for the virtual reality META Quest headset that was the prize for the 4th Six Weeks Student Attendance Initiative. There was a drawing for each grade and the winners were: 6th Grade -- Evanny Quintero; 7th Grade -- Abel Galvan; and 8th Grade -- Charleigh Cooper. Students earned ticket for the drawing for each week they had perfect attendance during the 4th Six Weeks.
Quick reminder!
Tomorrow is an Early Release Friday for Vernon ISD students.
QUICK REMINDER!!
It is "Pajama For A Purpose Day" tomorrow! Students and staff at all campuses who want to wear their pajama pants (appropriate for school) Thursday may do for a $3 donation. The fundraiser is for a VMS student who lost all of their belongs in a recent house fire. Each campus will have a process in place to collect donations and identify those students who paid to wear their pajama pants.
Our 7th & 8th grade track teams competed in their first meet of the season yesterday in Bowie, and two school records were broken. Caylor Streit broke the 8th Grade Boys 300-meter Hurdle school record by 3 seconds, and Luke Payne broke the 7th Grade Boys 110-meter Hurdle school record. The 7th grade boys won all 3 of the meet relays, while the 8th grade mile relay team finished third.
The Vernon ISD 2025-26 school calendar was approved during last week's VISD School Board meeting. The first day of school for 2025-26 will be Aug. 13. The fall break is set for Oct. 17-20, and school will be dismissed for the entire week of Thanksgiving. The Christmas break will be from Dec. 20 thru Jan. 6, 2026. Next year's spring break is scheduled for March 7-15, 2026, and the last day of school will be May 21, 2026.
