Vernon Middle School

Our Middle School campus will be kicking off a Hygiene Drive on Monday. Items collected will be provided to students in need throughout the district. If you would like to donate, give your items to a VMS student, or take them to the VMS office. The 2nd period class with the most items donated will receive a Candy Apple Party.

This week Vernon ISD has an early release for students on Friday. We hope our students enjoy getting a jump on starting their weekend!!

Yesterday AG teacher Jakelyn Quisenberry took her VMS and VHS students on a field trip to watch the Southwest Cattledog Association Regional Trials that are being held at the Wilbarger County Covered Event Center. Local competitor Cody Bell spoke to some of the students about training and showing cattle dogs.

To celebrate the end of another six weeks, the VES, VMS, and VHS PTO groups delivered a sweet treat to every staff member on their campus, along with bottled water generously provided by Texas Credit. We appreciate our amazing parents for their ongoing support. Your efforts mean so much to our district and to each and every campus. THANK YOU!!!

The Lions Roar Tailgate held Friday leading up to the Lions' game against Bowie was a fantastic success! From busy food trucks to kids enjoying all the games, it was an evening full of fun and community spirit. A huge thanks goes out to everyone who set up, participated, and came out to make this event amazing! When our school and community comes together, great things happen. Here's to positive collaboration for a thriving town and school system!!

TODAY!!!! Don’t forget to attend the 2nd Annual LIONS ROAR Tailgate! Come get food before the game and tailgate with your friends! 📍 Location: Vernon Elementary School ⏰ Time: Starts at 4:30 PM. 🍔 Food Trucks: •CMC Wiches on Wheels •The Snack Spot •Bradford’s Fish Haus •La Guera Autentica •Redbone Indian Tacos 🎯 Games & Activities: •McCord PTO: Face Painting •Vernon Elementary PTO: Lucky Lion & Lion Swag •VMS & VHS PTO: Matching Ducks & Lion Swag •National Junior Honor Society: Blinko •Texas Credit: Cornhole •Vernon College: Bucket Ball Toss See you there! No alcohol allowed.

DPS Trooper Gutierrez stopped by VMS Wednesday and left several packs of Pokemon cards and baseball cards with our SRO Officer Adams. The cards will go in the PBIS Lion Bucks store and VMS students will be able to purchase the cards with the Lion Bucks they earn for good conduct and behavior.

During this November election, Vernon ISD is conducting a special election to fill the unexpired term for Place 3 on the VISD Board of Trustees. Here are the 5 candidates for the seat in the order they appear on the ballot.

We are selling shirts, sweatshirts, and hoodies as a fundraiser for our Middle School Student Activity Fund. If you would like to order one of these "Lion Pride" items, print and fill out the attached form, and drop the form and money off at the VMS office.

Last Saturday the Vernon Roarin' Lion Band competed in the UIL Region 7 Marching Contest. The band earned an Excellent Rating (Division 2) from all three judges. That is the second-highest rating a band can receive. Band Director Jeremiah Hastings said the band performed one of its best-sounding shows of the year! He added that he and Assistant Band Director Matthew Golden are very proud of the students' hard work, growth and performance this marching season and look forward to what they will achieve throughout the rest of the year and beyond!

Vernon ISD is conducting a Fall Parent Survey and we need YOUR input. If you are a parent or guardian of a student who attends VISD, please take a moment to complete this survey. VISD values your input and we need your input to help identify areas where we are succeeding as well as areas where we still have work to do. To take the short survey, please follow this link: https://surveys.panoramaed.com/visdtx/3121598126/surveys or scan the QR code on the flyer below. The deadline to complete the survey is Nov. 1.

Don’t forget to attend the 2nd Annual LIONS ROAR Tailgate on October 25th! Come get food before the game and tailgate with your friends! 📍 Location: Vernon Elementary School ⏰ Time: Starts at 4:30 PM. 🍔 Food Trucks: •CMC Wiches on Wheels •The Snack Spot •Bradford’s Fish Haus •La Guera Autentica •Redbone Indian Tacos 🎯 Games & Activities: •McCord PTO: Face Painting •Vernon Elementary PTO: Lucky Lion & Lion Swag •VMS & VHS PTO: Matching Ducks & Lion Swag •National Junior Honor Society: Blinko •Texas Credit: Cornhole •Vernon College: Bucket Ball Toss See you there! No alcohol allowed.

On Monday, our VMS Life Skills students were among others from VISD who visited the Sweet Pickins Pumpkin Patch in Altus. From the photos, they had a blast sliding down the pipe slide, digging in the corn bin and playing all the pumpkin games.

VISD is participating in the Texas Education Agency's special education Differentiated Monitoring & Support process, and that includes a survey for anyone associated with the district -- parent, teacher, staff, and administrator. All information you share is confidential and will only be reviewed internally to assist TEA with the monitoring process. Please follow this link to go to the survey: https://tea.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1U1DJhIjLATIqR8

Last Saturday our Roarin' Lion Band competed in the Seymour Marching Festival. The band received a Superior Rating (1) for music and an excellent rating (2) for marching!! The band also received the caption for Best Auxiliary at the competition. Band Director Jeremiah Hastings said he and assistant band director Matthew Golden were very proud of the band's performance at the festival. The Roarin' Lion Band will compete in the UIL Region 7 Marching Contest this Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls. Vernon is scheduled to take the field at 9:50 a.m. GOOD LUCK BAND!!!!

Thanksgiving is 6 weeks away, but it's not to early to start training for the VHS Turkey Trot!! The 5K Turkey Trot will be held on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, at Lion Stadium. There will be a Kids' Fun Run that starts at 9 a.m., with the 5K Turkey Trot set to start at 9:15 a.m. The deadline to register and secure a t-shirt is Nov. 13. The event is sponsored by Texas Farm Bureau Insurance in Vernon. The event is hosted by the Vernon High School National Honor Society and Student Council. All proceeds from the event benefit VISD at-risk youth.

Next week, VMS will be decked out in pink for the Pink Out Pep Rally that will be held at 3:20 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24, prior to th junior high football game against Bowie. VMS students and staff, wear your pink proudly next Thursday!!

Our Vernon ISD Fall Break is officially underway. We hope everyone has a great loooong weekend and we can't wait to see everyone back in their classrooms on Tuesday!!

Receiving our VMS Student of the Week honors for last week are: 6th Grade -- Karina Din & Phillip Hunter 7th Grade -- Bella Salazar & Damien Walker 8th Grade -- Nyairah Massenburg & Aiden Trejo Great job students!! Congratulations!!

The 8th grade students in Mrs. Kelly Boswell's science classes have been learning about Newton's 3 Laws of Motion. As a project, teams of two students each designed a Newton's Cradle to demonstrate Newton's 3rd law of motion (action-reaction). Other teachers had a chance to judge all the entries and cast their vote. The winners were: Best Overall -- Charleigh Cooper & Blakeney Downes; Best Working -- Julian Luna & Isabella Nino; Most Creative -- Jaelle Guerrero & Ava Lagunas Here are a photos of the entries.