Vernon Middle School

On Saturday, the VMS tennis team played its final tournament of the Fall schedule and brought home some hardware!! Maebree McLennan captured first place in the Green Division Girls Singles, while Reid Coffee was the champion in Green Division Boys Singles. The doubles team of Kayson Villegas and Calvin Kemp took second in Green Division Boys Doubles. In the White Division, the duo of Ashlynn Torres and Camilla Gonzalez was third in Girls Doubles, and the team of Deavon Henslee and Jaidyn Chance was third in Boys Doubles. Congratulations to all!! Great job!

We're starting a new month!!! Here's our VISD Cafeteria menu for November.

THE LIONS ARE PLAYOFF BOUND!

Order your Lions playoff shirt today! Deadline is 11:59 PM Monday, November 3rd!

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Order Deadline: Monday, November 3 at 11:59 PM

Pickup Only (No Shipping): 3119 Wilbarger Street
Pickup Dates:
•Wednesday, November 12, and Thursday, November 13, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
•Friday, November 14, from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Daylight Savings Time ends Sunday!!
Remember to turn your clocks BACK before you go to bed Saturday night and enjoy that extra hour of sleep!!

Things were a little "Wicked" around VMS today, as we were visited by Elphaba and Glinda.

Halloween is fun for adults too!!! Just check out our Wilbarger Shared Services Arrangement (WSSA) staff in their 101 Dalmation costumes, and some of our VMS administrators and staff in their Ms. Pacman and ghosts attire.

Our Perfect Attendance award winners for the 2nd Six Weeks are: Matthew Servin, 6th Grade; Xander White, 7th Grade; and Ayden Cothran, 8th Grade. Each student received a $150 Amazon gift card. Great job guys!! And, great job to all those who had perfect attendance for the 2nd Six Weeks.

Our Lions are hosting Iowa Park in a football game here Friday night, but there's alot going on before, in the middle, and after the game. Check out the graphic below. So...plan to come early and stay late to cheer on and support all of our VISD students!!

This morning 43 students in our VMS Gifted & Talented Program went to Region 9 in Wichita Falls for an art seminar. They learned about additive sculpturing, and exquisite corpse art. The students enjoyed the seminar and had fun learning the new type of art.

Students receiving Vernon Middle School Student of the Week honors for last week are: 6th Grade -- Bernice Serrano & Jadon Pearl; 7th Grade -- Ashlynn Torres & Gabriel Sevilla Mendoza; and 8th Grade -- Alexis Owens & Jayden Bodine (not pictured). Congratulations!! Great job!!

Next week is Red Ribbon Week and all of our campuses will be participating in the activities, as we fight the war on drugs. It should be a fun week for our students.

PLEASE REMEMBER!
Although the football game is being played tonight in Bowie, tomorrow is still an early release Friday for Vernon ISD.

Just a reminder that our Vernon Middle School football and volleyball games are being played tonight in Bowie, along with our JV football game being played in Vernon.
Thursday all district campuses will operate on their regular school day schedule, and Friday will remain an early release day.

Our Roarin' Lion Band competed in the UIL Area Marching Contest Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls and received a Division 2 (Excellent) rating from the 3 judges. Band Director Jeremiah Hastings said he, assistant band director Matthew Golden and color guard sponsor Audrey Hastings are proud of the students and the hard work they put in this season. We agree!! We are so proud of the band and their directors. They've showed improvement every time they've taken the field and we know the future is very bright for our band program!!

Due to weather concerns for Friday night's Vernon-Bowie football game, the schools have agreed to move the game to Thursday. Kickoff is still set for 7 p.m., at Jackrabbit Stadium. However, due to that move, adjustments had to be made to other junior high and high school sports schedules. Please check the information below. The high school volleyball games had to remain on Friday, due to UIL's rule of one game per week. Athletic events that are played after school hours on Friday are considered to be on the weekend.

Vernon ISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward, Vernon High School Coach Brock Payne, and Lion Tyce Payne represented VISD in the Vernon Chamber of Commerce All-School's Bacon Eating Contest. The contest featured teams consisting of a superintendent, coach and athlete from the three school districts in Wilbarger County vying for the bacon eating title. Harrold won the event.

We should be receiving the proofs for our school pictures soon. However, to get an early look you can use Strawbridge's new Code Lookup Tool. Just scan the QR code on the flyer below and follow the directions to access your child's picture ordering gallery. The access code is the student's last name and student's ID number. If you have trouble with the online lookup tool, contact the Strawbridge Customer Service team via live chat on their website, www.strawbridge.net

Thursday all VISD campuses will be operating on their early release schedules. Classes will be dismissed early and will not resume until Tuesday, Oct. 21, as VISD will be on a mini-Fall Break.

VISD will be on a mini-Fall Break Oct. 17-20. We will resume classes on Tuesday, Oct. 21. We hope all of our students, their families and our VISD family are all able to take a breath and recharge your batteries, as we head into the second half of the Fall Semester.

Tonight's the night!!
You are invited to the Vernon Middle School Fall Festival on Tuesday, October 14th from 5:30–8:00 PM in the VMS Gym!
We’ll kick off the evening with a Chicken Spaghetti Dinner served from 5:30–6:30 PM (presale only). After 6:30, any remaining meals will be available until sold out.

🎃 Festival Highlights Include:
Pumpkin Painting
Haunted House
Fun Booths & Games

And much more!
All proceeds raised will directly benefit our VMS students through:

Reward Field Trips
Attendance Incentives
The Lion Buck Store
And other student programs