We have a great transportation crew!!
If you see a school bus driver today, offer them a "Thank you" for ensuring our students make it to their campus safely.
National School Bus Driver Appreciation Day, April 25, 2023.
The team of Thomas Campbell, Mike Campbell, Matt Campbell and Clark Campbell took first place in the 1st Annual Vernon ISD Education Foundation Drive to Thrive Golf Tournament. Second place went to Nathan Mayo, J.J. Oznick, Andy Hawkins and Heath Cardwell, while Jim Parmer, Sandie Parmer, Ed Marsh and Danny Woodard finished third on a scorecard playoff, and Nick Hutchins, Reba Hutchins, Jason Hutchins and Kathy McClellan took fourth. The money raised for the newly-formed foundation will go toward a future scholarship, and help with educational needs in the classrooms. VISD would like to thank all of those who played and sponsored the tournament for their support. Sponsors for the tournament were: WRA Architects; Alpha Consulting Engineers; Vernon Auto Group; American Electric Power Foundation; Hillcrest Pharmacy; Pierce-Murray Land Solutions; Dean & Karen Gfeller; OK Concrete; Syntrio; and Waste Connections.
Here are more photos from Saturday's 1st Annual Vernon ISD Foundation Drive to Thrive Golf Tournament. Despite the cold, everyone had a great time. The money raised for the newly-formed foundation will go toward a future scholarship, and help with educational needs in the classrooms. VISD would like to thank all of those who played and sponsored the tournament for their support.
Here are photos of some of the 18 teams that competed in the 1st Annual Vernon ISD Education Foundation Drive to Thrive Golf Tournament that was held Saturday at the Hillcrest Country Club. The money raised for the newly-formed foundation will go toward a future scholarship, and help with educational needs in the classrooms.
The Vernon High School One-Act play cast will perform their winning play "Typhoid Mary" for two public performances this weekend. The play will be performed at 6:30 p.m., Friday, at the Wilbarger Auditorium, and at 2 p.m., Saturday, at the VHS Cafeteria. Tickets are $5 for either performance. This year the VHS One-Act play advanced out of District and Bi-District, but fell just short of advancing out of the Area competition to the Regional round.
Our FFA students have been working on growing their plants for their annual Plant Sale! The sale will be held on Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., or when sold out. The sale will be held at the FFA Green House on the campus of Vernon High School. Check it out!! They're going to have some great plants. The second attachment includes the list of the plants they will be selling.
Central Elementary students display signs showing their support for the members of the Vernon Lions tennis team heading to the state tournament as they wait for the vehicles carrying the students to drive by this morning so they can send them off in style!
The Lions were originally scheduled to close out their home baseball season at Jabe Brazzle Field Tuesday night, however the game has been moved to today due to a higher chance for rain tomorrow. The varsity game against City View will start at 5 p.m., with the JV game to follow. Between games, a Senior Recognition ceremony will be held honoring this year's four seniors -- Sawyer Brannon, Beau Gearld, Lavery Gonzales and Ayden Smith.
Don't miss out on the VMS 2022-23 Yearbook!!!
Orders are no longer being taken at the school, but you can still get yours today!! Check out the information below.
It's not quite summer just yet, but it will be here before you know. Check out the info below on the Vernon Lion Tennis Camp.
Good morning VMS Families. Set your calendars for the VMS 8th grade recognition ceremony. This event will take place on May 19th, 2023 tentatively at 1:30 PM in the auditorium. We would love for our 8th grade students to dress their best for this event. Photo opportunities and snacks will be provided. Yes, parents and families are invited to attend this event. I will send additional information once all details are finalized. Thank you.
Congratulations to the following students of the week!
6th grade: Jordyn Briggs and Marco Garcia
7th grade: Ysabella Ampig and George Knight
8th grade: Madyson Zamora and Tristan Arrelanos
Vernon High School cheerleader tryouts were held last month, and the judges selected 21 young ladies to be members of the 2023-24 cheerleading squad. Next year's cheerleaders, with next year's grade classification, are: (front row, from left) freshmen Alyssa Adams, Natalynn Gomez, Claire Mayo, Ariana Mendoza and Kaydence Smith; (second row) sophomores Zayley Horn, Brooklyn Harjo, Jeana Martinez, Aaliyah Moralez, Olivia Carr, Klancy Sherrill and Abril Torrez; (third row) juniors Emily Garcia and Aubrey Castorena; seniors Marli Limon and Analena Guerrero; juniors Mijah Johnson and Yuleyka Ramirez; (back row) seniors Rilynn Mason and Jairy Vazquez; and junior Courtney Saylor.
Good morning VMS families. I want to let you know that over the next few weeks you will be receiving a lot of communication from VMS regarding school trips, assemblies, end of year events and so forth. Please keep your eye out for these notifications. Thank you all.
Vernon Middle School Teacher of the Year Misti Dickerson and Staff Member of the Year Juan Lopez received certificates of recognition from VISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward and VMS Principal Chad Burnheimer Monday evening during the VISD Board of Trustees regular monthly meeting.
Vernon ISD Teachers of the Year and Staff Members of the Year for each campus were recognized last night by the VISD trustees during their regular monthly meeting. Teachers of the Year for 2022-23 are Doug Patterson, Vernon High School; Misti Dickerson, Vernon Middle School; Courtney Jansa, Shive Elementary; Michelle Spencer, Central Elementary; and Denise Thomas, McCord Elementary.
Staff Members of the Year are Juan Lopez, Vernon Middle School; TiSierra White, Shive Elementary; Kelli Coble, Central Elementary; Adela Durham, Vernon High School; and LaMisa Moore, McCord Elementary.
Attention parents: STAAR tests are fast approaching! Please encourage your student to get a good night of sleep the night before a test, eat a filling breakfast the morning of a test, wear comfortable clothing, bring a book to their testing room with them, and to take their time and try their best!
We are very honored to announce Misti Dickerson as our teacher of the year and Juan Lopez as our staff of the year! Vernon Middle School is lucky to have both of you on our team! Congratulations!
Please be aware that Skyward is doing some updates to improve security of their platform. After this update occurs, you may be required to create a new password for your Skyward account when you log in. We do not know the exact date of this update, but expect it to be within the next week. If you are not prompted to create a new password, then your password already complies with their new updates. We just wanted our parents to be aware in case they see the new password prompt upon signing in to Skyward. This will affect both parent and student logins.
Rev. Anthony Inman, pastor of the First Methodist Church, delivers a check to Vernon ISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward and Skyler Boatman, VISD Director of Child Nutrition Services, to cover all outstanding cafeteria charges for VISD students for the spring semester. This marks the second year for First Methodist Church to pay off the cafeteria outstanding charges for all VISD students.
