A few shots from the welcome home the Lion tennis players receive once they reached the VHS Ruben Vargas Tennis Complex
Check out all the hardware the Lions tennis players brought home!!
Historic! Record-setting! Dominating! That is what the Vernon Lions did at the Class 3A UIL Singles & Doubles State Tennis Tournament this week in San Antonio. We had qualifiers in four of the five events and the Lions claimed four state titles and a state-runner up, as we had an all-Vernon battle in Girls Doubles. To check out the full story, click on the following link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/1091184
TOTAL DOMINATION!!! There were 5 state titles up for grabs at the Class 3A UIL Singles & Doubles State Tennis Tournament and Vernon captured four of them. That's on top of the 3A Team Tennis State title the Lions tennis team won in March!
Amazing and historic season for the VHS tennis program!!! Congrats to coaches and players!!! You make us PROUD!!
The Vernon High School FFA annual plant sale will be held Thursday and Friday. Small round pots sale for $2.50, while hanging pots sale for $10
We have some STATE CHAMPIONS!!!
More results to come!!
This school year comes to a close in a month....and we are 4 months away from the kickoff of the 2023 Vernon Lion football season!!! Mark your calendars today!! It's going to be a great season!!!
Happy Administrative Professionals Day!!! You guys ROCK!!!
GOOD LUCK!!!!
To these 9 Lion tennis players as they go for the gold today at the Class 3A UIL Singles & Doubles State Tennis Tournament. Presleigh Smith in Girls Singles; Kinsey Weatherly and Kell Castleberry in Mixed Doubles; Dane Kieschnick and Max Jones in Boys Doubles; and Audi Goodman and Kristina Urista and Paige Patterson and Aleya Goco in Girls Doubles. Final matches are scheduled to start at 10 a.m., in San Antonio.
Vernon ISD is required to participate in The Texas Parent Special Education Involvement Survey. Very soon randomly selected parents will receive an invitation by email to complete the survey. The email will include instructions, a link to the survey and a PIN. If you receive an email, please complete the survey. If you have questions, or lose your PIN, please contact Kari Young at 940-553-1900.
A STAAR Pep Rally was held this afternoon to pump up the Vernon Middle School students who begin their testing Wednesday. The students had fun watching dinosaurs dance, cheering with the cheerleaders, competing in a race and dancing. Principal Chad Burnheimer gave a quick motivational speech during the rally.
These 9 VHS tennis players won their semifinal matches today and will be battling for state titles tomorrow in the Class 3A UIL Singles & Doubles State Tournament in San Antonio. Presleigh Smith will be going for the Girls Singles crown, while Max Jones and Devin Kieschnick will be going for the Boys Doubles title and the duo of Kinsey Weatherly and Kell Castleberry will be battling for the state crown in Mixed Doubles. VHS is assured of one state title, as it will be an all-Vernon final in Girls Doubles with Audi Goodman and Kristina Urista facing teammates Paige Patterson and Aleya Goco.
GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF LION TENNIS PLAYERS!!! BRING HOME THE GOLD!!
VMS students in Emily Richey's art classes are having fun designing and making pinatas as a way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Students were put into groups and then had to work together to decide what their pinata was going to be. They are currently working on making the pinatas. Some designs include a Minion; a Creeper from Minecraft; a slice of watermelon; and Bevo's building. A panel of judges will judge the pinatas on May 12. Winning teams from each grade -- 6th, 7th & 8th -- will win an ice cream party.
Members of our VMS band program were busy competing during the month of April. Earlier this month the 7th and 8th Grade Cat Band competed in their annual UIL Concert/Sight Reading Contest. They earned a Division 2 (Excellent) rating from the three Concert judges. Their concert selections were "Kitty Hawk March", "Ming Court" and "Shepherd's Hey." The Cat Band then went to the Sight Reading Room and earned another Division 2 (Excellent) rating from the three Sight Reading judges.
This past Saturday, some members of the Cat Band took part in the Decatur Invitational Spring Band Festival, where they performed in front of one judge and an audience. They earned a Division 1 (Superior) rating at the festival.
CONGRATULATIONS!!! To our VMS Cat Band!!
VISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward congratulates Vernon High School junior Moonica Taing, who had the highest score of any VHS junior on the ACT when the class took the college-prep exam in March. Moonica scored a 29, which is more than high enough for her to be accepted at the University of Texas at Austin, where she plans to go and study computer science. To read more of her story, click on the following link:
https://www.vernonisd.org/article/1088676
All of our Lion tennis players were victorious in their quarterfinal matches this morning in the Class 3A UIL Singles & Doubles State Tennis Tournament and will play their semifinal matches this afternoon. Scheduled start time is 2 p.m., weather permitting.
Vernon ISD is hosting another EB Library Day at the Carnegie City-County Library for Emergent Bilingual (English as a Second Language) students, and this time it is for students in grades 6th thru 12th. The EB Library Day is this Saturday, April 29, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
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.
