The Life Skill students who participated in the All-Star Olympics held Thursday in Altus were welcomed home in style yesterday afternoon at the courthouse square. The local Texas Farm Bureau, represented by Toby Kitchens and Tiffany Rosalez, presented the students with Sonic gift cards when they returned home.
Life Skill students in kindergarten through twelfth grade took part in the All-Star Olympics that were held Thursday in Altus. All the students had a great time and enjoyed the event.
Congratulations to Lions Taylor Maldonado, Tavares Gaines and Javier Perez-Corona!! Selected to represent Lions Football at the Oil Bowl!
Congratulations to Lions Lavery Gonzales and Sebastian Garza. Representing Lion Basketball at Oil Bowl.
Congratulations to Lady Lion Ashlee Villarreal! Representing Lady Lion Volleyball in Oil Bowl.
It's fun for the kids to relax and enjoy the summer, but it's also important to keep them active. Check out the Champions Volleyball Camp!
Tomorrow is a special day for our kindergarten through 12th grade Life Skill students, as they will be participating in the All-Star Olympics being held at the Altus Junior High. Activities begin with Opening Ceremonies at 9 a.m., with events starting at 9:30 a.m. and continuing until approximately 2 p.m. when Closing Ceremonies will take place. This will be the first time for our McCord Life Skill students to take part in the event. Those students include Benjamin Brocklehurst, Blake Smith, Blossom Lar, Bobby Duncan, Chandler Stout, Tyler Stout, Davi Sarinana, Ethan Fox-Guerrero, Eutropia Sanchez, Krislynn Lawson, Zeva Echols, Dailynn Wade and Mason Smith. VMS students participating will be Eliana Greene, Evelyn Greene, Jaret Cochran, Kaynan Colbert, Kyle Isnhower, James West, Powasheek De Los Santos, Seth Martin and Isaiah Ingland. VHS students taking part in the games will include Marcus Delgado, Rene Delgado, Nikki De Los Santos, Alex McNally, Genny Roth, and Jesse Fox.
Students have plenty of activities to choose from if they want to stay busy during the summer. Here's another choice -- the Lions/Lady Lions Basketball Camp. Mark your calendar and sign your youngster up today!
We have 7 Vernon Lions who have accepted college scholarships to continue their athletic careers at the next level. There are 4 sports represented among the 7. The sports and Lion athletes are: Football -- Sebastian Garza, Southeastern Oklahoma State; Tavares Gaines, Wayland Baptist; Taylor Maldonado, McMurry; and Hyme Guzman, Ottawa. Track -- Beau Gearld will throw the shot put for Southeastern Oklahoma Christian. Baseball -- Lavery Gonzales, Ranger. Basketball -- Tyrone McKinney, Wayland Baptist. We wish these young men nothing but success -- in the classroom and on the playing field. We know they will make Vernon proud!
To prepare for today's Science STAAR Test by reviewing vocabulary, Shive fifth graders took part in a fun outdoor science lab Monday afternoon. The PTO helped the students explore the states of matter and how they change with Coke Floats. After enjoying Coke Floats, students rotated to the Science lab stations, which included: an explosive investigation; tug of war; bowling; prey vs. predator; alien scavenger hunt; and flying paper airplanes.
We're in the last month of the school year, but it's not too early to start thinking about summer activities. Here's some information on our Summer Lego Camp for grades 3 thru 5. It's sure to be lots of fun for the kids!
Here is the May Cafeteria Menu for Vernon ISD: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nu0juJoAyQxUtPXGl6nJ0LFA19TV634n/view?usp=sharing
The Vernon Lions and Lady Lions shined Saturday at the Class 3A Region 1 Track & Field Meet in Abilene, as one relay and three individuals punched their ticket to the State Meet. The gold and silver medalists in each event advance to the State Meet. As a team, the Lions finished third in the region. Check out Vernon's Region 1 accomplishments by clicking on this link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/1097110
Vernon ISD is fortunate to have some excellent leaders at all of our campuses! Happy National Principals Day!!! THANK YOU for the work you do for the betterment of your school and our school district!!
Two Vernon Lions -- Sebastian Garza and Tyrone McKinney -- will be continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level. Sebastian will be playing football at Southeastern Oklahoma State, while Tyrone will be playing basketball at Wayland Baptist. To read the rest of their story, click on the following link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/1094265
You have two chances to catch a performance of Vernon HIgh School's winning one-act play "Typhoid Mary" this weekend. The first public performance is scheduled for 6:30 p.m., Friday, at the Wilbarger Auditorium, while the second performance will be held 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.
📅2023-2024 DISTRICT CALENDAR CHANGES📅
Today, TEA released a new STAAR testing calendar for the 2023-2024 school year. This release changed the Spring STAAR testing dates. We have updated our 2023-2024 Vernon ISD School Calendar to reflect the changes in the testing dates.
Here is the updated Vernon ISD 2023-2024 School Calendar: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wEjTngqDeRB-Px8IcuPstdJR_NoQUv3q/view?usp=sharing
The annual Vernon High FFA Plant Sale got underway this morning and will continue until 5 p.m. today at the High School Greenhouse behind the tennis courts. The sale will resume Friday at 8:30 a.m. and will continue until 5 p.m., or until they're sold out. They have a lot of perennials, annuals, vegetables, herbs and more to choose from. $2.50 for small pots and $10 for hanging plants.
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!!
