Tomorrow is Football Friday which means PTO members will be at McCord, Vernon Elementary and Middle School ready to do some face painting during lunch periods! Students pay $1 to have their face painted. This is a fundraiser for the PTO, with all money going right back to benefit the students.
Today the 4th and 5th grade Gifted and Talented students traveled to the River Bend Nature Center in Wichita Falls to participate in a STEM Ecology Camp.
Our 4th & 5th grade students attended Ag Day at the Wilbarger County Exhibit Building this morning. The students heard how agriculture provides not only food, but other by-products that we use in our everyday lives and were able to pet some animals hear how the animals play a part in our everyday lives as well. There was also an electricity exhibit that explained how electricity makes to your house and went over electricity safety tips. Ag Day sponsors were Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Wilbarger County, Wilbarger County 4-H, Vernon College, and Wilbarger County Farm Bureau.
VES students in the Gifted & Talented program got a chance to enjoy the schools STEM lab yesterday. The students broke into groups and worked on a building activity.
With the help of Wilbarger County Farm Bureau Board Member Austen White, three VES students get a look at the Ag Day t-shirts being provided by the Farm Bureau. Fourth and fifth grade students will wear their t-shirt at the Annual Ag Day, sponsored by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Wilbarger County 4-H, Wilbarger County, Wilbarger County Farm Bureau and Vernon College, which is being held tomorrow morning at the Wilbarger County Exhibit Building.
Members of our VES kitchen staff received a big "Thank You" from VISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward, Director of Child Nutrition Skylar Boatman and Director of Child Nutrition Administrative Assistant Alice Rodriguez last Tuesday after serving the lunch at the our new school.
The Lions are hosting Iowa Park this Friday in a HUGE District 3-3A, Div. 1 contest. Lion fans wear your maroon and white and pack the stands!!! Show your Lion Pride!!!
Please do not click on any links that say they have tickets for sale. Tickets can only be purchased online at https://www.vernonisd.org/page/ticket-purchases
Remember it is an Early Release Friday!
Here is our VISD Social Worker Nicole Cameron's newsletter for October.
Selected as the Vernon Elementary School Teacher of the Month for September was Brittany Schumann, while librarian Lisa Hass was selected as the Staff Member of the Month for September. Congratulations!!!
Vernon ISD is always open to feedback from parents and community members, and is conducting a survey to get more of your opinion when it comes to our school district. The primary goal of the survey is to identify the educational priorities of parents. Your responses are anonymous and there are no right or wrong answers. Please select the answer that best describes your response to the survey question. Scan the QR Code below, or click on this link for English -- https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/LBB_VernonISD_ParentSurvey or this link for Spanish -- https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/LBB_VernonISD_SpanishParentSurvey
Tuesday evening, Vernon ISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward hosted KAUZ Newschannel 6 Chief Meteorologist Ken Johnson and the First Alert Weather Crew at the new Vernon Elementary School. You can check out the interviews here https://www.newschannel6now.com/2023/10/11/first-alert-tracker-tour-makes-stop-vernon-isd/
Dr. Ward also gave Ken a Facebook live tour of the new school. You can watch that by following this link https://www.facebook.com/Newschannel6now/videos/982375693066491
This tower was made by 2nd and 3rd graders and is on the stage in the cafeteria of the new Vernon Elementary School. The tower was inspired by the students' study of artist Dale Chihuly, who works with glass. There is an estimated 500 bottles painted with a variety of tempera paints, acrylic paints and permanent markers that make up the tower.
Vernon ISD has released details on dropping off and picking up students at the new Vernon Elementary School. Students will begin attending the new school when classes resume Tuesday, Oct. 10. Check out the photos below and read the news article by clicking this link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/1275379
Today is World Teachers Day!!! THANK YOU to all of our teachers!!! You guys ROCK!!!
The Vernon ISD Administrative Center and our school campuses will be closed Thursday, Friday and Monday, for an early Fall break. Our administrative offices and school campuses will resume regular hours on Tuesday.
2nd thru 5th graders walked into their new Vernon Elementary School building for the first time as students this morning, as they went through a "mock school day" at their new campus. There were plenty of smiles, along with "Oooohs" and "Aaaaws," to go around, as the students were led to their homerooms and were then shown where their other classrooms were located. Students also ate lunch in their new cafeteria before being bused back to Central and Shive for the final 2 hours of school at the old campuses. The first day of school at the new campus will be this coming Tuesday, Oct. 10
Central and Shive students to visit new Vernon Elementary School tomorrow.
"Before Vernon ISD students, teachers and staff are released later this week for a much-anticipated early fall break, Central and Shive Elementary students are going to get an early treat – having a “Mock School Day” at the new Vernon Elementary School on Wednesday. And, school is released Wednesday, students will walk out of Central and Shive for the last time, and walk into Vernon Elementary School for the first “official” day of school at the new campus when classes resume Tuesday morning." To read the entire story, click this link https://www.vernonisd.org/article/1270155
Vernon ISD trustees and Vernon Chamber of Commerce Red Coats joined Vernon ISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward, Assistant Supt. Blaise Boswell, and Vernon Elementary Principal Leslie Powell for a ribbon cutting for the new Vernon Elementary School building. Students from Central Elementary and Shive Elementary will begin attending the new campus on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
Our Vernon Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting for our Vernon Elementary School will be held at 2 p.m., today. Unfortunately, we will not be offering tours of the school since we are in the middle of moving our Central and Shive campuses to the new campus and boxes are everywhere. We hope to have a second Open House at a later date. If you are attending the ribbon cutting, please park in the street or in the lot at the corner of Yamparika and Stadium as there is work being done on the parking lot.
