On Monday, our VES 5th grade students put their art skills to work and decorated the walkways leading to the entrances to the school. The affirmations and encouraging words were there to greet all the students this morning as they start their STAAR testing.
🦁WRA Architects🦁
🌟We're thrilled to shine a spotlight on WRA Architects as a proud sponsor of our Lions Roar Golf Scramble! We are beyond grateful for their invaluable contribution to the lives of around 2,000 students, teachers, and staff within the Vernon ISD community!
Vernon ISD is hiring for the 2024-25 school year! Go to www.vernonisd.org. Click on the Employment button. Then click Employment Opportunities
Vernon Elementary is sponsoring an Our Blood Institute (formerly Texas Blood Institute) blood drive next Monday, April 22. Please take a moment and give the gift that can save a life, but costs you nothing.
Vernon Elementary Students of the Week for last week were:
2nd & 3rd Grade -- Kinsley Derwin & Lucia Hamer
4th & 5th Grade -- Ismael Benitez & Hayden Green
Congratulations!!! Great job!!
McCord and VES moms and dads -- MARK YOUR CALENDARS!! We will be hosting "Muffins With Moms" on May 10 and "Donuts With Dads" on May 20. Both events will start at 7 a.m., at their respective campuses. Make plans to spend this fun time with your child.
🦁First Financial Group of America🦁
🌟Thank you, First Financial Group of America, for your sponsorship of the Lions Roar Golf Scramble! Your support ensures a successful and memorable event for all involved. We deeply appreciate your commitment to our cause and community!
The deadline to ensure Lion Swag has passed, however you can still sign up to play! Contact Hillcrest Country Club at 552-5406 or reach out to Kori Eakin at Vernon ISD: dial 553-1900 ext. 2229 by TOMORROW -- April 13!
These VES students were recognized last week for being "upstanders" on their campus! The students have shown excellence in behavior, kindness and bravery for standing up for good!! Great job!!!
Earning recognition as VES Students of the Week for last week were:
2nd Grade -- Katie Dobbs and 3rd Grade -- Evalyn Henslee
4th Grade -- Kryleigh Perkins and 5th Grade -- Adalynn Maldonado
Congratulations! Great job! Keep up the good work!!
Today is School Librarian Appreciation Day and we want to tell all of our librarians how much you are truly appreciated for all you do for our students. Along with being school librarians, all of you do so much more at your campuses. Thank you!
All eyes were turned to the sky -- with correct protective glasses of course -- this afternoon as students and adults watched the solar eclipse. Luckily, the clouds stayed away and was a perfect day to watch the moon cross in front of the sun.
On Friday students in Mrs. Courtney Jansa's class presented paraprofessional Mrs. Sheryl Rhodes with a card the class made for Paraprofessional Appreciation Day. Each student wrote their own heartfelt message in the card. When Mrs. Rhodes entered their classroom Friday, the students all yelled "Thank you Mrs. Rhodes!," got up and gave her a big hug. Mrs. Jansa said the class also gave Mrs. Rhodes a plant and told her "just like the plant can't survive without the sun, we can't survive without you!"
While work continues on getting the Vernon ISD/Child Care Partners Daycare Center ready to open later this spring, the facility received its first major donation Thursday afternoon. The $10,000 donation was from Atmos Energy and was presented to Child Care Partners Executive Director Keri Goins and Vernon ISD Assistant Principal Blaise Boswell by Atmos representative Pam Hughes-Pak.
To read more about the facility, including information on a hiring fair, please follow this link: https://www.vernonisd.org/article/1536003
Today Vernon Elementary School, Vernon Middle School and Vernon High School each held a student assembly on their campuses. The focus was on bullying, with guest speaker Vance Morris. Mr. Morris is a retired educator who was, himself, bullied in school while he was growing up.
The VHS tennis team competed in the Amarillo Relays Tennis Tournament last Thursday and brought home two Top 3 finishes. Kell Castleberry captured the Boys Singles championship, while the doubles team of Christopher Martinez and Matthew Goodrum finished second in Boys Doubles. Great job guys!!! Congrats!!
Here is our cafeteria menu for April.
Tuesday was School Assistant Principals Day and we apologize for being a day late in recognizing our AMAZING assistant principals. Sometimes the duties and responsibilities of being an assistant principal aren't the easiest to handle, but Vernon ISD has assistant principals who handle everything in a professional and calm manner, and who are always focused on what is best for their students. Thank you for all you do at your campus and throughout the district!
Today is Paraprofessional Appreciation Day! We have paraprofessionals at each campus who help our students and our teachers with hundreds of things, and sometimes it may seem like that help goes unnoticed. But, we notice and appreciate all of you each and every day! Our "paras" play a role in Vernon ISD's success!
Receiving our VES Student of the Week honors for last week were: 2nd Grade -- Averie Bavousett; 3rd Grade -- Raiden Huerta; 4th Grade -- Aiden Hernandez; and 5th Grade -- Jacob Azua. Congratulations!! Great job!!
Last Thursday, students in Ms. Tori Hine's fifth grade class hunted eggs that contained Science STAAR questions. They worked to answer the questions and received candy for their correct responses.
