Our Lady Lions are on the road this morning taking on the Iowa Park Lady Hawks in a District 7-3A game. The Lady Lions are 3-5 in district play and are in the hunt for a playoff berth. The JV games will begin at 10 a.m., with the varsity game to follow at 11 a.m.
Today, 3rd grade students in Mrs. Civitarese's class studied how gravity affects objects during their science class time. To help observe how gravity affects objects the students participated in Minute To Win It games including the cup stack, egg race, balloon in the air, and cookie face
In a tribute to Gayla DeHoyos, and to provide financial assistance to her family, the Vernon Lions football team is selling a t-shirt for fans to wear at the next football game, Oct. 25. It is a black t-shirt with pink on the front for breast cancer awareness, and on the back is a cross and the initials M.G. Gayla, who was the VHS librarian, died suddenly and unexpectedly last Sunday afternoon. She was a huge supporter of all VHS students and most players on the Lions football team called her Momma G.
In a tribute to her the team wrote: "A bright light to our community that will shine forever. We dedicate this season to you. You are a pillar for this team, school, and town. Because of people like you, we are where we are today. Thank you for all you have done, Momma G. We got it from here so rest easy. -- Love, VHS Football '24."
The deadline to order a shirt is noon THIS Friday. To order a t-shirt, follow this link: https://square.link/u/0wmEdUiL. Shirts will come in Wednesday and can be picked up from Coach Bah at the VHS Fieldhouse from 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday (Oct. 24), and 6:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. on Friday (Oct. 25).
On Tuesday McCord Elementary had some special visitors, as three VFD firemen stopped by with a fire truck and ambulance for our pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students to see. The firemen explained different tools on the truck and talked to the students about what number to call if there is a fire and what they should do if they are ever on fire. Students also received a surprise visit from Sparky! Our first grade students toured the fire station last week.
On Monday, our VMS Life Skills students were among others from VISD who visited the Sweet Pickins Pumpkin Patch in Altus. From the photos, they had a blast sliding down the pipe slide, digging in the corn bin and playing all the pumpkin games.
VISD is participating in the Texas Education Agency's special education Differentiated Monitoring & Support process, and that includes a survey for anyone associated with the district -- parent, teacher, staff, and administrator. All information you share is confidential and will only be reviewed internally to assist TEA with the monitoring process. Please follow this link to go to the survey: https://tea.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1U1DJhIjLATIqR8
Last Saturday our Roarin' Lion Band competed in the Seymour Marching Festival. The band received a Superior Rating (1) for music and an excellent rating (2) for marching!! The band also received the caption for Best Auxiliary at the competition. Band Director Jeremiah Hastings said he and assistant band director Matthew Golden were very proud of the band's performance at the festival. The Roarin' Lion Band will compete in the UIL Region 7 Marching Contest this Saturday at Memorial Stadium in Wichita Falls. Vernon is scheduled to take the field at 9:50 a.m. GOOD LUCK BAND!!!!
Thanksgiving is 6 weeks away, but it's not to early to start training for the VHS Turkey Trot!! The 5K Turkey Trot will be held on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 28, at Lion Stadium. There will be a Kids' Fun Run that starts at 9 a.m., with the 5K Turkey Trot set to start at 9:15 a.m. The deadline to register and secure a t-shirt is Nov. 13. The event is sponsored by Texas Farm Bureau Insurance in Vernon. The event is hosted by the Vernon High School National Honor Society and Student Council. All proceeds from the event benefit VISD at-risk youth.
Next week, VMS will be decked out in pink for the Pink Out Pep Rally that will be held at 3:20 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 24, prior to th junior high football game against Bowie. VMS students and staff, wear your pink proudly next Thursday!!
Our Vernon ISD Fall Break is officially underway. We hope everyone has a great loooong weekend and we can't wait to see everyone back in their classrooms on Tuesday!!
Vernon High School has a student activity fund that is used to purchase items for the school store, which students can then purchase with Lion Bucks they earn by various ways at school. The activity fund is also used to fund the student incentive trips. If you would like to donate to the VHS Student Activity Fund, please scan the QR code.
Congratulations to Mrs. Stacy McNutt who won the annual VHS Staff Crockpot Cook-Off with her Taco Soup recipe. She gets to keep the traveling trophy for a year when she will look to defend her title. Great job by all who participated. The food was amazing!!
Tomorrow is Boat Day for students in Coach Kia Dixon's Math & Models class. As a class project, students were divided into teams and had to build a boat out of cardboard. Those boats will be put to the test Wednesday. Will the boats stay afloat or sink? We'll find out tomorrow!
With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, our VHS Drill Team took a moment recently to show their support for those battling breast cancer. This Friday is the Lions' open date, but the next game is October 25 and that is the Lions' Pink Out Game, and fans are encouraged to wear pink.
Receiving our VMS Student of the Week honors for last week are:
6th Grade -- Karina Din & Phillip Hunter
7th Grade -- Bella Salazar & Damien Walker
8th Grade -- Nyairah Massenburg & Aiden Trejo
Great job students!! Congratulations!!
Our VES Students of the Week for last week are:
2nd Grade -- Blossom Lar
3rd Grade - Luke Englishbee
4th Grade -- Karyss Finnegan
5th Grade -- Elijah Parra
Congratulations!!! Great job & keep up the good work!!
Our Lady Lions on the road today, as they travel to Jacksboro for a District 7-3A showdown with the Tigerettes. The sub-varsity matches will begin at 5 p.m., with the varsity match scheduled to start at 6 p.m. GO LADY LIONS!!! CAGE THE TIGERETTES!!
GOOD LUCK!! To our Lions as they head to Plainview today for a Class 4A Team Tennis Regional Quarterfinal Playoff Match against Canyon Randall. The match will get underway at 11 a.m. The winner will play for the Region 1 title and a berth in the Class 4A State Team Tennis Tournament. GO LIONS!!!!
Tomorrow wraps up Hispanic Culture Month (Sept. 15-Oct. 15) and the students in Mrs. Patricia Barrera's Spanish classes presented the projects they've been working on in celebration of Hispanic Culture Month. For the project, the students were put into teams and each group was given a country of Hispanic origin to research. The students researched the country and selected a famous person from that country to also research and include in their presentation.
The 8th grade students in Mrs. Kelly Boswell's science classes have been learning about Newton's 3 Laws of Motion. As a project, teams of two students each designed a Newton's Cradle to demonstrate Newton's 3rd law of motion (action-reaction). Other teachers had a chance to judge all the entries and cast their vote. The winners were:
Best Overall -- Charleigh Cooper & Blakeney Downes; Best Working -- Julian Luna & Isabella Nino; Most Creative -- Jaelle Guerrero & Ava Lagunas
Here are a photos of the entries.
