Don't forget -- VMS Fall Festival is tonight!!! The Fall Festival King and Queen will be crowned at 7 p.m. Come on out and have some fun!!! If it's raining, don't let it keep you away!!
We would love to have the home stands packed Friday night when our Lions tangle with the Jim Ned Indians in a HUGE district showdown. It is also Senior Recognition Night for members of the cheerleader squad, band and football team.
McCord Elementary announced Students of the Week this morning. Receiving the weekly honor were: Pre-Kindergarten -- T.T, Maevery Echols, Rozalie Leija, Angelina Blut and Jumi Soe; Kindergarten -- Iris Kymer, Scarlett Tate, Kingsley Espinoza, Jimena Montes-Perez, Isabella Echols, Brynleigh Cabrera and Autumn Emmons; 1st Grade -- Gavyn Martinez, Aurora Grimaldo, Angela Simaj, Dominik Johnson, Zaylee Vasquez, Ruth Lehman, Eileen Baires Rivera and Xaven Hardeman. Congratulations!! Great Job!! Their photo will be displayed next week on our digital sign and the digital sign at the Administrative Center.
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.
Tuesday our 1st grade students took a field trip to the Red River Valley Museum. The students learned about our local history and heritage, along with seeing a variety of animals and learning about the habitats.
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
These McCord students received Student of the Week honors. Honorees include: Pre-Kindergarten -- LaDarius Pitts, Jason Moo, Tommy Freeman, Alexander Wigington, and Noel Cordoba. Kindergarten -- Holden Mahan, Trelyn Cherry, Xoey Barnes, Josiah Mergerson, Jaxon Koch, Karson Gearld and Aaron Anthony. 1st Grade -- Evayla Kiiskila, Jayden Bryant, Maceo Villarreal, Sebastian Logsdon, Mark Robinson, Grace Jansa, Barrett McBroom and Savannah Wilson. Their photos will be on the McCord digital sign. Great job students!!!
Congratulations to Melinda Garza, Emily Duncan and Susan Mitchell for receiving top honors for the month of September. Ms. Garza was Staff Member of the Month; Ms. Duncan was Teacher of the Month; and Ms. Mitchell was Specials of the Month. Well deserved honor ladies!! Thank you for all you do for our students.
Remember it is an Early Release Friday!
Here is our VISD Social Worker Nicole Cameron's newsletter for October.
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
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.
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.
We apologize for the late posting. Here is the VISD Cafeteria Menu for the month of October.
The McCord 6 Weeks SuperStars for the first six weeks of the year are: Aitana Caballero, Pre-K; Nalani Fields, Kindergarten; Emiliano Cervantes, 1st Grade; and Blossom Lar, Specials. Congratulations!!! Great job!!!
McCord Elementary held its 1st 6 Weeks Success Rally Friday morning and got a little help from the VHS Cheerleaders, Vernon Lion football players and members of the Roarin' Lion Band S.W.A.T. team. To say the youngsters were full of excitement is an understatement.