BLOOD DRIVE TODAY!!
We're sharing the news because Our Blood Institute's blood supply is dangerously low. The City of Vernon Blood Drive is underway and will continue until 2:30 p.m. The bloodmobile is parked at the corner of Wilbarger and Cumberland. Our Blood Institute supplies all of the hospitals in the surrounding area, including Wilbarger General. A unit of donated blood can save 3 lives. Stop by tomorrow and give a gift that costs nothing, but can save a life!
We're sharing the news because Our Blood Institute's blood supply is dangerously low. The City of Vernon Blood Drive will be held tomorrow from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. The bloodmobile will be parked at the corner of Wilbarger and Cumberland. Our Blood Institute supplies all of the hospitals in the surrounding area, including Wilbarger General. A unit of donated blood can save 3 lives. Stop by tomorrow and give a gift that costs nothing, but can save a life!!
Vernon ISD's District Site-Based Committee will meet at 11:30 a.m., Friday, Feb. 12, at the Vernon Administration Building to review the Texas Academic Report. The committee will update its comprehensive needs assessment and its district improvement plan. The public is invited to attend.
VES celebrated the 100th day of the school year in a variety of ways. There were students dressed as 100-year-olds, and students who wore shirts with 100 items on them. Fifth grade students came up with a math equation that had 100 as the answer, and third grade students made posters with 100 items on them.
Can you believe this is the first school day in February?!!! Where did January go?
Here is the VISD cafeteria menu for January. Remember all VISD students are eligible to receive free breakfast and lunch from the school cafeteria every school day.
Second grade students who had perfect attendance last week were called to the stage during their lunch period Wednesday to sign a ticket to be put in a drawing for a MEGA Quest 3 virtual reality system. Vernon ISD is conducting a district-wide attendance incentive contest for this six weeks, with students earning a ticket for the drawing each week they have perfect attendance. On Feb. 28, a drawing will be held in EACH grade, with each winner receiving a MEGA Quest 3.
Yesterday one of our VISD teachers suffered a devastating house fire. To help with expenses we will be doing a "Hat For A Cause Day" fundraiser every day next week. For $1 donation, students, teachers and staff will be allowed to wear a hat or cap in the classroom that day. The hat or cap must be school appropriate. Let's have some fun with this next week and also help a member of our VISD family.
Due to the tragic accident that occured at a Borger elementary school last week, VES is making adjustments to our arrival and dismissal procedures that will take effect on Monday.
For morning drop off there will only be one lane -- the one closest to the curb -- open. Cars will merge into one lane at the flagpole. Entrances to the parking lot will be blocked to stop students from being dropped off in the parking lot.
For afternoon pick up, again only one lane will be open. However, the parking area will be open to allow parents to park, get out of their vehicle, walk across the designated crosswalk and walk their child back through the designated crosswalk to their vehicle.
We appreciate your patience as we work through this new process and apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but our top priority is the safety of our students.
Our VES Students of the Week so far in January include:
Jan. 1-10: 2nd Grade -- Ruth Lehman; 3rd Grade -- Raelynn Gonzalez; 4th Grade -- Kree Kajs; 5th Grade -- Krislynn Lawson
Jan. 13-17: 2nd Grade -- Opv-Luhv Beard; 3rd Grade -- Blake Smith; 4th Grade -- Tajsa Johnson (not pictured); 5th Grade -- Bernice Serrano
Jan. 20-24: 2nd Grade -- Khadija Madugi; 3rd Grade -- Dallas Jackson; 4th Grade -- Ellis Wilson; 5th Grade -- Angela Ampig
Congratulations to all of these students!! Great job!! Keep up the good work!!
Vernon ISD is helping the Vernon Boys & Girls Club help get the word out by sharing this flyer! Registration is currently underway for the B&G Softball League for students in kindergarten thru 8th grade. Sign up today!! Should be a great season!!
Vernon Elementary Students of the Week for December were:
2nd Grade -- Weekonehsu Myint, Dexter Shelton and Mason Smith
3rd Grade -- Nayeli Castillo, Luis Quintero and Jose Centeno
4th Grade -- Kason Balderas, Cadence Valverde and Tomas Avitia
5th Grade -- Alexa Nail (not pictured), Ava Valles and Isla Streit
Congratulations to all of our Students of the Week!!! We apologize for the late posting.
Last week, students in Ms. White's 3rd grade class learned fractions in a fun and engaging way by using pizza as a hands-on teaching tool. The students voted between pepperoni & cheese pizzas and used them to demonstrate concepts like halves, quarters, and eighths. Students were asked questions to divide the pizzas into equal slices, discussing how each part represented a fraction of the whole. They practiced decomposing and composing the pizzas. The lesson ended with students enjoying their edible “math problems,” making the learning experience both memorable and delicious.
Last week the LIonette Drill Team held a mini dance clinic for girls from pre-K to 5th grade. The girls learned a dance and will be performing during halftime of tonight's Lions basketball game at D.O. Fulton Gym.
APP UPDATE!
Our Vernon ISD App has just had a big update! Please take a moment to go to your App Store or Play Store and make sure your app updates. Even if you have your app set to update automatically, we are noticing that some people are still needing to update manually.
With this new update, Rooms information is integrated more seamlessly with the rest of the app! Check out these videos to learn more about the app update!
English: https://youtu.be/zW9d0VzqDFI
Spanish: https://youtu.be/W8Cnu-tgK9M
If you have any questions about Rooms or the Vernon ISD app, please email Chantilly Sweet at chantilly.sweet@visdtx.org.
VES hosted the morning show for local radio station KVWC this morning. Guests on This, That & The other included VES students Keely Lehman, Emmalyn Grace, Halle Morris, Weston Corona, Katie Dobbs and Amari Espenshade, who are all showing animals in the Wilbarger County 4-H Livestock & Project Show being held Sunday and Monday. They were interviewed by T,T&O host Kathy McClellan. Also on the show were Jennifer Trufan and Holli Hall who are with Texas Agrilife Extension Service and who talked about the upcoming show.
We were proud to be a part of the 113th Annual Vernon Chamber of Commerce Banquet held last night. Being part of this community means so much to us, and we know how important it is to build strong relationships between our schools and local businesses. Our schools are successful when our community thrives, and our community is successful when our schools thrive. Together, we’re creating a positive environment for our students to succeed. Looking forward to even more opportunities to work together and support our future leaders!
Vernon ISD will be closed Monday in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. However, many of our students will be busy showing animals at the Wilbarger County 4-H Livestock Show being held at the Wilbarger County Exhibit Building. Good luck to all of our 4-H and FFA students.
Jarrod David, who won a Special Election runoff for Place 3 on the VISD School Board, was sworn in during Monday's board meeting. January is also School Board Appreciation Month and trustees received several gifts from the district and campuses. We appreciate all of our trustees' dedication to help make the district the best it can be, and their commitment to helping the district ensure each student receives a quality education.
Current VISD School Board Trustees are Chris Lehman, Emory Byars, Patrick Parmer, Carrie Hawkins, Amanda Lehman, Jarrod David and Bryson Henry.
As we start the first full week of our 2025 Spring Semester, here are a few reminders from our VISD District Nurse Jennifer Walker, RN, on our health protocols.
Monday starts the 2nd week of our Vernon ISD Attendance Incentive for the 4th Six Weeks. Each week a student has perfect attendance they receive a ticket to put in a drawing for a MEGA QUEST 3 virtual reality headset. There will be a drawing for EACH GRADE!!
If a student has perfect attendance for the entire grading period, they will have 7 tickets for the drawing. If a student misses a day one week, they're not eliminated from the competition, they just won't earn a ticket for that week. They will start with a clean slate the next week.
