Vernon Elementary School

Our VISD Community Resource Fair is coming up this Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in the VHS Cafeteria. Several organizations from the community will be on hand to provide information on all the services that are available to help families in Vernon and the surrounding area. There will also be some games, a bounce house, face painting, and free popcorn. Come on out and enjoy the fun.

A student group from Mrs. Courtney Jansa's 3rd grade class gave a presentation on their volcano project to VISD trustees during their monthly board meeting Monday evening. Members of the group, Ainsley McIntosh, Anna Genson and Nathaniel Miller, had a powerpoint that went over their project and how they incorporated language arts and math into the science project. One member of their group, Nevaeh Lockhart, was unable to attend the meeting. VISD Supt. Dr. Ward presented the students with recognition certificates after their presentation.

Next Thursday, April 3, join your child during their lunch time for our VES Family Cookout!! Plates are $5 per family member who will be coming to eat with their child. We ask that no outside food be brought on our cookout day. Mark your calendar and make plans to join your student!

KID LEAGUE DEADLINE!! Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 26 is the deadline to register for Kid League Baseball. Register by scanning the QR Code below or go to www.vernontxyouthbaseball.com There will be divisions for 5 year olds thru 8th graders.

We're getting our students prepared for STAAR and having fun all at the same time!! Join us for our 2nd Annual STAAR Night -- Tuesday, April 1, 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m.! Our PTO will have carnival games in the gym and a spaghetti dinner will be provided!!

We're a week away from Skandor Akbar Memorial Cup, a professional wrestling event sanctioned by King of Sports Championship Wrestling. The six-man tag team tournament will be held Saturday, March 29, at D.O. Fulton Gym. Skandor Akbar was the name Vernon resident Jimmy Wehba used in the ring during his professional wrestling career. Tickets are $15 general admission and $25 ringside. Doors will open at 5 p.m., with the first match set for 7 p.m.

Prior to Spring Break, the VES Student Council started a blanket/sock drive, with items collecting going to residents at Advanced Rehabilitation and Healthcare. Today, on "International Happiness Day" members of the Student Council distributed the items at Advanced Rehab, and it was hard to tell who had more fun -- the students or the residents, who enjoyed talking with the youngsters. There was also a contest at each grade level for the class that could collect the most items. The winning classes were: 2nd Grade -- Mrs. Wendler; 3rd Grade -- Ms. White; 4th Grade -- Mrs. Inman; and 5th Grade -- Mr. Chance. All the winning classes will receive a popcorn party. Thanks to everyone who donated to our blanket/sock drive!! It was a great success because of you!

Mark your calendar -- Saturday, March 29!! Our Community Resource Fair will be held at the VHS Cafeteria. There will be games and food -- including bounce houses, cornhole, face painting, popcorn, snowcones and more!! More than 10 door prizes including a Fitbit and Amazon Tablet! There will also be several local organizations providing information on resources available in the area.

Here are the students who received Student of the Week honors during February: 2nd Grade -- Malloreigh Freeman, Andie Chilton (not pictured), Rhea Snow (not pictured), Kaylee Bennett, and Savannah Wilson (not pictured) 3rd Grade -- Grayson Northcutt, Bentley Martos (not pictured), Renesmee Hernandez, Christ Justin (not pictured), and Amethist Aleman 4th Grade -- Brody Nail, Arielle Deleon, Maximo Meraz, Mariyah West (not pictured), and Tripp Bodine 5th Grade -- Izac Soto, Angelina Taw (not pictured), Elias Garcia, Luke Luster (not pictured), and Jasen Phillips (not pictured) CONGRATULATIONS!!!

It's time to PLAY BALL!!!! Registration for the 2025 Kid League Baseball League is currently underway. Kid League has divisions for 5 year olds thru 8th grade students. Deadline to register is March 26. Register at www.vernontxyouthbaseball.com

REMINDER!! Just in case you need it -- we spring forward tonight night!! Before you go to bed remember to set your clock 1 hour ahead! If you don't, you'll be running behind tomorrow!!

Here is the March Newsletter from our VISD Social Worker Nicole Cameron.

This will be the Main Event at the Skandar Akbar Memorial Cup being held Saturday, March 29, at D.O. Fulton Gym. Vernon is home to the late legendary wrestler Skandar Akbar and this wrestling event is to honor him. The event, a six-man tag team tournament, is being presented by King of Sports Championship Wrestling. Check out the link to the video and learn more about this exciting event. https://youtu.be/e-bA0Cjs8JQ

We are getting a little head start on our Spring Break, as tomorrow is an Early Release Friday. We hope everyone has a safe, fun and relaxing Spring Break. Classes resume on Monday, March 17.

This is the last week of our Kids Heart Challenge! We hope your student has been having fun and learning lots of new things about helping their hearts and helping others! You're doing our community a HUGE favor by helping to bring the awareness to heart disease, stroke, and CPR. The awareness leads to funding, and the funding leads to hope to ANYONE with a heart! Can you help us by: thinking of 10 family or friends who love to help and send them a message through the VES KHC page or app!? http://www2.heart.org/site/TR?fr_id=11259&pg=company&company_id=479759

Vernon ISD will be on Spring Break March 8-16. We hope all of our students and their families, along with our teachers and staff enjoy the break and get the chance to do something fun and relax. We will return on Monday, March 17, ready to hit the ground running as we close out the 2024-25 school year.

This week, March 2-8, is National School Social Worker Week, and Vernon ISD is lucky to have one of the best in Nicole Cameron. Nicole does an outstanding job covering our campuses and helping students and their families.

Here is the VISD cafeteria menu for March. All of our VISD students are eligible to receive a free breakfast and lunch every school day.

Quick reminder! Tomorrow is an Early Release Friday for Vernon ISD students.

QUICK REMINDER!! It is "Pajama For A Purpose Day" tomorrow! Students and staff at all campuses who want to wear their pajama pants (appropriate for school) Thursday may do for a $3 donation. The fundraiser is for a VMS student who lost all of their belongs in a recent house fire. Each campus will have a process in place to collect donations and identify those students who paid to wear their pajama pants.