Today 20 Lady Lions competed in the Region 1 Powerlifting 1A-6A Equipped Meet and two Lady Lions earned a trip to the State Meet and the team finished fourth overall. Amari Garcia and Nadia Gaines both finished 2nd in their weight class to advance to the State Meet. Taking 3rd place in their weight class were Xiomara Fernandez and Chloe Diekmann, while Klancy Sherrill and Adamaris Robles finished 4th, and Brek Payne and Madyson Zamora finished 5th.
VHS students who plan to take dual-credit classes for the first time at Vernon College next year MUST attend a meeting at 5:30 p.m., Monday, on the campus of Vernon College. This meeting will count as your college new student orientation for next year. Also, a parent or guardian will need to attend the meeting with the student.
11 Lions will be leaving next Friday to compete in the Division 3 Regional Powerlifting Meeting being held Saturday, March 8, in Brownfield. Those qualifiers include: (front row, from left) Julian Sauceda, Izzy Espinoza, A.J. Ragland, and Brayden Ledesma; (back row) Devin Arthur (alternate), Christian Gallegos, Manny Ochoa, Justin Rejino and Bowie Eakin. Not pictured are Mason Ballard, Tru Gipson and Brayden Booth.
VHS held our drawings for the virtual reality Quest headsets that were the prizes for our 4th Six Weeks student attendance initiative this morning. Receiving their Quest headsets from Principal Dr. Jackson are Jacklyn Maldonado, the sophomore class winner, and Davis Bloom, the junior class winner. Christian Brabbin, the freshman winner, and Yuleyka Ramirez, the senior winner, were out today for a school activity. The student attendance initiative was held district-wide during the 4th Six Weeks, which concluded last week. Students receiving tickets drawing entries for every week they had perfect attendance. A virtual reality Quest gaming headset was given away in every grade K-12.
Members of the VHS Class of 2025 and this year's junior class who have earned their College, Career and Military Readiness (CCMR) point already this year received their t-shirts during an assembly this morning in Fulton Gym.
Creed Feltman was recognized today for being the VHS Student Initiative Student of the Month for February. Creed is pursuing an Arts and Humanities endorsement and has taken many CTE classes while also maintaining good grades. He has been involved with One-Act Play and the theatre program since his freshman year. Creed worked behind the scenes his freshman and sophomore years and earned multiple awards for Best Technical Crew.
Last year he took to the stage and received an All-Star Cast Award for his role as Winston in "1984." This past fall, his comedic timing and character development turned Scotty into a character the audience loved and adored in the production of "Ripcord." This year, as a senior, Creed also joined the debate team and will compete in Lincoln Douglas Debate.
"Creed is known by all as a respectful young man," said Dr. Cynthia Jackson, VHS Principal. "He is a vital member to the theatre/speech program and has also maintained his position on the A/B honor roll."
Congratulations!!! Our Lady Lions are Region 1 Powerlifting Unequipped 1A-6A Champions!! Four Lady Lions - Kamryn Hall, 1st, 242+; Olivia Carr, 1st, 242; Daniella eneanya, 1st; and Erianna Chavez, 2nd, 242+ - qualified for the State Unequipped Powerlifting Meet. Daniella was also won Heavy Platform Best Squat, Heavy Platform Best Deadlift and Heavy Platform Best Lifter. Avery Conley also finished 3rd, 242, and Zayley Horn was 5th, 105.
Quick reminder!
Tomorrow is an Early Release Friday for Vernon ISD students.
Earlier this week our Lion and Lady Lion golfers competed in at a tournament at the Rivercreek Golf Course in Burkburnett and came away with first place honors. The Lions won the Boys Division and the Lady Lions won the Girls Division. Claire Mayo captured first in the Girls Medalist competition, while Kyndel Horn was third. Adrian King won the Boys Medalist competition. Congratulations!!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
The film entry from Garrett Munson, Rodrigo Olivas, Kenneth Cordero and Ezekiel Amador took second place in the UIL Class 3A Combination (3A, 2A 1A) Division in the Traditional Animation category at the State Film Festival held yesterday in Austin. The film "Vietnam" was a tribute to Garrett's grandfather, who served in the Vietnam War. After the festival, our students asked the students from Industrial High School, who took first in Traditional Animation, if they wanted to join them for a celebratory dinner. Great sportsmanship!! Great job!! We're proud of you!!
If you would like to view the VHS Traditional Animation Film that captured second place in the UIL Class 3A Combination (3A,2A,1A) Division at the State Film Festival you can follow the link below. Congratulations to Garrett Munson, Rodrigo Olivas, Kenneth Cordero and Ezekiel Amador for their Silver Medal.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4wlkUc9y20
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.
February is Career & Technical Education (CTE) Month and today VHS hosted a lunch for owners and representatives of local businesses that participated in our Job Shadowing Day earlier this month. On that day, 41 seniors who take a CTE class "shadowed" someone who works in a career field they are interested in pursuing. CTE teachers, Elly Gonzales, Audrey Hastings, Candace Adams, and Brooke Meinzer, and those who attended the lunch discussed how well Job Shadowing Day went, as well as ideas on how to improve it. The Culinary Arts students provided the meal for the lunch.
Vernon High School Seniors!!
FRIDAY is the LAST day to purchase a Senior ad for the yearbook.
Ads and yearbooks can be purchased using this link.: https://www.yearbookforever.com/school-store/po4RnMb2qkVLC68F1jN6gQX3
Or, by scanning the QR Code below.
31 Lady Lions qualified for Powerlifting Regional Tournaments this year! 11 Lady Lions qualified for the Unequipped Regional Tournament, while 20 qualified for the Equipped Regional Tournament. The Unequipped Regional Tournament is tomorrow in Big Spring. Competing in that tourney will be Zayley Horn, Mia Martinez, Sae Hay, Daniella Eneanya, Grace Lin, Julyssa Felton, Olivia Carr, Avery Conley, Kamryn Hall, Erianna Chavez, and Reagan Baskerville.
The Equipped Regional Tournament is Saturday in Eldorado, Texas. Competing in that tourney will be Xiomara Fernandez, Brek Payne, Aaliyah Moralez, Olga Alvarado, Klancy Sherrill, Amari Garcia, Zayleigh Sweet, Yuleyka Ramirez, Jeana Martinez, Jasana Goodrum, Lily Maxwell, Nyneave Yarbrough, Isabella Garcia, Jasmine Ler, Madyson Zamora, Kyleigh Taylor, Delila Rodriguez, Adamaris Robles, Nadia Gaines, and Chloe Diekmann.
GOOD LUCK LADY LIONS!!!
The Vernon ISD 2025-26 school calendar was approved during last week's VISD School Board meeting. The first day of school for 2025-26 will be Aug. 13. The fall break is set for Oct. 17-20, and school will be dismissed for the entire week of Thanksgiving. The Christmas break will be from Dec. 20 thru Jan. 6, 2026. Next year's spring break is scheduled for March 7-15, 2026, and the last day of school will be May 21, 2026.
Today's Vernon Lions baseball game at Stamford has been cancelled due to a scheduling conflict. The Lions are playing in the ACS Tournament this weekend, with games scheduled for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Our Lady Lions open District 7-3A action on the softball diamond this evening, as they travel to Bowie to take on the Lady Rabbits. Good Luck!!!
We will be sending our state finalist film crew off in style in the morning with a sendoff that begins at 9:20 a.m. in front of VHS. The members of the film crew -- Garrett Munson, Rodrigo Olivas, Kenneth Cordero and Ezekiel Amador, along with their sponsor Dustin Swatzell -- will then be escorted down Wilbarger as they leave for Austin. Help us give them a great sendoff and line Wilbarger. They make their way down Wilbarger at approximately 9:30 a.m. Their film "Vietnam" advanced to the finals in the Traditional Animation category.
Time is running out to nominate your favorite Vernon ISD teacher in the Red River Best Chevy Dealers Teacher Appreciation Contest. Students, parents, residents and teachers can go online and nominate their choice for Outstanding Teacher!! The deadline is this Friday, Feb. 28.
