Our Lady Lions will be in action Saturday morning as they host the City View Lady Mustangs in a District 7-3A battle.
Lions open District 3-3A, Div. 1 action tonight at Leo Brittain Field at Lion Stadium.
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.
Earning VHS Teacher of the Month honors for September was Roarin' Lion Band co-director Aaron Burr, while the VHS Staff of the Month honor for September went to classroom coach Valorie Handley. Congratulations to both!!!
In Economics class seniors are currently studying the commodities market and they took a field trip Tuesday to the Vernon Sale Barn to watch cattle being sold. A couple of students took a turn at being the auctioneer. Only 7 of the 122 students who were on the field trip had ever been to the sale barn before. A big Thank You! to the Vernon Sale Barn for allowing our students to attend the sale.
The VHS Students of the Month for September were: 9th Grade -- Claire Mayo & Brady Edmonds; 10th Grade -- Sharea Long & Ezquiel Amador; 11th Grade -- Sienna Thomas & Atticus Mixon; and 12th Grade -- Whitney Rushing & Kell Castleberry. The Overall Student of the Month was Sienna Thomas. Congratulations!! Great Job!! Keep Up the Good Work!!
Our Lion tennis team wraps up its regular fall season schedule at home this afternoon in a district match against Wichita Falls High School. Our senior players and their parents will be recognized prior to the start of the match. Senior ceremony will begin at 4 p.m. While this is the final regular season match, the Lions will be moving on to the Class 4A Team Tennis playoffs.
Tickets for Friday's District 3-3A, Division 1 opener between our Lions and the Clyde Bulldogs at Leo Brittain Field at Lion Stadium must be purchased online. Click this link to purchase tickets: https://www.vernonisd.org/page/ticket-purchases
Our Lady Lions open the second round of District 7-3A volleyball action this evening in Jacksboro against the Tigerettes. JV games begin at 5 p.m., with varsity set to go at 6 p.m.
We apologize for the late posting. Here is the VISD Cafeteria Menu for the month of October.
What to do with your child’s medication!
Updated laws in Texas are requiring us to complete some documents in order to give your child any sort of medication (including OTC medicine) at school! Please click on the link to read about those.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1slZahVL3zRoWjCh8FKZ6v0H6oAUITf85676bzNhje1M/edit?usp=sharing
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.
Good luck Lady Lions. District 7-3A battle today at Henrietta!!
Check out this fun way to celebrate your child's birthday. Money from the Birthday Shout-Out will be used to fund incentive trips and other fun things for VHS students. The VHS Birthday Shout-Out form can be found by clicking https://forms.gle/wnMBDaVRHB6uUtCE8 or scanning QR code on flyer.
*Child receiving Birthday Shout-Out must be a student at VHS*
Please remember tomorrow is an Early Release Friday. Also, most campuses are conducting parent/teacher conferences tomorrow afternoon and early evening.
Did you attend VHS 5 years ago? 15 years ago? 30 years ago? 50 years ago? Have you misplaced your yearbook? Did you never buy one and now wish you had one? Well, you're in luck. The VHS Yearbook Program has extra yearbooks they are now selling. To find out if they have the yearbook you are looking for and for more information, contact the yearbook staff at vhsyearbook@visdtx.org
Kona Ice was at the VHS campus yesterday and 8 students from among all those who had perfect attendance for the first six weeks had their names drawn to receive a free Kona Ice reward provided by the VMS & VHS PTO. Lucky winners were Bowie Eakin, Kaiden Ortiz, Harley Lewis, Karla Barraza, Paw Say and Caylee Araiza. Not pictured are Isabella Ortiz and Adarius Williams. Perfect attendance showcases commitment and opens doors to a bright future! Well done students!!
VHS students gathered for See You At The Pole early this morning.
Vernon ISD honored 6 Lion Legends who graduated from VHS and went on to play professional football during a halftime ceremony of Friday's game against Burkburnett. Honored were: the late Bill Herchman, who was represented by his four children; Mac Percival, who was represented by classmate and friend Jim Pennington; Lawrence Gaines, who was represented by his sister, Sherry Johnson; James Dixon; Edmond "Clyde" Gates; and Aston Whiteside.
