Today is National School Resource Officer Appreciation Day and we just want to give a shoutout to our SRO Cody Cook and let him know how much we appreciate him and the work he does at our campuses and four our district !! We're so glad you're with us Officer Cook!!!
Progress continues at the new child care facility opening later this spring. Vernon ISD and Child Care Partners are working together to open the facility, which will offer child care for infants 6 weeks old to pre-kindergarten youngsters. A public meeting to provide information about the facility is being held at 6 p.m., tonight, at the Vernon Elementary School Cafeteria. Officials from VISD and Child Care Partners will be on hand to talk about the facility and answer questions.
Our VMS Teachers and Staff Member of the Month for January were recently selected. They included: 6th Grade -- Christina Mathes; 7th Grade -- Chelsea Lopez; 8th Grade -- Kelly Boswell; Specials -- Teri Williams; and Staff -- Gay Rutherford. Congratulations!!! Thank you for all you do for our students and your co-workers!!! We appreciate all of you!!
Vernon ISD and Child Care Partners are working together to open a new child care facility in Vernon, and a meeting is being held at 6 p.m., Thursday, at the Vernon Elementary School cafeteria to provide information to Vernon residents, and to give an update on the facility. Officials from Vernon ISD and Child Care Partners will be on hand to talk about the facility and answer questions those in attendance may have concerning the new facility.
Honored last week's VMS Students of the Week were: 6th Grade -- Autumn Morgan & Blut Soe; 7th Grade -- Varshini Kadiyala & Urijah Lira; and 8th Grade -- Elysia Nino & Jackson Thomas. Congratulations!!! Keep up the good work!!!
Vernon ISD will operate on a 2-hour delay schedule Monday, Feb. 12, due to the weather. VISD officials will be out checking road conditions early in the morning to ensure they are safe. Buses will run 2 hours later than normal.
Vernon ISD is keeping an eye on the weather.
We have some outstanding school counselors throughout Vernon ISD and they were celebrated throughout the week on their campuses as this is School Counselors Appreciation Week. Each campus did something special for their counselor(s), we just happened to be at Vernon Elementary when they were celebrating their counselor, Kelli Coble. Our other amazing counselors include: Ashley Bloom, McCord Elementary; Misti Dickerson, Vernon Middle School; and Sandra Kieschnick and RaeAnn Stevens, Vernon High School. Carol Taylor splits time between VMS and VHS.
This week, Feb. 5-9, is School Counselors Appreciation Week, and Vernon ISD has some outstanding counselors serving our students at all of our campuses. Mrs. Bloom, Mrs. Coble, Mrs. Dickerson, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Stevens and Mrs. Kieschnick, THANK YOU for caring about and helping our students succeed every day!! You ladies do indeed ROCK!!
Vernon ISD Social Worker Nicole Cameron is currently working on putting this year's Community Resource Fair together and she needs your help! The hope for this event is to connect families with the community resources that are available to them. If your organization would like to participate in the fair and display the organization's strengths and the support and services it provides the community, please click on this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScDlABoPhln1uiJhWiBXFvEeMx4yRhKgd_zCa1PkZqSRxpIXA/viewform?pli=1
The deadline to sign up is Feb. 16.
Vernon ISD and Child Care Partners have begun work to open a facility in Vernon at the Central Elementary building. Here is a link to story that aired on KAUZ.
https://www.newschannel6now.com/2024/02/02/vernon-isd-child-care-partners-team-up/
Wilbarger County is included in the Red River Best Chevy Dealers Teacher Appreciation Contest for 2024. That means Vernon ISD teachers can be nominated. We've had winners before, and we definitely have teachers in our school district who deserve to be recognized.
Nominations are open and we encourage everyone to take a few minutes to show your appreciation to the teachers that are making an impact on your children, family members or friends lives. Click the link below to get started!
https://www.redriverbestchevydealersteacherappreciation.com/
Honored as Middle School Students of the Week for last week were: 6th Grade -- Kasey Calvillo & Daniel Gonzalez; 7th Grade -- Blakeney Downes & Jace Northcutt; and 8th Grade -- Carlie Hawkins & Tyrono Saravia. Congratulations!!! Keep up the great work!!
VISD would like to hear from the parents of our students. Please click on the following link and take the survey if you have a child who attends VISD. After you click the link, you will be prompted to select the school your child is attending. We want to get as much feedback as possible, so please take a moment to take the survey. We want to hear from YOU, and these surveys give YOU a voice. https://surveys.panoramaed.com/visdtx/1087830452/surveys
The link is only going to be active for a short time.
We apologize for the delay. Here is the VISD Cafeteria Menu for February.
Tune in tonight to the Channel 6 10 p.m. newscast and catch VISD Supt. Dr. Kermit Ward's interview with KAUZ journalist Rowan Hardman. The story focuses on VISD's partnership with Child Care Partners for the new daycare center that will be located in the Central Elementary building.
Just a quick reminder that Friday is our first early-release Friday of the Spring Semester.
D.O. Fulton Gym will be the site of the District 4-5A Wrestling Tournament on Thursday and Friday. Vernon wrestlers will be competing against wrestlers from Aledo, Azle, Henrietta, Lubbock High, Lubbock Cooper, Lubbock Cooper Liberty, Lubbock Coronado, Lubbock Estacado, Lubbock Monterey, Saginaw, Springtown and White Settlement. Action starts at 11 a.m. on Thursday, and 10 a.m., on Friday. The medal round should begin at 1:30 p.m., Friday, with the championship finals scheduled to start at 3:30 p.m.
Tonight's the night!!! Community-wide BINGO at Vernon High School. Come on out and enjoy the fun!!
A quick reminder that the deadline to register for the Boys & Girls Club Softball League is Wednesday.
