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.
Students in Mrs. Mathes' 6th grade Reading & Language Arts class are currently reading "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and just completed the chapter where the potion teacher is introduced. This week students studied different plants and herbs that are real and are beneficial to our health. In their classes today, students selected a "potion", were given the ingredients they would need, and then followed the directions to concoct their "potion."
The "potions" had names like Skele-gro (Bone Growth Potion); Veritaserum (Truth Serum); Polyjuice (Form-Changing Potion); Draught of Living Death (Semi-Killing Potion); Felix Felicis (Liquid Luck); and Amortentia (Love Potion). They were made with ingredients like goat's milk; cornish pixie blood; dragon pus; moon dust; leech juice; warm mermaid tears; and fairy dust.
Introducing our 2025-26 VMS cheerleaders: (front row, from left) Maribel Lagunas, Paw Say, Trinity Villarreal, Blair Jasso, Ashlynn Torres and Isabella Brahier; (back row) Bryn Gardner, Payzlee Brannon, Praylee Patterson, mascot Lezah Lee, Brynlee Disbrow, Kynsleigh Hamm and Sophia Trejo. The cheerleaders were selected after tryouts were held the week before Spring Break.
Receiving our VMS Student of the Week honors for the last week of February were:
6th Grade -- Danna Reyes Villanueva & Jacob Azua (not pictured)
7th Grade -- Dakota Mitchell & Alexavier Maxwell
8th Grade -- Koral Grace (not pictured) & Adam Hernandez (not pictured)
Congratulations to these students.
We apologize for the delay in getting this recognition posted.
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.
DEADLINE EXTENDED!!
It's not too late to register and get a t-shirt for our VMS Vernon Pride Stride 1K/5K Run/Walk!!
The event is scheduled for 6 p.m., Thursday, April 3. Check out the info and QR code on the flyer below. Order by end of day tomorrow, March 18, to guarantee a t-shirt!!
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!!
Congratulations to these students who will make up our 2025-26 VMS cheerleading squad!!
Here is the March Newsletter from our VISD Social Worker Nicole Cameron.
For the last couple of week the VMS 6th grade Gifted & Talented students have been researching a vacation destination. The groups then created a travel guide book to help people who would like to visit their destination. They also gave a presentation over their vacation destination.
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.
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.
Receiving Middle School Student of the Week honors for this week are:
6th Grade -- Sadie Jones & Parker Kieschnick
7th Grade -- Naeveah Castillo & Jayden Romero
8th Grade -- Blakeney Downes & Sean Waggoner (not pictured)
Congratulations!!! We're proud of you!!
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.
VMS held its drawing yesterday for the virtual reality META Quest headset that was the prize for the 4th Six Weeks Student Attendance Initiative. There was a drawing for each grade and the winners were: 6th Grade -- Evanny Quintero; 7th Grade -- Abel Galvan; and 8th Grade -- Charleigh Cooper. Students earned ticket for the drawing for each week they had perfect attendance during the 4th Six Weeks.
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.
