Students in bakery class competed for the best cupcake and display!
In early December, seven VMS 7th and 8th grade band students traveled to Oelwein for the NEIBA Honor Band. Eighth graders had the opportunity to audition for the prestigious All-Iowa Eighth Grade Honor Band. Elise A. was selected as an alternate on alto saxophone! Congratulation!
Students in MHS' AMPED program were busy making holiday shirts!
MHS students met for the first ever meeting of the Nail Art Club! Students can bring their own nail art supplies or use ones provided. The club will meet every Monday during M Block in rm 34 and will have a focus each week on a specific nail technique. The next meeting is on 1/8!
VMS Winter Choir Concerts are tonight in the VMS Gym! 5th and 6th Grade performs at 5:30 pm, and 7th and 8th Grade performs at 6:30 pm.
Welcome to the last school week of 2023, MHS! Here are your final 2023 news and notes courtesy of The Vox! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZkiqAcTr-M&ab_channel=TheVoxOnline
6th graders in Mr. Wood's and Mayrose's Social Studies classes traveled to Ancient Mesopotamia and became scribes. They wrote in Cuneiform on on clay tablets with wooden tools (thanks Mrs. Hale)! A HUGE shout out to 6th grade parents who supplied the salt dough!
Boys Wrestling will have a meet tonight at Mount Vernon. Action starts at 4:15 pm!
There will be Girls Basketball action after school tonight! 7th grade and 8th grade both travel to Independence to play at West Elementary. 8th grade at 4:15 and 7th grade at 5:00 pm.
Welcome to Monday, MHS! Here are your weekly announcements from The Vox! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_p8uoTEMtc&ab_channel=TheVoxOnline
Girls Basketball action tonight at 4:15 pm. 7th Grade travels to Benton and 8th Grade plays at home. Good luck to our athletes!
Spanish students are working hard on a Friday afternoon!
Our boys wrestlers will travel to Vinton-Shellsburg this afternoon. Their meet begins at 4:15 pm -- good luck!
Girls Basketball will play tonight -- 7th Grade at Solon and 8th Grade at home. Both games begin at 4:15 pm!
The VMS "Holiday Edition" FASTWORKS will be December 21st from 5:30-7:00 pm. These fun and free sessions are a great opportunity to enjoy a free meal, fun activities for the kids, and time for parents to visit and have some fun! Register at bit.ly/FASTWORKS by December 18th.
Congratulations to our Vernon thespians, who performed Pirates of Penzance last weekend. This was a wonderful musical, full of excellent singing, dancing and acting. Bravo to all who played a part in this fantastic production!
Our VMS Related Arts team held their first ever Related Arts Awards Ceremony to recognize outstanding students during the first quarter of the school year. Read more about this fun day of recognition on our district webpage: https://www.marion-isd.org/article/1368026
We have a home Boys Wrestling meet today! Our VMS wrestlers take on Benton at 4:15 pm at Vernon.
Support our VMS Student Council by dining at the Cedar Rapids Texas Roadhouse on Monday, December 11th. Texas Roadhouse will donate 10% of your food purchases back to our VMS Student Council. Yum!
Vernon Families, last year you showed up to help support families in need! Let's see if we can accomplish that again this year. Adopt a child/family to support for the holidays at the following link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C094EADA929ABFCC52-46443843-holiday
