Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Saxophone players line up along the edge of the track to perform during halftime. The field was too muddy for the band to march. The Mount Vernon High School Mighty Tiger Marching Band recently performed their 2018 show “It Is Well” in two marching contests.

School district required to return funds to TEA

Details: Category: School News; Published on Saturday, 20 October 2018 12:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Corrective action by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has required Mount Vernon ISD to return $110,900.33 to the state in association with special education funds.

Lone Star degrees earned

Details: Category: School News; Published on Sunday, 23 September 2018 18:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Principal Jason Glover and FFA Advisor Brad Ingram stand with Cade Hyman and Harlie Robertson as they are honored by member of the Mount Vernon ISD School Board.

Dad’s night planned at elementary school

Details: Category: School News; Published on Monday, 15 October 2018 09:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Mount Vernon Elementary School will be hosts for a special night for dads and their students starting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, October 16. A free hot dog meal will be served in the cafetorium.

School contracts for athletic field mowing

Details: Category: School News; Published on Friday, 21 September 2018 09:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Members of the Mount Vernon ISD Board of Trustees unanimously accepted the proposal from East Texas Sports Field Maintenance to mow all of the district’s athletic fields.

All-Region Jazz honors

Details: Category: School News; Published on Sunday, 30 September 2018 09:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Audra Larsen , Jerod Pitts and Cole Burling Three students from the Mount Vernon High School band made the ATSSB All-Region Jazz band.

Hughes, Rodriguez crowned queen, king

Details: Category: School News; Published on Wednesday, 12 September 2018 15:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

Riley Hughes and Adolfo Rodriguez were crowned as the 2018 homecoming queen and king during pre-game ceremonies on Friday, September 7.

School bus wreck anniversary Saturday

Details: Category: School News; Published on Saturday, 29 September 2018 12:00; Written by Mount Vernon Optic-Herald

The 59th anniversary of the Mount Vernon school bus wreck will be Saturday, September 29. The bus, carrying students and faculty to a football game in Cooper, was hit head on by a salt transport truck at the intersection of Hwy. 154 and FM 54 near Cooper.