Mount Vernon Township High School

Students will be dismissed at 1:57 on the 2nd Wednesday of each month during the 2025-26 school year beginning Wednesday, September 10 for WINSday Workshop. The purpose of this time is to provide all instructional staff a common time to collaborate in order to carry out the district goals and initiatives.

Medical Suspension deadline is Sept. 15th.
Important Health Reminder for Parents/Guardians: The medical suspension deadline is Sept. 15th. All required health records - including school physicals and state-required immunizations - must be submitted to the nurse's office by this date.

Students who do not have the necessary health documents on file by September 15 will not be permitted to attend school until the records are received. The nurse's office is currently reaching out to families whose students are missing required documents. If you have not yet turned in your child's forms, please do so as soon as possible.

Vernois Yearbook would like to THANK the staff and student body for great rollout of the book … we appreciate all of you for picking up your copy last week!

If you haven’t yet picked up your copy, come to C114 or C127 between classes or after school to pick up. We also also plenty of copies in case you didn’t order one last year for $80.

Don’t miss out … pick up your copy of Vernois ‘25 Volume 100 today!

Freshman class of '29's first t-shirt
fundraiser link!
https://freshman-academy-shirt-sale.cheddarup.com/

"As a friendly reminder,
Students are not allowed to have the following items inside the MVTHS campus.
-Head coverings (Hats, hoods, etc)
-Vape, tobacco, drug, and alcohol products.
-All handbook prohibited items, including weapons of any kind.

Students who are in violation of the aforementioned items will be subject to discipline according to the school handbook." For more information, please review the 25-26 Student Handbook. Thank you. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z1CefK8UgQpGDHe8cS89CdglLg-s7NSg/view?usp=sharing

Theater for Kids Info meeting is Thursday, August 14th from 3:30-4:15 in the Theater.
Auditions are August 18th-22nd from 3:30-5:00 in the Theater.
For more information contact Mrs. Bliffen - rbliffen@mvths.org

We are very excited to welcome students back on Tuesday, August 12. We will follow the 1:57 dismissal schedule on Tuesday and the regular 3:09 dismissal for the remainder of the week. Students who drive to school and parents who drop off and pick up their child are asked to allow a little extra time for increased traffic the first several days. Let's have a great school year!

We are saddened by the recent tragic death of Zomarrius “Zo” Williams, a Class of 2023 graduate.

The staff at MVTHS are here to provide support for any current or former students who may need assistance. Please contact Student Services to connect with our counseling team.

The United Way of South Central Illinois is also committed to supporting the community during this time. Please contact them directly or follow their Facebook page for updates on available services.

The MVTHS Volleyball steam store is live! The store closes August 4. I know it’s early, but orders will take 4-5 weeks from the close date to ship. We will put together a different store after tryouts like we have done in the past for those that are hesitant to order prior to tryouts.

MV Rams Soccer merchandise is now available!
This is a fundraiser for the MV soccer team!
Please take a look and get your order in by July 31st!

MVTHS Women's tennis team store is only open until August 1st.
Get 'em while they are hot!
https://www.wilfordprinting.com/mv-tennis-25

The campus phone service has been restored.

SUMMER BAND CAMP
is Aug 1 , and Aug 4-8.. A letter with more information should go out to parents and students this week. Contact Mr. Mateyka for more info.
dmateyka@mvths.org

Online Student Registration is still open for the 2025-2026 school year! Please register your student by Friday, May 30th. More details on Student Registration can be found at: https://sites.google.com/mvths.org/mvthsstudentservices21-22/registration?authuser=0 Incoming freshmen parents and guardians were mailed a letter with their Skyward login information on May 8th. All other parents and guardians of current students can login Skyward to register with their current login information.

Paralee Scrivner presented John Scrivner Sr Memorial Scholarships to senior members of the MVTHS Rams baseball team. These four will join over 450 seniors since 1994 to receive the scholarship. Paralee, center, is flanked on her right by Aaron Scarber and Diedrich Smith and on her left by Keaton Plummer and Alex Kiefer. The recipients are surrounded by their parents and coaches.

WE'RE HIRING Job Postings * Paraprofessional https://www.applitrack.com/mvths/onlineapp/ * SPED Teacher https://www.applitrack.com/mvths/onlineapp/

Paralee Scrivner recently presented a John Scrivner Sr Memorial Scholarship to Lady Rams Softball player, Aliyah Porter. Aliyah plans on attending Rend Lake College. Also pictured are Aliyah's are parents.